The Fretless Club

[spade2you]

I love how this looks, particularly the fretboard. Mm.

Thanks. One neat aspect of Dymondwood is the availability of different colors. They sent Conklin a few misc. samples and we picked their "coco bolo" Dymondwood because it seemed to look right with bubinga.

 

[dave64o]

I'm almost embarrassed to "show off" mine after seeing some of the basses you guys have posted, but here are my two...


Left: Ibanez SR1305PM Fretless. I don't know if it was made that way or if it was defretted by the original owner. I'm the 4th owner and the 2nd and 3rd didn't know the answer. Anybody?.

Right: SX SJB-62 4+1 fretless

That would make me number .......... ???

 

[Hoover]

Sure, sign me up, gimme a number, whatever:
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Note: that sunburst one is only going to be fretless for another week or two; I'm having Michael Dolan build a custom fretted 8-string neck to fit that body. But the Rob Allen is a keeper!

 

[fokof]

A 5 str Acoustic Michael Kelly, nice for the price but markers on the side are not at the right place!
A self made 5 string and my main bass , another self made 5 strings.

And a pictire of my big 4 string fretless.

 

[kevin_lindsay]

My soon to be complete Sei Singlecut fretless 5 - macassar ebony facings front and rear (also on headstock front & rear), and the fingerboard is Macassar ebony also! (oh yeah, and the Musicman hardcase is merely there to place the bass on something rather than the floor for them to take the pics!!)

 

[Hoover]

Y'know, I've seen those pictures in a few other threads around here, & I just gotta say:

That bass looks freakin' AWESOME!

You must post pics when the build is complete. Any idea when that'll be?

 

[danomite64]

 

[coreyfyfe]

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[kevin_lindsay]

I'm hitting London weeks commencing 7th and 14th January in the New Year, so I should get my grubby mitts on the Singlecut fretless then (hopefully!!)

 

[Michael Case]

My de-fretted Pedulla Series II 4 string and my Czech Double Bass.

 

[JaySeeDoubleYou]

Okay guys, I am sick with who knows what and I took some nighttime cold medicine that's gonna lay me flat here any minute, so I will post again later with comments on these awesome basses (and there will be comments...there's some sweet gear on this page!), but for now, just numbers.

Here are the numbers for the posts on page 3

Distant Tremor#19
Lambro#20
Ken Lloyd #21
Scary Bill #22
Phe #23
Big Red X #24
Smoke #25
RockPriest #26
mimaz #27
alanbass #28

 

[JaySeeDoubleYou]

okay page 4 people, same drill (there is definitely going to be some comments here!)

dave64#29
hoover#30
fokof#31
kevin#32
danomite#33
corey fife#34
michael case#35

 

[Tired_Thumb]

Yup, haven't touched a fretted bass since I took the frets out of my first bass.

 

[JaySeeDoubleYou]

Tired Thumb: nice pic! Nice bass! You're #36!

 

[steve4765630]

Count me in please...

Here are the 3 I use most often:

Pedulla Buzz upgraded with an East/ACG filter pre-amp. This is my main bass these days.

You just can't beat the singing tone of a Buzz. My Pentabuzz is so sick! It melts your face off when you hear it. I can't find my digital camera or I would upload a pic.

 

[kesslari]

I've got a fretless Michael Kelly dragonfly coming on Friday! Used to have a fretless Spector NS2, walnut body, sweet sweet bass. Sold it when I quit playing for a while. Just picking the bass up again after many years. It is awesome to be playing again.

 

[Tom7]

You just can't beat the singing tone of a Buzz. My Pentabuzz is so sick! It melts your face off when you hear it. I can't find my digital camera or I would upload a pic.

I agree. As I wrote elsewhere, I narrowed down my search for a new fretless to a Pedulla hexabuzz or an F-Bass AC6. I wish I had both, but that would be too hard to justify to myself, much less my wife.

 

[ninjavanishh]

I have a wishbass, it's pretty cool and I like the feel of a fretless.

 

[jkdahlman]

Ok, can I join? There's these...

 

[jkdahlman]

... and these....




Happy holidays all!