fretless necks

[Fishbrain]

just a quick one, what is that high gloss finish that some fretless basses have that looks REALLY nice and REALLY shiny. how do you get it and whats the sound/playabilty differences which a standard neck?

 

[sincity]

just a quick one, what is that high gloss finish that some fretless basses have that looks REALLY nice and REALLY shiny. how do you get it and whats the sound/playabilty differences which a standard neck?

Check out HG Thors work.

http://www.woodwiz.com/epoxy/index.html

 

[doctorjazz]

I have a friend that had Harris Thor defret his neck, he's really happy with it and it sounds awesome. As for the sound differences, it's a little less woody than a normal fretless tone because the string's touching epoxy instead of wood, but it's still great.

 

[7flat5]

Pedulla Buzz neck is ebony coated w/ polyester. Very pretty neck, and sounds OK too.
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[RBrownBass]

Pedulla Buzz neck is ebony coated w/ polyester. Very pretty neck, and sounds OK too.
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Played a used PentaBuzz a couple years ago at GC. It was the best sounding fretless I've ever heard. Mwah and sustain for days, super low action, perfect. I haven't played a Thor neck, but I've heard great things about them as well.

To the threadstarter- there are two schools of thought regarding fretless necks. One embraces the concept of an electric fretless solidbody bass as a unique instrument, with rounds, mwah and great action as a part of that uniqueness, while the other strives for a faux-upright tone with flats and/or telephone-line action. Both schools are valid, but the polycoated necks are part of the first example. You'll have to decide for yourself which is best for you.

 

[BassikLee]

Which serves to answer the question "dude, why do you have TWO fretless basses???"....

My answer is always "play them both, you'll understand". Fretless neckthru spector, EMG pickups/preamp, epoxied FB, rounds is one of them. The other is a plain rosewood FB, passive J bass (type), flats. Not even worlds apart, solar systems apart, though they are both "fretless bass guitars" by definition.