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Nitrocellulosic finish will wear almost as fast as no coating at all, prefer some polyester or polyurethane finish, I had this done on a few fretless fingerboard and it was really fine.

Lovely, really! 😍

Here @RonC: https://meisterworks.myshopify.com/collections/luminlay-products Always order there and nowhere else as there are many fakes and it's the maker's webshop.

Fantastic build as usual @Basvarken. I love the led light under the hood! ❤️

Some people are slow, aren't they.

Way cheaper here as always: https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-2449790

The left hand does it when tapping. 😉

And maybe ask on the other part of BassChat, which is GuitarChat as it's a guitar... 😉 Had a few many many many moons ago, and IIRC they all had Kahler tremolos.

Depending on the needs, the Zoom B2 Four and B6 are also worth checking too.

You are not alone @binky_bass... 😉 Instead of speaking of boutique basses, I prefer the term luthier basses, because this is what are my basses and if I've gone that path, it's because I couldn't find what I was looking for in mass produced instruments when I started playing fretless bass 40+ years ago, yes I really started with a fretless as it's the bass tone I hear in my head. Before the first fretless I had an awful Maya EB-2, then a way better Ibanez SoundGear SDGR 800, but I was simply noodling, and then came the first fretless, a now long gone Aria Diamond Violin that had been defretted by Christophe Leduc to my request and fitted with EMG pickups including a piezo pickup: It sounded ace and made me want to take lessons to learn music, but I was attracted by the fretless ERB, hence these luthier made basses that started my love for these instruments, because I had no other option available back then. That said, I like some vintage instruments too for what they are, and even if I'm a vintage Fender expert (some mates here can confirm this), I don't own any Fender vintage instruments anymore, because they don't meet my requirements at all. It's all about tone, nothing more, and, yes, I fancy coffee table fretless basses as well as ultra well thought instruments designed around efficiency and tone. So, please, accept that we don't all like the same stuff. 😉

Don't worry, I'm maybe too sharp for a 60 years old guy and I've always had an excellent memory despite a very bad car crash that crippled me in 2009.

Very nice job, really. Congratulations!

Are you my twin? 😉

That would be great to have his thoughts about his LACS bass, and furthermore it's a sixer.

Yep @LowB_FTW, and fanned fretless basses do exist: I saw a few.

I'm a bit dubitative concerning the original fretless assertion... Furthermore it would certainly have been called B Bass VI FL, should it have been officially released by Hohner.

It could have been even more stupid: A fretless version...

Indeed but @Chris2112 is in the U.K. and owns one too...

Your analysis is good @Misdee, but you forgot that those playing guitars or basses nowadays are, by 80%, old people like us (what's the average age here on BassChat, 50 to 55, I guess, or even 55 to 60) and have decided that older is better, so went back to the Fenders they couldn't afford when they were younger and skint...

Quite a bit, but more like a fretted guitar with very small frets, a bit disturbing at first, but after a few minutes you'll notice it's, in fact, very easy to play.

Are you sure you read what @andyhaines was looking for?

Indeed, but it looked like it was designed by Elon Musk... That said, I really like my BassLab L-Bow V, excellent on all aspects, and feather light as it's hollow carbon:

Looks like nobody read this, after the piezo tweeters used were mentioned: