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Old 09-11-2002, 07:45 PM
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Everytime I play on my amp with my fretless, it sounds flat. I place my fingers as close to the fret lines as possible without going to the next note. can someone help? another thing is that my tone knob on my guitar is near up all the way, could that lead to the flatness?
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Old 09-11-2002, 07:53 PM
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I can't tell if you mean the note is flat or the tone. If you're talking about the notes being flat, maybe you need to get your bass intonated.
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Old 09-11-2002, 07:56 PM
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i mean when i hit a note, it sounds flat
i was saying that my tone knob on my bass is always half turned up, like not a full limit
what is intonated?
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Old 09-11-2002, 07:58 PM
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i mean when i hit a note, it sounds flat
i was saying that my tone knob on my bass is always half turned up, like not a full limit
what is intonated?
Are you talking about the tone of your bass? Yes or no.
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Old 09-11-2002, 08:00 PM
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explain plz
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Old 09-11-2002, 08:24 PM
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i would think that intonation is something of the foundation of fretless playing...but i'm sure that knob twiddlin' ain't gonna get your bass in tune.
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Old 09-11-2002, 08:27 PM
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thanx everyone, intonation helped
thanx again
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i would think that intonation is something of the foundation of fretless playing...but i'm sure that knob twiddlin' ain't gonna get your bass in tune.
Exactly, but I can't tell if he's talking about being out of tune or just a crappy tone.
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Old 09-12-2002, 01:23 PM
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Listen---i made that comment becuase i thought it odd that a fretless player didn't know what intonation was...seems pretty hokie to me...
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Listen---i made that comment becuase i thought it odd that a fretless player didn't know what intonation was...seems pretty hokie to me...
Yeah, I was a little curious as to why this guy didn't know either.

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Old 09-12-2002, 05:19 PM
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a troll, perhaps?
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