I've played fretless for years.
Right now I have a 1970-Fretless P-Bass.
Bluesman Vintage 1961-Jazz- defretted & epoxied by HG Thor.
And I'm now waiting for the Brown Truck to deliver my dream fretless. 1985 Wal Mk1.
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I've played fretless for years.
Right now I have a 1970-Fretless P-Bass.
Bluesman Vintage 1961-Jazz- defretted & epoxied by HG Thor.
And I'm now waiting for the Brown Truck to deliver my dream fretless. 1985 Wal Mk1.
I've played fretless for years.
Right now I have a 1970-Fretless P-Bass.
Bluesman Vintage 1961-Jazz- defretted & epoxied by HG Thor.
And I'm now waiting for the Brown Truck to deliver my dream fretless. 1985 Wal Mk1.
Post up a pic of that 61 Jazz, pleeeeeease!
godofthunder59
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Headphones are best. This video clip shows an A/B comparison between my 2004 LB70P and my 2012 LB70PF -- my first fretless!
It has a 3 piece body (walnut, maple, Claro top), 5 piece neck (walnut with 2 maple stripes), a birdseye maple board with no lines/no dots and "Hard As Nails" epoxy finish, and J99A single coils, piezos in the bridge saddles. Plays and sounds GREAT.
Hope you like it.
Dang gumby.. that is one sexy thing there. I'd love to touch him in all sorts of dirt ways. or if it's a girl.. her. 
Dang gumby.. that is one sexy thing there. I'd love to touch him in all sorts of dirt ways. or if it's a girl.. her.
Yeah, man....
Take a listen to my crappy little sound clip and hear the mwah a fretless beginner can crank out!
Newbie here
Bought my fretless, a Stagg 4 string, a couple of years ago. It has a PJ setup and some nice flats. It's not a bad first fretless but it could do with active pickups.
Bought my fretless, a Stagg 4 string, a couple of years ago. It has a PJ setup and some nice flats. It's not a bad first fretless but it could do with active pickups.
Burwabit
Likes guitars that tune good and firm feelin women
I traded for my first fretless this week. I didn't mean to... had a bass for sale and guy made an interesting offer. Looking forward to learning on it.
Warwick Corvette Standard made in Germany
D'Addario Chormes (added by me)
Warwick Corvette Standard made in Germany
D'Addario Chormes (added by me)
I had one of those myself. One of the most adjustable basses out there, and such a smooth body.
837 Burwabit
I've played fretless for about a month. I've learned that on a fretless, tapping sounds good, slapping sounds odd, popping sounds awful, roundwounds chew up your fretboard (frets freshly removed), having fret markers is a godsend, vibrato is awesome, and sliding is possibly the arousing sound in the world of music.
Anything else I need to know?
Anything else I need to know?
I think the best fretless I've heard or played was a '90's Peavey Foundation 4 string. Somebody yanked the frets off the maple fingerboard, and sanded down the body. The thing sounded so sweet...like it had honey coated strings. At $120., I shoulda put it on layaway.
I use the one finger per fret "crab claw" technique. I think Ray Brown also did so.
I use the one finger per fret "crab claw" technique. I think Ray Brown also did so.
