Fretless MWAAAHHHH

[CTC564]

Does higher action lend itself to more of that mwwwaaaahhh goodness on a fretless bass?

I just put a set of LaBella Nylon Flats on my EBMM Stingray and can't believe how much more of that slippery mwwwaaah goodness it has

[3234718]

I've always heard low action is ideal for mwah.

[bunkaroo]

Low action here on my Carvin fretless - plenty of mwah. I think it's the strings themselves more than the action. I originally had D'Addario half rounds on it - not much mwah. Switched to DR Sunbeams - mwah galore!

[CTC564]

Could be the strings...I had D'Addario half rounds too

[brainburst]

Low action helps, but then you are locked in to the sound a bit. If you use the pad of your finger instead of the tip, you can have more control of the Mwah (of course you have to compensate for intonation...