zero fret?

[Thedeadking]

OK I no im sounding pretty daft but i keep reading on a bunch of high end basses that have a zero fret? I dont undesrstand can somebody fill me in?

[Matt Till]

Are you sure it's not refering to an open string, in the tabulature sense.

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[Eyescream]

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Ostensibly it allows you to play open notes that have the same quality of tone as fretted notes.

[Matt Till]

innnnnnnnnnnteresting

[Eyescream]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

innnnnnnnnnnteresting

Yeah, it's a pretty cool idea. Being that I'm lazy, and I like things to be simple (cause, hey, the less I gotta mess with, the less likely I am to screw something up), and I think this might be one more variable to work around in having an instrument set up.

Long as you don't worry about that end of the instrument with regard to changing string height, I imagine it wouldn't be a problem, though.

[Blackbird]

Originally Posted by Thedeadking

OK I no im sounding pretty daft but i keep reading on a bunch of high end basses that have a zero fret? I dont undesrstand can somebody fill me in?

You know, you should get friendly with the search function. This topic's been done to death.

[Eyescream]

Originally Posted by Blackbird

You know, you should get friendly with the search function. This topic's been done to death.

I've given up on people using the search function.

[B'Aces High]

Listen to BB.

In the basses forum several months back i created a big thread about zero-frets. All questions are awnsered there.

[Blackbird]

Originally Posted by Eyescream

I've given up on people using the search function.

You gotta hold on to your faith.

Listen to B'Aces High.

[Wrong Robot]

the problem with searching such a massive site is that, in searching, they will inevitably find a dozen more threads where people posed the question and were simply told to do a search!

[Eyescream]

Originally Posted by Blackbird

You gotta hold on to your faith.

I tried, but then it bit me and ran away.

[Nick Gann]

Asked and answered, do a search! I would move the thread to the proper forum, but since its been done to death I'll just close it.