Bridgehouse

Wet rag and quick play didn't go well then?

If it doesn't work out I'll have it and de fret it as a project. I'll be getting the turps on that headstock tho

I’ve posted a WTB ad for a fretless shed. I’m not holding out much hope tbh so maybe I need to get the yacht varnish out

Good on you! I’m looking for a fretless shed I can fettle not a decent acoustic to butcher

I’m sure it will be fine for his standard of playing without any of that excess stuff 😂

See how you get on with the setup and change as required

You’ll get decent cash for that! Quick wet cloth round it and it’ll sell. Looks too nice to de fret and stick yacht paint on!!

This is where I absolutely don't say anything that might incriminate myself, right? Got any pics?

Knock the frets out, fill with green paint and you'll have a winner on your hands there! Having done a few builds myself, I'd say you've done a good job if that's your first spray job. One thing I would advise tho... investing a few quid in replacement tuners, bridge and pickup will make it a much much better instrument...

Epifanes? I think I have a pot of that in the garage. Not that I have a yacht of course... Why don't you want it?

Oh gawd, I've just spent half an hour on fleabay eyeing up cheap fretless projects to give me something to fettle during lockdown. Nowt of any interest at all. There was this Encore fretless.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fretless-bass-guitar/303553043225?hash=item46ad2bdb19:g:G-4AAOSwpeFeqAfj But apparently the mower is not included so that's a no no. Oh, and it's an Encore.. Come on Basschat, you can do better than this... after all my pain with the Shuker surely someone's got a crap old bass in a cupboard they can let me fettle?

It's 100% genuine original tasteless fender paint - course it's worth more than 5 grand...

I didn't think it would fit into a lot of musical styles - but having taken it to a jam day where all sorts of stuff got played I can confidently say if you are accurate enough it will do most things well, some things very well and a small number of things extremely well

I think it depends on your playing style. If you are prepared to put the hours in to build muscle memory and technique then I actually find it more of an expressive and pliable instrument. I’m not a fan of the traditional “mwah” fretless sound per se - I just find it far more flexible as an instrument for expression and dynamics - slides, embellishment, vibrato, tone - makes it a bit of a different instrument tbh

I know, I know.....

To be fair my “free” offer wasn’t exactly genuine...

Oh, what fretless basses do you have that I don’t need? *Intrigued*

I’m still considering. Pondering you might call it. My worry is getting rid of the fretted basses might lead to a run on buying fretless basses I don’t need...

There’s a packing surcharge of £5000 per bass

Yeah, I might go fretless only and give all my fretted basses away to good homes.

You guys need to watch out for the “Free to a good home - 1964 Precision” thread then.

Well I had a bit of a play with the other basses last night. Started with the hollowbody 51P - yeah, it was okay. Not bad. Decent handwound pickup so should have been. Moved on to the solid body 51P with custom one off Ric style single coil - better.. bit better. Then on to the ACG Finn 4 - a step up again, rounder, more complex.. And then onto the 64P - yet another significant step up - really good as I remembered (haven’t played it for a couple of months or so) Then back to the Shuker. Yeah. After 5 mins I didn’t want to go back to any of the others. Still felt better, still sounded more complex and detailed and more pleasing. Still much preferred it. Well there you go.

Definitely the opposite of tinny. It has an expensive Nordstrand split Jazz under the board which sounds like a Jazz.. so I know it’s not the unique board or bridge. The piezo has bucket loads of lows and low mids and plenty of top end. When you blend in some of the upper mid heavy jazz you get this really broad lush deep rounded sound. In fact, the Jazz on its own sounds a bit thin tbh...

You know, much as the mwah is there in spades, when you whack up the piezo and play very regimented it really does do a great impression of a normal fretted bass - almost P like in tone. I’m very much sold on under saddle piezos for a very rounded deep sound

Probably a bit pricey just to sling the Precision ;)