Fretless Violin Bass?

buy one and defret it

 

My ol' Höfner Beatle bass is defretted, and I use a Fishman archtop bridge with a piezo pickup. The original Höfner guts have been taken out, and it sounds very good, sort of acoustic sounding, but with more sustain to the notes than my BSX Allegro.

 

I played one and wasn't too impressed. The Violin Bass has a lot of mids by design.
When fretless it becomes very honky.

 

So you find that to be a good alternative to pizz upright?

Could you give some details on the pickup? I'd be interested in doing this with an SX or Agile VB.

 

http://www.fishman.com/products/details.asp?id=4

Yes, I'd gig with it if I can't bring my EUB. It sounds very deep, and I'd cut the low end a bit.

 

You better believe it.

 

Amen to that.

 

The Epi EB-1 re-issues came in a fretless version.



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