At $99, this may be too cheap lose if it doesn’t work out. It is better than paying $1,000 for a used Warwick only to find out I want to keep my lines.
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Glarry: a really cheap way to get into unlined fretless?
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At $99, this may be too cheap lose if it doesn’t work out. It is better than paying $1,000 for a used Warwick only to find out I want to keep my lines.
Amazing. When I made my first foray into fretless, there was no such animal as a Glarry or a Rogue. Price is really no longer a barrier to entry.
At this point, I am perfectly cool with playable budget instruments. It certainly sounds good enough to my ears. As long as the neck is decent and it stays in tune, I could be happy playing it.
I have not heard anything about that. Even improper side dots can help, as long as they are consistent.
I am a big Glarry fan, but I would bet that they did not. I know my Rogue fretless is incorrect, the dots are where they would be on a fretted bass.
That would be a concern. I could work around it, but I would prefer not to.
my Peavey T-20FL is incorrect and really bugs me, I remark all mine to make them work
At $99, I think I am going to find out.
When you really rationalize it there’s very little risk in giving that bass a shot and lots of reward. Not that it will be some epic tone machine but it might open up a new avenue for you as a player. You can always put that confidence towards a “better” bass later. What is $99? Like going out for lunch every day for a week?
The funny thing is that I got my Geddy out a few weeks ago and the management was telling me that I was more than welcome to lay their blue Tony Franklin away even though it took me forever to get the Geddy. I guess they don’t mind since they know I am good for it eventually, but I am not that keen on a layaway since I am sending my oldest off to college. The Pedulla is a great of course, and a cheap unlined on the side would be fun.
no doubt sellers are more willing to push sales now more than ever just to stay alive, those Franklins are great from what's been said, but my cheapo active fretless Dean is super too. that Peavey of mine has the perfect Fender P tone and those can be found for under $300, but the sc hum has got to go.
The Tony Franklin is great, but I am tired of tying up big money in basses. I have enough nice basses already and my health is good, but I am not young. I cannot count on playing new basses another 20-30 years at my age.
You could drop a Lollar in it and probably sound pretty good.
If the basic package is good, upgrades will make a lot of sense.
The dots are where they would be on a fretted neck. Still, a great way to venture into fretless, modding and making it your own.
Mine started out as fretted, now it has a thinned Glarry fretless neck (fingerboard is not real rosewood). Fender Original pickup will soon be swapped for a Dimarzio.
Huge thanks to @JRA for this neck and my headstock decal.
Mine started out as fretted, now it has a thinned Glarry fretless neck (fingerboard is not real rosewood). Fender Original pickup will soon be swapped for a Dimarzio.
Huge thanks to @JRA for this neck and my headstock decal.
I like the way it sounds. I think I just might give one a shot.
The side dots on one of my 73 P fretless are in the fretted location. If your dots are not correct you can adjust to that.
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