Eww! Another one of those Lined Fretless Slackers! All the unlined hipsters fumble around slightly out of tune, but looking great. Hang your head in shame!
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Fretless what can you tell me about them to persude me to get one.
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Pay more for less..... fretless. I should start writing jingles... 
I should start writing jingles... 
I did play fretless for a little while, it was that real natural horny sound you get from the strings on pure wood that drew me in, I owned a cort curbow fretless which did have one of these so-called ebanol fingerboards, basically a hard plastic feel, and could not simply get the feel or sound I had already experienced on a wood fingerboard, so personally think if i was gonna buy another fretless in the future I would be sure to stay away from ebanol fingerboards, basically too hard of a material for fretless that's just my opinion don't want to upset anybody here I'm sure some people might prefer it.
I never meant to infer that he literally invented fretless bass. Just the lined fretless, although I stand corrected on that. He did at least invent a new way to play the darn thing though. Play it like a sax.Good common sense advice.
But as much as I enjoy Jaco's playing and no disrespect to Jaco intended, but he did not invent the fretless bass, though he certainly popularised it and was probably the first major artist to use it consistantly . Bill Wyman converted a bass to fretless in around 1960, (I believe that prior to joining the Stones Bill played in Jazz bands.) though I don't know if he played it publicly. There were possibly others before him who tried it too and a few after him. Sorry for being pedantic.
I'm just gonna put this here for us fretless players (and maybe a few fretted) as a reminder to pioneer your own sound.(No hate involved just food for thought, and a conversation starter.)
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He played it on the tune "Paint It Black"Good common sense advice.
But as much as I enjoy Jaco's playing and no disrespect to Jaco intended, but he did not invent the fretless bass, though he certainly popularised it and was probably the first major artist to use it consistantly . Bill Wyman converted a bass to fretless in around 1960, (I believe that prior to joining the Stones Bill played in Jazz bands.) though I don't know if he played it publicly. There were possibly others before him who tried it too and a few after him. Sorry for being pedantic.
Nice to know. I've done some checking and it seems that prior to joining The Stones he played his converted to fretless bass in another band and then with the stones during their early years and on recordings. I'd undersold Mr Wyman's use of the fretless bass in my initial post. I suppose that as his fretless was a conversion from a fretted bass, it would also have been a lined fretless as well?
Well here's some pics.Nice to know. I've done some checking and it seems that prior to joining The Stones he played his converted to fretless bass in another band and then with the stones during their early years and on recordings. I'd undersold Mr Wyman's use of the fretless bass in my initial post. I suppose that as his fretless was a conversion from a fretted bass, it would also have been a lined fretless as well?
