Recent content by Marcury

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    Could i play a fretless?

    I've been playing fretless in everything from punk to jazz for decades. As long as your intonation is good and your tone and lines fit the song No Problem!
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    I own a Harley Benton club

    I'm wondering if any one here has played the six string fretless and what their opinion of it is.
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    Acoustic bass

    Here you go. BTW although many ads list the fingerboard as ebony as far as I can tell the fingerboard is synthetic.
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    Acoustic bass

    My Yamaha APX-B12F. I use it for everything. I've used it in a country rock band, a soul band, a folk band and a jazz band. I haven't picked up either of my solid bodies in at least 5 years.
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    What was your very first bass guitar?

    A Kimberly from Lafayette Radio on Union Square in NYC
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    Acoustic Bass guitars worth having

    I have a Yamaha APX-B12F, didn't use it for years until the right band came along and I found the right strings. The band was country rock and the strings are Labella low tension flats. Since then I've been using that bass in every situation I play in regardless of genre. However it is only...
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    Fretless P or J?

    I started out on a Fretless P, moved to a Fretless J and then to a fretless PJ with a P body and J neck. Now however I play a fretless Yamaha APX-B12F as totally different Beas. But to your question I'd go with a PJ, to me the most versatile.
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    Tony Franklin - My Go To Recording Basses (with stories)

    I lust after one of those Takamines. The ultimate acoustic/electric bass guitar. I do have my parts version of a TF sig.
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    New song - anyone want to play on it?

    I'll give it a try
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    Finally...finished my parts p-bass.

    Sweet! I'm a big fan of Wenge necks.
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    Cocktail International Vol. 6

    Love it!
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    Weird Gibson EB style bass

    Did the Tech notice it? Maybe take it back to them.
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    Innovative...

    Wow! That's surely a keeper! :eek:. The headless at least looks well built, but...
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    Polarizing new bass incoming - Valiant Jupiter. What do you think?

    Not for me, but I like it!
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    old (old old) pictures of you playing bass

    Yes, It's a fretless precision neck I found on 48th street. Our guitar player made the body and we put Dimarzios in it.