Where to buy a lined fretless???

[Dogbertday]

No negativity from me.
If you only want the neck Rondo carries them occasionally, but some place like Warmoth is probably your best bet.

peace

I think you're the first person to actually answer the OP's OQ!!!

I'd also answer if I had any idea.

 

[Left Left Goose]

No negativity from me.
If you only want the neck Rondo carries them occasionally, but some place like Warmoth is probably your best bet.

peace

i checked out warmoth and those are astronomically expensive (especially if im gonna get both lined and unlined)
i just want to get my feet wet and figure out if im gonna like it after the honeymoon

im still saving for a main gigging bass (fretted or fretless to be determined) so i dont want to break the bank for this "experiment"

would it be good to call rondo and see when they will have a 34" scale?

thanks

 

[Mushroo]

would it be good to call rondo and see when they will have a 34" scale?

Yes I've dealt with Rondo twice and they are very helpful. Just to warn you that the answer may be vauge ("sometime in the fall" as opposed to "September 15th") because these things are literally on the slow boat from China as the old expression goes!

 

[Jo6Pak]

Buy a fretless SX bass from Rondo Music for $109 and keep your fretted bass... that is my advice.

This is probably the best advice of the entire thread...

 

[Left Left Goose]

This is probably the best advice of the entire thread...

i just want the neck sir cause ive already modded my squier a decent amount and i love the tone i get from it just not those metal speed bumps


thanks

thats the worst idea IMO - i would have a crappy fretless and a bass with $200 of mods sitting in the closet

 

[Mushroo]

thats the worst idea IMO - i would have a crappy fretless and a bass with $200 of mods sitting in the closet

LOL, if you think the SX is a "crappy fretless" then why are you so eager to put an SX fretless neck on your favorite bass!

 

[Left Left Goose]

LOL, if you think the SX is a "crappy fretless" then why are you so eager to put an SX fretless neck on your favorite bass!

cause for $39 it could be a tree trunk and it'd be worth it
for $109 the odds of getting a lemon are too much on a part time job + saving for a main bass IMO

 

[Jo6Pak]

Goose - I don't own an SX, never have, but most people here have only good things to say about them. For versatility, you will also want to have something fretted if you plan on playing outside of your living room. Seriously...

 

[spade2you]

Apologies, I completely missed your post on the 2nd page about side dots, muscle memory, upright bass, etc... so I took your Jaco/Manring post out of context. Based on your other posts, I think you and I agree philosophically in our fretless playing.

Personally, I've owned only lined fretlesses through the years, but on occasion, I've messed around on unlined (with side dots) and I really didn't feel like I was playing a different instrument or exercising a different skill set. Now, when I play upright (since I don't do it often enough to develop muscle memory) I have to use my ears entirely, so that (or a bass guitar with no lines/dots/markers) is what I consider to be the true definition of "unlined fretless" i.e. intonation without visual reference point. So I guess my definition was more of a "player" definition (i.e. Jaco was a lined fretless player) than a "bass" definition (i.e. this bass has an unlined fretless fingerboard).

I guess really my point was directed at the OP: don't feel bad about playing "lined fretless" because 99.99% of the people telling you to play "unlined fretless" have lines or dots on the side of their necks that serve the same purpose.

yup.

 

[Left Left Goose]

Goose - I don't own an SX, never have, but most people here have only good things to say about them. For versatility, you will also want to have something fretted if you plan on playing outside of your living room. Seriously...

well i wont be not till i get my main gigging bass anyway
i just think thats exactly the opposite of what i want
i see it as trading down (less modded P bass) just to get a fretless
whereas i could just get a neck and worst case:it sucks or i dont like fretless, im only out $40 and then i can go get my main fretted bass and be on with it

i do appreciate your help

thanks to all

 

[Mushroo]

cause for $39 it could be a tree trunk and it'd be worth it
for $109 the odds of getting a lemon are too much on a part time job + saving for a main bass IMO

I hear what you are saying... believe me when I say that everyone giving you advice on this thread knows what it's like to be short on cash and have to save up for something you like.

I guess my point is, you really seem to like your bass, except that it is fretted. If you swap the neck out, it's not the same bass anymore, know what I mean? It might sound just as good, or it might sound better, or it might sound worse. You just don't know. Plus, you have to ask yourself, is it going to fit my neck pocket with no routing? Are my tuners going to fit or am I tuner shopping too? Do I know how to cut nut slots? Adjust the truss rod? Set the bridge saddle height and intonation?

You seem to have the idea that you need a "gigging bass" someday, but here's the thing... with a nicely-modded fretted Squier and a fretless SX, you can play lots and lots of gigs. Those two basses could last you 10 years. Seriously.

 

[EclecticElectrk]

you can try warmoth.com they have a huge selection of parts.

 

[Left Left Goose]

I guess my point is, you really seem to like your bass, except that it is fretted. If you swap the neck out, it's not the same bass anymore, know what I mean? It might sound just as good, or it might sound better, or it might sound worse. You just don't know. Plus, you have to ask yourself, is it going to fit my neck pocket with no routing? Are my tuners going to fit or am I tuner shopping too? Do I know how to cut nut slots? Adjust the truss rod? Set the bridge saddle height and intonation?

thats what my teacher is for he helped me with the original mods (pups, bridge, pots)

You seem to have the idea that you need a "gigging bass" someday, but here's the thing... with a nicely-modded fretted Squier and a fretless SX, you can play lots and lots of gigs. Those two basses could last you 10 years. Seriously.

thats definetly true (although i get zero respect showing up to an audition with a squier until i plug it in that is)
its jsut that with a 2x P it would limit me somewhat as to what style i can play - i guess i could get a sx J but the fretless only comes in that pastel blue

thanks

 

[Left Left Goose]

you can try warmoth.com they have a huge selection of parts.

i checked out warmoth and those are astronomically expensive (especially if im gonna get both lined and unlined)
i just want to get my feet wet and figure out if im gonna like it after the honeymoon

im still saving for a main gigging bass (fretted or fretless to be determined) so i dont want to break the bank for this "experiment"

thanks