fretted to fretless!

[pharmakon]

This is pretty freakin' cool.

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2009/10/30/fretted-or-fretless-make-it-a-convertible/

 

[ubado]

Wicked!

 

[mkandolf]

But this takes away a reason for at least two basses!

 

[pharmakon]

But this takes away a reason for at least two basses!

Yeah, but think of what you could on stage with a loop machine with this thing!

 

[TolerancEJ]

I'm pretty sure this has been posted here before. It is quite expensive when I looked it up. I think you're better off getting a double neck fretted / fretless.

 

[j-raj]

pretty sure that has been posted before, that's really nothing new.
*edit*

gosh, this must have been posted before...

 

[spade2you]

Like D.A.D.'s bass, this gets posted about once a month.

Why doesn't it catch on? It costs more than a nice fretted and fretless AND you're basically left with a fretless with high action.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Why doesn't it catch on? It costs more than a nice fretted and fretless AND you're basically left with a fretless with high action.

Exactly. Why not just get a double neck fretted / fretless? Then you can experiment with alternate tunings with each neck, if you're into that kinda thing.

It doesn't have to be expensive. You could get a cheap double neck bass and mod it into a decent instrument.

 

[spade2you]

Exactly. Why not just get a double neck fretted / fretless?

Or just get a fretless? There seems to be a little fear with going fretless.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Of course fretless should be part of a bass players' collection. My reference to a double neck was merely an alternate suggestion (and less expensive option) to the bass that is switchable between fretted / fretless.

 

[spade2you]

Of course fretless should be part of a bass players' collection. My reference to a double neck was merely an alternate suggestion to the bass that is switchable between fretted / fretless.

Understood, just noticing that there's an overall fear of fretless, although I think there's a certain extent that a lot of bassists quit or let it collect dust because they either don't want to invest the time or can't accept the risks that you can be off from time to time.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Agreed.

 

[pharmakon]

Exactly. Why not just get a double neck fretted / fretless? Then you can experiment with alternate tunings with each neck, if you're into that kinda thing.

It doesn't have to be expensive. You could get a cheap double neck bass and mod it into a decent instrument.

Something like this?

 

[NecroticImbecil]

Ah, the triumphant return of Mikey Guitar! T'was long ago prophesied.

Is this the best fretted/fretless convertible bass for metal?

 

[smperry]

This is pretty freakin' cool.

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2009/10/30/fretted-or-fretless-make-it-a-convertible/

Thanks for posting...but as others have said, this bass has been mentioned around here a great deal. I'm going to close the thread because of that.