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Bit of a lurker but some lovely fretless beauties here - keep em coming...
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The Fretless Club
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There goes my number
Bit of a lurker but some lovely fretless beauties here - keep em coming...
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Not an easy question to answer. Like learning anything, it'll take a bit of effort. However it's probably not as hard as you think ... the more you play, the more you discover your fingers are just going to the right places (muscle memory). You can make things easier on yourself by going for a lined fretless, but if you ever want to go unlined, then you have another learning curve. I took the plunge with unlined myself (after spending 6 months in music shops noodling on a variety of lined/unlined basses)
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+1 from a beginner. I've only been playing fretless for about 4 months and I'm very glad that I went with the unlined. I don't think it's as hard as I initially thought it would be. Don't get me wrong, it takes practice to get your intonation on track, but why did we all decide to start playing the bass anyway? Because we love the instrument, wanted a challenge, and enjoy playing. For me, it was nice to have a new challenge. Good luck.
+1 from a beginner. I've only been playing fretless for about 4 months and I'm very glad that I went with the unlined. I don't think it's as hard as I initially thought it would be. Don't get me wrong, it takes practice to get your intonation on track, but why did we all decide to start playing the bass anyway? Because we love the instrument, wanted a challenge, and enjoy playing. For me, it was nice to have a new challenge. Good luck.
I want to replace my neck with unlined, but I have lines because it's a defretted bass. Having the lines does help at first, but eventually, you don't even look. I think the only time I look now is when my ear picks up the fact that I'm off.
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I would love to be in the fretless club. My main fretless is a 1995 Modulus Quantum 5 Turbo model. And this thing has growl. I play it 75% of the time at gigs. Check out the pic.
This club is a great idea.
I would love to be in the fretless club. My main fretless is a 1995 Modulus Quantum 5 Turbo model. And this thing has growl. I play it 75% of the time at gigs. Check out the pic.
This club is a great idea.
Aloha, I play a MIM fretless jazz. I really like it. I have changed a few things on it. The bridge is now a Badass II and I changed out the pickups to DiMarzio Ultra bass. I enjoy the tones from a fretless. I play through a SWR 300 and a SWR 4x10.
Thanks, Ken
Thanks, Ken
MF Fretless semi hollow. MF stands for Michel Fournelle who is a luthier based in Montreal, Canada. He crafted Alain Caron basses in the early years of UZEB.
Thanks! The paint job was done by a film director friend of mine in really thick textured acrylics, I love it. The design continues around the back too. I don't know how much effort it took to get the cello fingerboard on the neck but I imagine it did take some. I got the neck in a trade with Ratzo Harris close to 18 years ago and he got it in a trade from someone else if I remember correctly. The body is a warmoth I picked up at the same time. The neck pickup is the '78 stock P from my other bass I showed (that has EMG's now) and the bridge pickup is a bartolini humbucker. The bridge is the '78 one again but the saddle pieces have been replaced by mahogany by the luthier that put the pieces together for me. I can't remember why he did that 'cause it was so long ago but I like to think it adds to the unique tone. More likely the tone has a lot to do with the wiring being out of phase, if I turn up both pups all the way, they start to cancel. If I back off the P pup just a little, there it is.. the magic tone. Frankenstein bass all the way and it weighs a ton but sounds oh so good.
I just got a fretless neck for my T-40 project. It's awesome. I just need the wiring harness!!! I was going to go with dual Dark Stars but, since I have the stock pups....I dunno. Bet this would sound killer with DS's. Here are a couple of quick pics so far. I have Rotosound flats on there:
4 string Aria Pro II (FB) de-fretted in 1990 (the cliche first time I heard Jaco story) She is ugly, worn, and very much loved! Autographed by Texas blues guitarist Chris Duarte in 1991. No pics handy...I'll add one later.
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