Neuser Fretless System-Anyone Try One?

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I've read about this on TB before, and the soundclips sound great (although Dominique DiPiazza, who made the clip I heard, could make a stick with yarn strings sound great), but I was wondering if anyone's gotten to try one first-hand. Are they even available in America through any dealers yet?

 

[JPFerreira]

Tried it and already commented about it on TB.

no interest at all IMHO

Peace,
JP

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Tried it and already commented about it on TB.

no interest at all IMHO

Peace,
JP

I remember your comments, but that was a year and a half ago, so I figured they might have made some adjustments or improvements. Have you tried one since then?

 

[JPFerreira]

I remember your comments, but that was a year and a half ago, so I figured they might have made some adjustments or improvements. Have you tried one since then?

nope Brian, I haven't tried them again but I haven't heard about any changes. I saw the system again this year at the musikmesse but didn't feel the need to try again.

ABM is making them now so maybe you should ask allparts to get them in the USA.

Peace,
JP

 

[MMiller28]

can anybody expand on what exactly the system involves?

 

[pilotjones]

can anybody expand on what exactly the system involves?

Basically, fretless basses get their continuous upper harmonic generation ("mwah") due to the string scrubbing or bouncing off the fretboard in the immediate vicinity of the fretting finger. A sitar works similarly, except that the buzzy contact is made at the shallow-convex shaped bridge saddles.

The Neuser system provides a cover you slide up over the bridge saddle, that gives the string a surface to scrub/reflect off of, in similar manner. The cover can be slid on and off, to turn the effect on and off.

There's now detailed info on their website.