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09-01-2003, 08:42 AM
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Hi. Can anyone recommend some recordings of bassists who play fretless with a pick?
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09-01-2003, 08:52 AM
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Endorsing artist: Musicman basses, Hipshot products | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York City | | not me. but how strange....
last night i jammed acoustically with a guitarist in my place, and he dug my fretless bass. we switched (i play guitar also) and he played my fretless with a pick which for some reason i found interesting. had we recorded it i'd have sent you a tape.  |
09-01-2003, 09:26 AM
| | | | Thanks for the thought. I've been working on playing fretless with a pick, and I really like the sound.
K. |
09-01-2003, 06:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, UK | | | I read that Carlos Benavente played fretless with a pick.
Sting played fretless live with a pick (P Bass, Ibanez Musician, Hamer 8-string)- there's a Police live compilation around.
on some early Simple Minds tracks with fretless bass I suspect that Derek Forbes used a pick eg. "this fear of gods" "today I died again".
New Model Army- sex (the black angel)
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09-01-2003, 10:50 PM
|  | Chronic Pain Endorsed By Fentanyl/Oxycodone/Valium | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Evansville, IN | | | Eddie Jackson of Queensryche has used a pick on some of his fretless tracks ("I Am I" comes to mind) |
09-01-2003, 10:52 PM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | Trip Wamsley, the current featured interview on the TB front page, has a killer fretless/pick solo tune on his new album. The title is "Twenty Years Too Late" and the album is "It's Better This Way." I think the cut is still available for download on his website www.tripwamsley.com, as well... 
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09-02-2003, 10:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Germany | | | i think part of the secret behind the famous "sledgehammer" sound is tony playing a fretless with a pick (he does live).
that, and studio magic. |
09-02-2003, 04:20 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | Quote: Originally posted by secretdonkey
Trip Wamsley, the current featured interview on the TB front page, has a killer fretless/pick solo tune on his new album. The title is "Twenty Years Too Late" and the album is "It's Better This Way." I think the cut is still available for download on his website www.tripwamsley.com, as well...
| I agree!!! Trip's whole album has great & imaginative fretless bass work on it!!
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09-02-2003, 05:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oceanside; So. Cali | | | Helmutt Hattler of Kraan, Tab Two and Hattler plays fretless (as well as fretted) with a pick.
He's simply awesome if you've never heard of him. He's like Chris Squire and Stanley Clarke's funky german brother. |
09-02-2003, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Seattle | | | Tony Levin:
- Sledgehammer (Gabriel)
- Don't Give Up (Gabriel)
- Vrooom (King Crimson) -- not the middle part that sounds fretless (that's EUB) but the rockin' part
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09-02-2003, 11:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: SoCal | | | Well,, Justin Chancellor plays fretless with a pick I believe for about a 80 seconds on the end of Lateralus! hehe.....
other than that,, I dunno....
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09-02-2003, 11:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Seattle | | Quote: Originally posted by Lackey
Well,, Justin Chancellor plays fretless with a pick I believe for about a 80 seconds on the end of Lateralus! hehe.....
other than that,, I dunno.... | Actually, at the end of the song, that's a fretted bass using a Whammy pedal. The fretless is only used on the second verse.
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09-03-2003, 01:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: SoCal | | | Ok,, not RIGHT at the end,, but starting at 7:21 thru the song.
"with my feet upon the ground ..."
da-da-da-DA
hehe
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09-03-2003, 01:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: SoCal | | | Hmm,, ok,, does the fretless part start @ 3.20 in the song or 7.21?? 3.20 has a good slide sound to it,, but its still got a sharp attack (perhaps because of the pick?), 7.21 could be fretless with wah or maybe just wah??? oh well.
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09-03-2003, 01:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Seattle | | The second verse is the fretless - not sure of the time, but 3:20 sounds about right.
The "with my feet upon the ground. . ." is the Digitech Whammy - pitch shift, not wah. Same thing he uses during the bridge of "Schism".
You can play that part with a fretless, though I've found I have to be careful to alternate fretting finger each sweep, or else I'll burn my finger!
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09-03-2003, 02:45 AM
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09-03-2003, 07:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Colorado | | | Matt Malley from the Counting Crows plays a fretless stingray with a pick almost exclusively.
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