Neusar bridge?

[tjclem]

Any experience with this system?

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[Hopkins]

I think Ill pass

 

[tjclem]

A customer wants me to build a bass using it that is why I am asking...t

 

[Hopkins]

Yeah, sorry, no experience at all. Thats the first time Ive ever seen one.

 

[allexcosta]

How can a bridge convert a bass from fretted to fretless?

 

[tjclem]

How can a bridge convert a bass from fretted to fretless?

I agree. It does seem to give a different tone for sure though some examples on u-tube show it...t

 

[pilotjones]

If you search way back, JP did one bass with the Neuser NFS. It installed fine and functioned as it was supposed to. IIRC, his opinion was that if you want a true fretless sound, you should learn to play fretless.

I always thought it was a really cool idea. Expensive, though.

 

[Highs&Lows]

check his bridge:

‪Dominique Di Piazza playing with his new model signature on "The bright morning star"‬‏ - YouTube

 

[Stealth]

What DDP is playing is a model with that actual bridge.

Fretting a note on a fretted bass means the string is vibrating anchored to two firm points, the fret and the saddle. On a fretless, one point is soft (the fretboard). So my guess is it has a substitute saddle made of rosewood or similar or a mechanism that "softens" the bridge anchor point.

I wonder what a fretless would sound like, then, with that NFS bridge

 

[allexcosta]

What DDP is playing is a model with that actual bridge.

I'm sorry, which actual bridge?

 

[makaspar]

I wonder what a fretless would sound like, then, with that NFS bridge

Double bass?

 

[Stealth]

I'm sorry, which actual bridge?

This:

check his bridge:
‪Dominique Di Piazza playing with his new model signature on "The bright morning star"‬‏ - YouTube

uses the Neuser "fretless" bridge. Was just trying to clarify that in case someone deemed the Neuser website TL;DR.

 

[J Posega]

The bridge in the DDP video is nothing like the Neuser... DDP's bridge has believable fretless mwah. I think the Neuser makes the high strings sound like a banjo in the video's I've watched.

 

[allexcosta]

The DDP is a Neuser bridge? Don't think so... They are nothing alike and the DDP bridge is sold by Mike Sabre, here:

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[cropshy]

What DDP is playing is a model with that actual bridge.

Fretting a note on a fretted bass means the string is vibrating anchored to two firm points, the fret and the saddle. On a fretless, one point is soft (the fretboard). So my guess is it has a substitute saddle made of rosewood or similar or a mechanism that "softens" the bridge anchor point.

I wonder what a fretless would sound like, then, with that NFS bridge

The Neusar in its "fretless" setting reminded me of a sitar. Maybe it works the same way as a sitar by simply having something just in front of the bridge vibrate against the strings.