Playing a LINED fretless.

[yoshi]

Hi all.

I'm going to check out a used fretless tomorow. Its fretboard is lined out, and my question is, stupid as it may seem, when fretting a note do I suppress the string on the fret line or in the 'middle[/]' of the fret space, like you would with a fretted instrument?

Thanks!

PS- I had a quick search on here+technique but couldnt word my search properly to get a response.

 

[wulf]

Generally, on the line... but that does assume the lines are in the standard places and that the intonation is correctly set up.

Wulf

 

[CS]

Take a chromatic tuner and see where it's 'in'.

 

[yoshi]

Thanks, I was actually thinking of doing that after reading posts on here about practicing fretless some time back.

 

[BustinJustin]

I agree w/ wulf & CS.
It will take some gettin used to.
Frtls is a rad bass have fun!
The intonation is the most important thing on a frtls, if you dont have a good set up you'll sound like doo.
Have fun!
mmMMMMmmmwwwwWWWWAAaaaa (frtls sound)

 

[XavierG]

Originally posted by BustinJustin
.....(frtls sound)

Were you afraid he might have thought that you were blowing him a kiss with that ""mmMMMMmmmwwwwWWWWAAaaaa"?

 

[yoshi]

Originally posted by XavierG


Were you afraid he might have thought that you were blowing him a kiss with that ""mmMMMMmmmwwwwWWWWAAaaaa"?

I don't know about him, but I certainly was afraid



I know what you mean by the 'mwwaa' noise though; years of supernintendo sound tracks have scorhced it into my my mind.

I'm pretty 'excited' now, had the meet-up organised since sunday

 

[BustinJustin]

sorry to let you down guys, but kisses are out of the question!

 

[bill h]

Originally posted by XavierG


Were you afraid he might have thought that you were blowing him a kiss with that ""mmMMMMmmmwwwwWWWWAAaaaa"?

Thats to funny hahaha

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I agree that you should use a tuner to find where the exact note/finger placement is, but I've found it's better to fret with the center of my finger just behind the line. The last edge of your finger that's holding the string down is the breaking point of the string, which decides which note occurs. My fingers (as most do) flatten out when pressed down, so I go just behind the line so the right edge of my fingers are on the line. Setup can change the results greatly.