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Slap plates! I remember them. When I did my first defret, I was tempted to leave the last fret or two in to offer this option (I didn’t eventually).
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In the past I have had fretless MIJ Fender Jazz, a Godin A5 and a Rob Allen Mouse. About 3 years ago I bought a Sterling SB14 which I had converted to fretless by Julyan Wallis, the Guitar Doctor. For a long time I never had the courage to play fretless live but eventually did it with my last band.
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Hello guys, thanks for being here. Long live UK. I'm from Israel. I went to the store with my grandfather (although I'm too old so he'll buy me one, I'm 31), and it's my first time playing bass really. Those guitars are massive, and the sound was so overwhelming, I couldn't bear that until they gave me a shortscale. But still, I couldn't see how to use that instrument, how to blend it into my songs. Allow me to share a WAV file of a bass role I played with my electric guitar. Maybe I need a jazz guitar? I didn't check, is it more mellow? I told the seller I need to think about it. Project.wav
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Have had a custom made Andy Crockett 5 string but sold it and because of the Police tribute a natural and a red P bass. sold the natural one but still have the red one, although it's got a fretted jazz neck on it atm, waiting to be painted gold sparkle for the U2 thing Will put the fretless neck on body routed for p bass and MM pickups at some point
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I feel that the thread title will skew the results somewhat. If you don't play fretless you're far less likely to click on the thread in the first place.
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Always had at least one along with a fretted bass; recently decided I didn't need one at all, until I took it along to a new trio project thing I've been working on with friends, and now I realised it was absolutely perfect for that!
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I have a theory that they were so cheap and nasty, people used to just give them away for free... neglected, beaten, abused then either gifted to a newb or chucked in a skip.
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Love it, I’d like to do one myself like the jazz in this
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Amazing preamp/distortion/DI pedal with cab SIM and aux in. Limited edition Kraken artwork. Price includes UK shipping. -
ah so you have both pickups on are they full up? wide open tone etc? sounds good too, nice playing
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This is the Runoffgroove 'Ginger' circuit, built by Smokin' Amp Co. https://www.smokinamp.co/product-page/runoffgroove-ginger It's designed to give the tone of an Ampeg SB-12 (similar to B-15). This was the pedal I used to get my Motown on 🙂 I tried a few overdrive pedals over the years: TCE Spark Booster/Mojomojo/Hot Tubes, SolidGoldFX Beta, EHX Bass Soul Food, One Control Sonic Silver Peg - but the Ginger was always the winner for me. The controls are: Volume, Gain, Bass, Treble. £65 posted -
My fretless collection
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Now that...is...niiice!!
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Nice. Sounds great on your vid too, really cuts through with a lovely throaty lo-mid growl. Just so you know, those inlays on the neck are aftermarket stickers, but nicely done. There will be dots underneath them.... Always preferred the full inlays myself so looks great!
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... and 'I'm saving up to buy one, and hope to have enough soon.'
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Here is a pretty much brand new Dingwall NG3 5 String. I've had this for 2 months, used it for 1 gig, and a couple studio session. Hands down the best 5 string bass I have ever player, but sadly not quite the right fit for me. The action is crazy low and yet the strings ring true and clear. Tone from this thing absolutely beastly. This has all the new upgrades Dingwall introduced this year: - Minimalist bridge - Smaller active/passive switch (for no snags and harder to knock by accident) - Neck binding - String bullets (individual string retainers) Finish is a gorgeous black with subtle sparkle. Matt finished knobs that seem to be rubberized, are super easy to grab mid gig and tweak away. I have all the original case and goodies, plus packaging so all good to get this shipped too - will be £35 to UK (contact me if needing shipped further afield and I can see what is possible). I am sure I will regret this - I was giddy after the one gig I played with it after the sense of ultimate low end power. But I know it will mostly sit in my studio unused for the various projects I am involved with. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.-
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I have good result with a overdrive with tone control/clean blend like the EBS Billy Ultimate. Or a Sansamp BDI or YYZ pedal. It really 'opens' it up. For example:
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With the description I thought it would be like my Spear ...3x pickups and hinting at being red, gold and green...
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Still don't get the "Go To Bass" or "My Bass". At the moment. the bass I play most of the time is neither, but because it is the only bass I currently own that can cope with what I need to play in my current band, that's the one I play 99% of the time.
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To be honest, the price of the basses should only matter to someone who is SERIOUSLY considering buying one. It is their call whether to indulge. Otherwise, all the opinions of people who were never gonna buy one anyway, no matter what the price (over £2k knocks most people out) is just noise....
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The vast majority of my playing is done on my fretless, but when needs must I’ve got a couple of others with those speed bumps on.
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Don't know how I missed this in 2011. First Bass: Framus Star Bass, short scale, 1964 Go To Bass: Sadowsky Metro Hybrid PJ My Bass: Sadowsky Metro Hybrid PJ
