The Fretless Club (Part 2!)

[Jazzcat]

Hi... just some new piccys...

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That color combo is killer.

 

[bassmanjla]

Weird...I thought I was in this club already...oh well...here's mine. US Lakalnd JO CS with an ebony neck lined with maple.

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you mean your fingerboard markers are maple? thats sweet.

 

[MarkusBass]

you mean your fingerboard markers are maple? thats sweet.

Yes. Thanks!

 

[MarkusBass]

I'm so insanely curious how that sounds!

Sounds awesome...nice and thick, and great low-mid growl.

 

[MarkusBass]

Yup - you're already 434 MarkusBass.

Here's our newest...

517 bassmanjla

Ah...OK...I looked twice, but I guess I should have looks three times Thanks!

 

[irishryno]

Pick me for a number. Just got this shortscale.

 

[Tommygunn]

Here is my plan... evil plan

Precision body,
J/P pickup configuration,
Purple large flake metallic finish,
fretless neck: ebony fretboard,
Kahler trem


Cool? or yuk?

 

[Gbassman815]

Here is my plan... evil plan

Precision body,
J/P pickup configuration,
Purple large flake metallic finish,
fretless neck: ebony fretboard,
Kahler trem


Cool? or yuk?

kinda like the one i posted earlier, but with a p body

 

[Tommygunn]

Quite like it!

But the J pup in neck pos and the p in brige pos.

 

[irishryno]

Curious, why would you take the P pup out of the sweet spot? It should have a unique tone.

 

[Gbassman815]

i can tell you one thing, that i absolutely love mine, and once you put a trem on a fretless, you enter a whole new world of coolness

 

[Darkstrike]

kinda like the one i posted earlier, but with a p body
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What bass is that?

I've been looking for a bass that looks just like that body...

 

[Gbassman815]

What bass is that?

I've been looking for a bass that looks just like that body...

i think its an older warmoth body, i traded for it, and the neck is homemade with a bamboo fingerboard, and there is no name on the headstock
sorry i cant help you very much on that

 

[Darkstrike]

i think its an older warmoth body, i traded for it, and the neck is homemade with a bamboo fingerboard, and there is no name on the headstock
sorry i cant help you very much on that

Drat, thanks anyway, body looks just like a Liberty...

 

[Tommygunn]

Curious, why would you take the P pup out of the sweet spot? It should have a unique tone.

Like a double P precision, but I only use neck pups in jazzes. Been wondering about doing this for awhile now. IIRC it should be like a J/JJhumbucker config tone wise.

 

[irishryno]

Very interesting, let me know how it turns out.

 

[Jazzcat]

Pick me for a number. Just got this shortscale.

Here ya go...

518 irishryno

 

[bandwife]

i gotta introduce my fretless as well.

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a rather weird bass i guess
i took some cheap wood from the hardwarestore, i think is was either spruce or pine plywood, cut it right, chambered it and painted the whole thing orange. then, i had an old neck lying around my room. i pulled out the frets, painted the fretboard dark red, as well as all of the hardware, and sealed it with hardwood floor finish. the back of a cupboard is now the pickguard and a guitar humbucker took its place by the neck. some chromes to complete the mellow sound.

et voila.

if you like to hear it, check this youtube video

Brilliant! Just listened to the video. Thanks for the inspiration...I am now on a quest to build my own!

 

[irishryno]

Is it possible that I have found my prefered calling? I know that I have only had my new bass for a day, but fretless just feels so right. I have good natural intonation. I feel like i finally have the right tool in hand when i play and practice. anyone experience this?

 

[Jazzcat]

Is it possible that I have found my prefered calling? I know that I have only had my new bass for a day, but fretless just feels so right. I have good natural intonation. I feel like i finally have the right tool in hand when i play and practice. anyone experience this?

In.

It's hard to describe without sounding hokey, but fretless just feels right for me. I went from guitar to fretless bass, and from day one I knew FB was so much more expressive, freeing, organic!?

It has tempted me to take a crack at a godin glissentar a few times, but I don't have to time to invest in skills it would take to play one of those.