Fretless Emulator Pedal?

[ZenG]

Do they make a stand-alone fretless emulator pedal?

 

[LSMFT6]

There's one on the Zoom B3, not sure if it's available on their smaller multi-effect pedals. It's decent, not 100% believable but not totally unusable

 

[Bassmike62]

I have the MS60B and have tried to get a good mock-fretless sound out of it, but without much success, I'm afraid.

 

[Rumbles]

Mostly they are a chorus type sound, to my ears anyway. I have not seen a stand alone unit, they are generally part of a multi effect unit. You could try a Mooer Slow Engine and experiment with technique a bit, it is a clone of the Boss Slow Gear.

 

[GMC]

A slow engine / Slow gear is just a slow volume effect and it's nothing like a fretless. A fretted bass makes a "Dooooom" sound. A fretless makes a "mmmwaaahhh" sound and a slow engine makes a ".oOOOOm" sound. It's not the same at all.

 

[jimfist]

I've had better luck with the fretless emulator on the Zoom B3/MS60B than I've had with anything else I've tried (in that price range).
Setup of the effect parameters is tricky and touchy. Depending on context, I've gotten exactly that "mmmmwaaahhh" sound described by @GMC.
I'll also add that pickup selection and finger playing technique do matter to get the best emulation.
IMHO, the fretless emulation is a real crap shoot, and a dozen different people will probably have a dozen different opinions about how good it works or not.
I think its pretty OK for the flavor, but just don't expect too much from the effect under real close scrutiny.

 

[johnk_10]

the Linn Adrenalin III (multieffect) is the only one that I've gotten decent results with.