Whodathunkit? Need to tidy up more often.

Yeah with this whole virus mess I've been cleaning out closets and drawers and found some goodies too!

One of the few positive things from the virus!

 

I found two of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel in a bucket of spare necks just last week. Next I'm going to look in my box of DB bridges. I might find the Abdominal Snowman.

 

Ha! I know what you mean! I did find an old 1928 baseball card of someone I never heard of and an actual Thomas Edison record...not the cylinder but a 78 rpm!

 

I'm staying out of this one.

However, an academic question: IF I wanted to play fretless without spending the '10,000 hours' to get it just right, could I play OK fretless through AutoTune and sound killer pitch-wise?

 

You pulled out a bass you forgot about??

We should all be so lucky....

 

Not sure if you're responding in the correct thread but the thing about fretless is you don't have to be in perfect pitch! Just get it close when you're playing and in that microsecond if you hear it's slightly off bend or slide into the note. That's the fretless sound...at least to me. I'm sure pro's will scoff at my advice but the slight variation is what makes it sound so cool!

Of course if you're too far off it will be obvious but pretend like the frets are there and play where the fret would be...not in between. I am by no means an expert and I keep it super simple when I play my fretless. Autotune "might work" but you'll get more satisfaction and hone your skills without it. I am guessing Autotune would make it harder to play live! Maybe after it's recorded to fix a few bad notes.

We need pro to chime in here and help! Ha!

 

Found Jimmy Hoffa and DB Cooper in my basement during a clean out

 

You know the rules-run out of basses buy another one.

If you don’t decide to keep that MFD pickup from the G&L , I’m sure someone around here would buy it. My understanding is that you can’t buy those without the bass and most love them so much they never change them out.

 

Dang. All I've found so far is a Guild-branded ECC83/12AX7 that looks to be a long-plate Telefunken. I'd love to find a P-bass, but my house is too small to lose a whole instrument in.

 

I’m obviously not a G&L expert. I like them them but don’t own one and have only played a few.

 

Why do you say never to use it as an effect? Countless tunes use it that way.