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Post by emuposerbass on Mar 6, 2005 0:01:26 GMT -4
This goes to Shaun or anyone other bass players. Ever tried out a fretless bass? I tried a Fender Standard Fretless and found it was very quiet, and couldn't really tell much difference between it and a fretted, except I got a lot better tone variation and volume out of a short scale Squier Bronco I was also testing. Anyone have a more positive experience with a fretless?
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innovea
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Post by innovea on Mar 7, 2005 16:01:33 GMT -4
I can't help you out in that I've never tried playing one, but yeah, I'd be curious to know what people think of them! I always kind of assumed that only the elite bass players of the world could benefit from that kind of tone variation and control... But yeah. I actually live just down the road from a nice music store, so give me a few days or a week or whatever, and I might be able to give a better two cents..
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Post by twistchi36 on Mar 11, 2005 19:23:29 GMT -4
i've only messed around with one or two at guitar center, thought the sound was nice, warm, but its definatly one of those things i don't think i'm at the skill level to touch just yet. i would think the action on them are amazing though, with out the resination on the frets you can probably get the strings to lay pretty low on the board.
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Post by mrfottlefocket on Mar 28, 2005 11:44:43 GMT -4
i have one. it's a fender fretless jazz and i love it. it has a super warm tone, and i've kept the stock strings on there so it's like super super warm. however, they're not for everyone. don't get one if you want apunchy sound, which is what most of the people on here are looking for.
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Post by mrfottlefocket on Mar 28, 2005 11:46:32 GMT -4
i would think the action on them are amazing though, with out the resination on the frets you can probably get the strings to lay pretty low on the board. no, the action is worse. it's basically like playing upright, you have to push down on the strings a lot harder than a fretted bass.
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Post by ninjas and tacos on Apr 5, 2005 2:17:19 GMT -4
no, the action is worse. it's basically like playing upright, you have to push down on the strings a lot harder than a fretted bass. actually i was at a music shop a while ago, and i saw some old dude rocking on a fretless.. so i went and talked to him about playing a fretless, and one of the things he pointed out was that a lot of people think that they need to push on the strings really hard...but that's not the case. i don't remember his explaination for that, but yeah.....
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Post by Raptor on Apr 10, 2005 23:35:25 GMT -4
My friend built his own bass because he didn't like the one that the school had, he left out the frets because he was lazy. It sounded pretty good for a homebrew bass. Looked like kina choppy because he hadn't finished sanding the body when I saw it.
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Post by irock on Aug 21, 2005 23:00:58 GMT -4
Home made bass guitars are the shizzle. I play guitar and piano so when I picked up a bass, it was easier than I thought. The only thing you have to watch out for when playing, is to keep your chord shapes or notes firmly pressed down. If not you can hear a sort of twangy/reverb kind of effect coming from the fret board. I want to learn the Saxophone too, who else is down with that? -iRock
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