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Fender Fretless Precision Bass - Post yours

#81
I REALLY wish I hadn't sold this one. Stupid rent money! :crying:

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alternately, if anyone here owns this beast, let me know she's okay!

no, i didn't switch it to gold hardware, it came standard that way. the only thing I did was put a Nordstrand NP4 in there and give her the gold anodized pickguard.
 
#90
FretlessMainly said:
It's actually much more difficult to play a lined board than an unlined board. It has nothing to do with testosterone, crayons, or mockingbird chowder.
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Agree. When I had my first fretless, a SVMF, I was using the lines like they were frets - playing between them. Being new to fretless, I was looking way more than listening and was usually about a quarter step flat.

I still use my eyes more than I should, but at least the side dog markers are at the fret location, rather than between the frets.

But I disagree on the other point. Unlined fretless is Viking manly.
 
#91
:cool:

Don't own one now.
But played a 1977 White Maple Fingerboard one for years.
I was crazy about that bass. And stupidly traded it for a Pedulla
fretless which I never liked the feel of.
My friend to this day, whom i sold it to, will not sell it back to me.
 
#93
There's been a fair amount of confusion regarding what is walnut and this alleged "root beer brown" finish that Fender used in the 70s. I have a walnut '76 - you can see the wood grain very clearly, and there is no trace of metallic to the finish. The photo above exhibits no wood grain and the finish appears slightly metallic in nature. I've seen other photos online of these "root beer" finishes, and they look nothing like a wood-grained walnut finish. The mystery continues...

My '76 was originally paired w/ a FL maple neck/fingerboard, but it had a hump, so I replaced the neck with an S9 epoxied rosewood FL neck, and it's a real beast.
 
#95
zon6c-f said:
Haven't read the whole thread..just looking at pics... Quick Story..

When I first began playing [String bass in high school symphony...1968-69].., a bass horn guy who knew that I wanted to double on electric told me that "The only true/ real electric bass is a Fender fretless Precision Bass". This was 1969 or 70 at the latest...

I went to the closest mom-n-pop. TA 1970 Fender Precision Fretless bass retailed at $475..I knew nothing of discounts..I only believed sticker prices..I was only 15. Probably could have gotten it for half that price if I had not been totally naive..

Regardless...No way would I ask my parents for a bass costing that much. They bought me a first year M I J Epi fretted Shiort Scale for $125.... I had no concept of Jaco or muahhh or any of that, then...

Never heard of Jaco until Heavy Weather... I love him, but he did not invent fretless electric bass.
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He did however invent a whole style/voice for electric bass... he's the only e-bass player in the Jazz hall of fame, I believe. One thing not generally known about Jaco... he did play a lot of fretted bass too, but his fingering was so precise he actually played right ON the fret - so he got a similar sound to fretless on fretted bass as well.
 
#99
I bought the bass four years ago at GC for $349.00 the neck came with a suspect Japaneses body most likely Ibanez. I picked up the walnut body off ebay, still have to get the right pg for it. My body is alder with very little grain showing the ops is ash with a much more distinctive grain. Here is a clip of when I first got the bass. http://youtu.be/3RdCZn-rbjc
BillyB_from_LZ said:
Any sound clips? I didn't see anything on your band's website.
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