Recent content by Sam Denton

I agree that it would be handy to have the dots even with the lines. You're right to play on the lines though, in spite of what so many people say. After all, the nut is fret zero,and if you play between the lines, and the guitar is intonated and tuned correctly, you'd always be flat playing...

You're absolutely, technically correct, and for the discussion at hand with the self-made bass, you're also correct as far as it goes. What you're saying however certainly confuses the issue for less experienced fretless players who may not pick up the instrument with the excellent ear that is...

Now you can get involved in the "play on the lines" or "play between the lines" argument. (it's play "on the lines")

I have a V7 4BK Alder Fretless on order, and we will see what we will see. From my conversations with Sire USA, the fretless and left-handed models are all made-to-order in their custom shop. If that's the case, with the quality of the assembly-line models so high, a custom shop instrument...