Fretless noob

squier VM fretless?

 

I believe the Edge 4 Fretless is unlined, if I remember correctly.

 

I had an Edge fretless 4; PHENOMENAL for the money, pretty stinkin' good regardless of price. Mine was unlined, w/a not-bad 3-band active preamp.

 

lined.

 

I have an Edge 4 fretless, but I had it de-fretted, so it's lined. Very hard to play, even with the lines, it takes lots of practice. Then once you play with a band, practice some more.

The Edge is a very sweet bass!

 

I just bought a Brice 6-string fretless on eBay for about $300.00. I had never heard of them before, but I will post a quick evaluation after I get mine next week.



I always wanted to learn the fretless and I thought of getting an inexpensive one, then getting a much better one later on (like the new Steve Bailey bass).

Below is the Brice fretless link.


http://www.rondomusic.com/Bassguitarfretless.html

 

Looking forward to the review, TN, I've been considering one.
Do these 405s come in color options? The nat looks great...

Anyone have a suggestion towards an up-grade on the bridge and still allow for the string thru option? Possibly in gold finish?

 

I had a 406 which I sold a few months ago. I was an awesome bass, and I actually miss it. Sold it because I realized I'm not a 6-string kind of guy.

I think the best replacement bridge for that would be a hipshot A-style. The 406 has narrow spacing 16.5mm (translates to about .673") but I did some measuring and I think you can fit an A-style bridge with a.708" string spacing (about 17.3mm). I don't remember where I put my calculations...have to find them.

The A-style has both top-load or string-thru options

http://store.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=132

 

Thanx for the link, Eddie, and glad to know you dug your 406 so well, very encouraging!

 

Wishbass. They aren't lined, but still...

Anyway, a lined fretless bass is... well... it's just not right. Fretless takes work either way, so why make yourself dependent on the lines from the get-go?

 

There's no reason why you have to switch to unlined fretless from lined at some point down the road, lined can be a destination just as surely as unlined can.

 

I'm dyin' from the tag under your name, that's just too true!
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