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02-22-2009, 08:20 AM
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I recorded a short part of a song with my fretless, but since the rest of the song was recorded with a fretted, don`t know how to obtain that tone when playing live.
Here`s the track
(the short fretless part is towards the end of the song, with an acoustic guitar break)
Since my effects knowledge is quite basic, please enlighten me on how to achieve a sound like that, without a spending a fortune, and with one single bass.
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02-22-2009, 08:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | | Your clip won't play for me, but do you mean you're trying to imitate the "bloom" effect of a picked string on a fretless?
Probably the closest you'll get is an envelope filter set to a subtle down-sweep with a slow decay, very little resonance. Maybe a bit of chorus would suggest fretless too (mainly by association). |
02-22-2009, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by kevteop  Your clip won't play for me, but do you mean you're trying to imitate the "bloom" effect of a picked string on a fretless? | Clip won't play for me either. I think you can get a fair bit of "mwah" from a fretted bass just by using fingertip vibrato w/ no effects. |
02-22-2009, 09:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | It's not an effect thing as much as playing style/technique. |
02-22-2009, 09:42 AM
|  | Thread Killer | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Valley of the Sun (AZ) | | | The Boss ME-50B has fretless emulation as an effect, but I don't think it exists as a standalone pedal. Doesn't sound completely like a fretless, but it isn't bad.
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02-22-2009, 11:47 AM
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02-22-2009, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA. | | | If you play with flats and on top of your bridge you can cop a pretty good fretless tone. |
02-22-2009, 11:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | I think it's pretty much impossible....but a nice chorus effect will give you the desired change in tone, leaning toward that of a fretless. I've done it before, it works. (I recommend the Analog Man Clone Chorus.) |
02-22-2009, 11:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: BC/AB, Canada | | | Why not play live with a fretless and attempt at it the other way around.
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02-22-2009, 11:57 AM
| | | | i think a hint of chorus and a fair amount of bending/vibrato will do the trick. good luck! |
02-22-2009, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | Chorus, bridge pickup, tone rolled back. Go for a sort of Jeff Berlin thing.
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02-22-2009, 12:30 PM
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02-22-2009, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDavisNYC I would go for playing the whole song on fretless, too...
John | OK. I gotta try but my fretless skills are kinda basic.
I don`t feel confident enough to play it live.
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02-22-2009, 04:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: san diego | | | the boss me-50b I tried today did a very nice job of this, I was sliding all over the place without the bump in tone you get when crossing frets.
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02-22-2009, 05:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: I'm a dyno man, N.of Detoilet | | | Live version/studio version. They can be different, I'd just play it and enjoy it.
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