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Well everybody, thank you for all the helpful replies, I consider myself better educated now! And a special thank you to Bassassin - would you believe I have just purchased the Ibanez Roadster you kindly sent the link for! I am going to get it fixed up a bit and probably strip the body - will post a pic when done. Mep - Yes I looked at an Aria Pro as well, it was way more expensive, but sounded great, from what I could gather through YouTube anyway.

Hello All I wonder if I could seek some advice. I am a beginner player, and have been playing a fretted bass on and off for a while, but for some reason I never really keep up the practice. I could be wrong, but I feel I may 'connect' more with the instrument if it was fretless and as a result possibly want to play it more - I feel a bit of a disconnect pressing metal strings on metal frets for some reason. Anyway, it's my 50th birthday coming up, and I have decided to buy a 4 string fretless. The thing is, I am not looking for that nice soft 'mwaah' sound that people always seem to talk about whenever fretless is mentioned. Ideally I would like something that produces a 'strong' clean sound in the lower register - which to me is something like the neck pickup on a Fender Jazz (fretted version). My apologies if any of the statements/ queries above sound ignorant - I am a knowledgless learner! I am mainly interested in playing rock/ metal, budget is upto around £1K, I'd like a passive setting but this is not a deal breaker. Lined or unlined fretboard considered, I can easily add guides if necessary. Can anyone suggest something suitable? New or second hand I don't mind. Thank you.