The Fretless Club (Part IV)

[routasydän]

Haven't been here for a while (graduated and workaholism took all the time) but got my bass and started playing and remembered talkbass again. And when I came back I found this thread (have the clubmember number nine). Have to start reading (and playing of course) regularly again. What an awesome forum this is.

And here is the proof for the club, will have to get better pictures soon from both of my basses:

[RandyMolson]

840 kirkdickinson

[jperala]

Yes it is fretless

[RandyMolson]

Originally Posted by routasydän

Haven't been here for a while (graduated and workaholism took all the time) but got my bass and started playing and remembered talkbass again. And when I came back I found this thread (have the clubmember number nine). Have to start reading (and playing of course) regularly again. What an awesome forum this is.

And here is the proof for the club, will have to get better pictures soon from both of my basses:

Welcome home!

[RandyMolson]

Originally Posted by jperala

Yes it is fretless

Perhaps another pic of the neck angled into backlighting would showcase the fretless sheen...

...just kidding.

841 jperala

[kirkdickinson]

Just picked up my 2nd fretless. Here is proof.





Can I please get a number to be in "The Fretless Club"??

[RC52]

In 1984 I got a '68 all original p bass for $350 including orig. hsc .

[neebs]

OOh that's gorgeous KirkDickinson.

[kirkdickinson]

Originally Posted by neebs

OOh that's gorgeous KirkDickinson.

It looks nicer in person than the photos can show. The finish is awesome. Quilted Maple top and back that has a black finish that fades from a dark grey in the middle to black on the edges, it is called Smokeburst.

The vine inlay is pretty cool too.

Kirk

[RandyMolson]

Originally Posted by RC52

In 1984 I got a '68 all original p bass for $350 including orig. hsc .

But it wasn't fretless.

[dylanjosef]

I defretted two of my basses. An Ibanez AEB5E electric-acoustic and an off-brand Jazz copy. Sorry about the picture quality, May I have a number?

[RandyMolson]

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[tabdog]

My newest fretless is a defretted hand
made custom bass,







Tabdog

[speak2planets]

So I am new to the fretless world and I am absolutely in love with the mwahh. This is my new baby, Suzy Creamcheese. She's a 98 Modulus VJ4 fretless with a John East preamp. Can I get a number please?

[lakefx]

Here are my two. A Bass Collection with EMG P/J, passive VVT and a 3 way capacitor switch for the tone knob. And a U.S. G&L L2000 I just picked up last week for under $400 with a brand new neck made by a luthier in AZ.

[neebs]

Have any of you own a defretted neck, with block inlays? I'm curious to how that would look. I can't help but think it would look funky.. in a not so good way.

And this bass you have here.. the fingerboard inlays are pretty darn awesome. How does it play? I would be very tempted to want to string it EADGC.. or maybe DGCFA#

Originally Posted by kirkdickinson

Just picked up my 2nd fretless. Here is proof.





Can I please get a number to be in "The Fretless Club"??

[penguineman]

here are my 2 fretless bass's a squier & a Galvaston with the P pickup replaced with a EMG been wanting to do a Thunderbird fretless so I may try and have one defretted and do one of them as my next project.

[Presto2112]

Thoughts? for the record I HATE the fake relicing on this, it's not even real relic it's like paint or something. It's a wilkinson vintage icon series fretless. cost me $400 new. It has a slim neck exactly like a Geddy Lee.

[micgtr71]

[IMG][/IMG]

Here is a pic of my Mike Dirnt Squier P Bass that was converted to a fretless...it is currently seeking a new pickup. Good weight. Great neck (now that the so-so fret job has been eliminated), and super light strings.

Hopefully, this fretless can hold me over until I can find a mid nineties fretless jazz to match my fretted jazz.

Could I please have a club number?

[TCaetano]

My Squier JB VM fretless with last upgrade - I put Nordstrand Big Singles - it was great. Take a look: