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First fretless
- Thread starter adashbass
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adashbass said:
so that's roughly $300-400, right?
I love my MiM fretless jazz, I only spent $200 on it. MIM's are, as always, hit or miss though.
When I was looking for something similar (ended up with the above), I was frequently advised to watch for Curbows on e-bay. They often go for about that price, and are allegedly very nice basses.
Good values in cheaper fretlesses were harder to come than I thought they'd be.
Without a doubt, the single best and cheap fretless bass I've ever played is the Ibanez SR300DXF. Roughly around $280 us. Very nice precision/jazz pickups and a two-band preamp. Great tone, and very great playabilty. Lined board makes switching over a breeze!
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I love my Dean Edge 4 Fretless - 300 dollars, very nice finish, beautiful fingerboard, excellent tone, VERY light (7.8 lbs), and great customer support.Dr. Cheese said:
PM me if you want more information - I've played my Dean out approximately 40 times...it's my least expensive guitar, but in front of people, it gets 80 percent of the spotlight.
Jay
I started off on a MIM Fender Jazz Fretless, sold it and picked up a Yamaha BB404F. Great little bass, though I'm thinking about selling it to get something a bit better. Like a CIJ Jazz...
tplyons said:
The new Yamaha BB614F are supposed to be great sounding. I can attest that the BB414 fretted sound great...I don't think you can get a 414 fretless (a 404F, yes)
this threads good cus i've been looking into getting a cheap fretless to get used it fretless for a while and i didnt want to start ANOTHER... "help this is the money i have pick me out a bass thread"
Hawkeye
Canuck Amateur
PilbaraBass said:
I've seen a black fretless in the new BB series at a local shop, I think it was a 614 (active right?).
My first fretless was a Dean Edge 5 and it was an outstanding bass. I used it in church and in limited gigging. It always sounded great and looked great and the neck was a dream to play. The only reason I replaced it was because I wanted a 6 string instead of a 5. The only thing I did not like about the Edge 5 was the 35" scale and that is a very minor nit. I didn't even know I minded the 35" scale until I bought my 34" scale Brice.
I will tell you this - the Dean is significantly better than any of the Rondo Music imports that I've tried including my Brice V2. The build quality and all component quality is superior.
If you're looking at an Edge fretless and you like it, I say go for it!
I will tell you this - the Dean is significantly better than any of the Rondo Music imports that I've tried including my Brice V2. The build quality and all component quality is superior.
If you're looking at an Edge fretless and you like it, I say go for it!
