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It was a different world in those days. It's easy to forget in the age of the internet how much received wisdom about bass playing was supposition, rumour, assumption and just plain good old fashioned stupidity and ignorance. Nowadays it's easy to find out Larry Graham used tapewound strings on the super-funky Sly and Betty Davis stuff. Back thenmost people in the UK didn't have easy access to that music, let alone definitive insight into how it was done. FWIW, I used to(and still do) go for a more midrangey slap tone without the exaggerated treble that so many people still think is essential to that style. Slap equals top end was the basic equation at that point in time. Pino's Stingray tone always had more mids than a typical 'Ray, and it's interesting he mentions that when he's introducing these new basses.

Frankly, I'm surprised you noticed. 😂

As a kid growing up in the 80's, fretless was right at the forefront for me, despite at the time not knowing it was a thing, I vividly remember listening to Sting and Paul Young thanks to my older sisters playing 80's music throughout the house day in day out. When I picked up the bass in the late 80's, one of my goals in life was to become a competent fretless bassist and these days, for the last 10 years, I've only played fretless. Only recently have I had to buy a fretted bass for a new project but it was super hard going back to a fretted bass with all those messy lines and dots all over the place, playing unlined fretless is so much easier. I've had 14 fretless basses in total and currently have 3 really good ones. Below are what I have or have had. Fender Japan 62RI Fretless Jazz x4 Fender Japan 60's Classic Fretless Jazz x1 Fender Japan 60RI Fretless Precision x1 Fender Japan Precision with Fretless Status Graphite Neck x1 Fender Mexican 70RI Precision with Custom Maple Fretless Neck x1 EBMM Stingray SR4 with Fretless Pau Ferro Neck x1 EBMM Stingray SR4 with Fretless Rosewood Neck x1 Warwick Streamer Jazzman Fretless x1 Limelight 60RI Fretless Jazz x1 Squire VM Jazz Fretless x1 Unknown Fretless Bass x1 I am super tempted to buy the cheaper Pino fretless as I think it would be fun to have in the collection. Here's a few pictures from what I can find quickly.

Some lovely basses there fella. I have 2 fretted and 2 fretless currently, my main fretless is a beautiful ACG Krell 5 string Alan built to my spec a few years ago, it's a work of art, seen here with it's fretted brethren.

Good Darts, loves a HBP50 modder post. Did it get a lefty stock? Here is mine.

You can’t slap flats 🤔

Off to the recycling centre in the morning, please lock tomorrow.

It's not my youtube movie, but get similar results with my 4003 + YYZ pedal

It's for those who like to play unplugged. Not for me, though,I have two Dean Exotica acoustic basses and I always plug in...it's all about the tone. I'm not saying my Deans sound better, but I bet they do. Other than that, Brian seems to like it because he's playing it again and again.

I'm definitely a fretless player, wanna proof? Check this... And a lot are missing...

Monkey - Floyd

pigs - Floyd

What’s that bridge? Looks just like my cup of tea.

It lives...!