Fretless in rock?

[Hans Gruber]

I am pretty sure , he never used a zon fretless (ever) or a mike lull fretless (ever) . His Fretless bass includes a Wal MK-II and initially a Washburn AB20 Fretless

He did. It was in the April 1994 issue of BP. It was my first issue I ever bought so I memorized that thing practically!

Zon, Modulus, Lull, he had them all.

 

[steelhead2]

i thought JPJones used a fretless P live?(seems like i read that somewhere),,should qualify as`rock'

 

[bunkaroo]

Sean Malone from Cynic plays a pretty mean fretless.

I loved his work on the first OSI disc. Made me finally go buy a fretless.

 

[Dave W]

He did. It was in the April 1994 issue of BP. It was my first issue I ever bought so I memorized that thing practically!

Zon, Modulus, Lull, he had them all.

I'm not saying it's wrong, but basing anything on what BP says is kinda silly. They are pretty well known for being wrong.

They did a whole article on Justin Chancellor a few years back on his entire signal chain. They listed more than one pedal on his board that was incorrect...

 

[lowendfriend]

Jack Bruce has been playing a fretless Warwick Thumb for longer than the age of many TB'ers!

 

[Jazzdogg]

Jack Bruce:

 

[Hoover]

oh yeah, there's a fantastic bit of fretless playing by Doug Wimbish on the Living Color Stain album... I think it's the tune called "Nothingness"

 

[jerry]

oh yeah, there's a fantastic bit of fretless playing by Doug Wimbish on the Living Color Stain album... I think it's the tune called "Nothingness"

I thought Stain was a killer but very overlooked album.

 

[odin70]

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.

I think that was Gilmore

 

[TuneIn]

http://tinyurl.com/25ly2mg

 

[jeffbrown]

I think Guy Pratt plays one in Toy Matinee. Tasty stuff, too, in my opinion.

 

[coronado3]

Nothingness is a great track and Stain is a GREAT sounding album!!! Every note is distinct....

Muzz Skillings , former bassist of LC, played some fantastic frettless on the Times up album track "Solice of You"

I thought Stain was a killer but very overlooked album.

 

[Engine207]

Tony Franklin's work on Gary Hoey's 1993 Animal Instinct is what got me hooked on fretless. Pino's got some great lines in his Don Henley appearances, too, but that's kinda more pop than rock, per se.

 

[Beginner Bass]

I fear I must say the dreaded name:

Flea.

 

[JumboJack]

Pino fretless goodness Invalid Link Removed

 

[MadDogM]

Sean Malone? HELLO? no mention of him?

 

[JTE]

Sean Malone from Cynic plays a pretty mean fretless.

October 2010.... then five months later comes...

Sean Malone? HELLO? no mention of him?

I got no idea who Sean Malone is, but I saw it had been posted before you posted.


Since the zombie thread reappeared (much better than a whole new thread with all the same names listed yet again), here's another fretless rock player for your consideration. Kenny Passarelli. That's his fretless Precision on Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" from 1973, when Passarelli was only 24 years old. It seems Walsh had gotten one of the first Fender fretless Precisions, and urged Kenny to use it.

John

 

[zombywoof5050]

Pino fretless goodness Invalid Link Removed

And here's Mickey Feat playing "Murder" on the live tour in '84:
YouTube - David Gilmour -Murder

I didn't see these guys mentioned yet:

Alphonso Johnson
Mo Foster
Patrick O'hearn
Richard Sinclair

 

[odin70]

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.

I belive David Gilmoure played on Hey You

 

[MNAirHead]

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