Dafently a pair is the way to go....I already have an Adamovic 5 string fretted, now I want the fretless.....but the wallet screams: NO WAY! It´s a matter of time and negotiation. 
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I thought playing fretless was easy!
- Thread starter Emanuel Apascaritei
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I think it´s more the fear of having no frets more than just take and play it and see what happens. Ones you take off your fear the joy of the fretless beggins to grow on you.....it´s addictive. 
You said it right! Sometimes I feel like the frets are pulling back on my playing. Nevertheless a fretted is a must too. So the best way is a pair to have. And you are already covered
Playing alone is one thing; the real test is when you have to play in tune with other players.
You said it right! Sometimes I feel like the frets are pulling back on my playing. Nevertheless a fretted is a must too. So the best way is a pair to have. And you are already covered
Yep. I'll have one more fretless next week. My students gave me an unlined fretless 4 string neck at the end of the school year to mark my 25th year of teaching. I received some other donated parts and will start building it next week. It'll be a passive, unlined fretless P bass. Should be interesting...and fun.
My last two builds are fretless, one jazz, one P. Both are built around the marvelous Mighty Mite fretless neck. I find these two to be the easiest-to-play of all my basses.
Hey Mike, nice looking basses. I love the look on unlined fretless fingerboard.
Thank you. I call the blueburst Jazz "Stealth" because when there's no direct light on the body, the entire bass looks black. That was the first I built of the two and the neck looked and felt so nice that I wanted to then build a precision with the same kind of neck.
I had a blueburst G&L L2500T. Beautiful but I couldn´t stand the baseball bat, the weak B string and the whooly tone. but the blueburst caught my eye.
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I'd really like a fretless too, so the next bass I will be getting is another Ibanez Mikro for defreting.
Love that mellow, almost upright sound you can get out of a fretless, and the fact that you can slide seamlessly and step free. Not to speak of the beautiful vibratos you can do.
I'd really like a fretless too, so the next bass I will be getting is another Ibanez Mikro for defreting.
Love that mellow, almost upright sound you can get out of a fretless, and the fact that you can slide seamlessly and step free. Not to speak of the beautiful vibratos you can do.
The only real downside I find to that particular bass is that it seems to be a dust and fingerprint magnet. The precision, not so much.
That upright sound especially works when you pluck right over the heel of the neck.Cool
I'd really like a fretless too, so the next bass I will be getting is another Ibanez Mikro for defreting.
Love that mellow, almost upright sound you can get out of a fretless, and the fact that you can slide seamlessly and step free. Not to speak of the beautiful vibratos you can do.
I've played my SR305F fretless fiver from Ibanez since 2009 and I still suck! Unlined fretless looks beautiful, but I would have difficulty taking the beast.
Check this video out and listen for the Rob Allen Deep 5 fretless around 1:25. Amazing tone!
Check this video out and listen for the Rob Allen Deep 5 fretless around 1:25. Amazing tone!
