Jerry_B

I think one was for sale on here awhile back...

I wouldn't worry about not being 'the best bass player'. It's not at all complicated or something that requires amazing amounts of skill - practice is what gets the job done

Actually, it sounds like my kind of bass. Thanks for the info! I tend to like the ones you have to fight with a bit After having a quick looksee on-line it seems they still retail around the 370 quid mark, which surprises me as I thought they'd cost alot more. All in all, very nice!

I've got a BB414, which I like alot. Very high build quality, fast neck and a distinctive sound. The only thing it lack is the ability to blend the P and J pup as you can with a standard P/J-type bass. You only have the option to switch between each solo pickup or have both.

Needs a nice white or black pickguard too perhaps...

Tasty - although you may want to take down the photo with your wallet in it...

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Is there a reason that the action is high on this type of bass (assuming you've maybe tried to tweak it so it's lower)? And how is it a bit of an ol' dog to play?

Yowza! Are they very expensive?

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Other good practice is to play along with tunes that don't feature a fretless, just to get used to treating it in your mind like a normal bass. Playing with a plectrum is also an option, of course.

[quote name='razze06' post='1151752' date='Mar 6 2011, 06:54 PM']Have you considered a peavey T40? With all the controls and coil switching and all the other knobs it can do a dazzling array of sounds. Neck is a lot bigger than typical jazz, and the styling is certainly not very modern...[/quote] +1 People seem to forget/don't know how much variety the T-40 can get in terms of tone There have a been a couple for sale on here recently too...

Yeah, I'm not keen on line markers. Also, some unlined fretless basses have the fret dots on top of the neck in different places - some on the fret, some in the middle (I prefer the latter).

In general I'd say give it a go! But... it's quite common to think when you first start that you can't get anything but a horrible noise out of a fretless. It's just a case of sticking with it and getting a feel for how to play and to get your ears used to things. After a while things will fall into place

Make sure you get a second opinion to mine tho'!

Looks a bit battered up for something that's barely 3 years old. Makes you wonder he's been doing with it...

AFAIK, the pocket is the same.

Maybe it'd be useful to put all posts about these endeavours into a sticky thread? I say that as it seems to come up as a subject quite often. I'm also planning on building a P - in my case, an unlined fretless one from a SX bass, MM neck and whatever else I can get my hands on...

You only really need to get rid of the wiring if it's definitely useless and dead to the world. If in fact it's just a case of a bad solder somewhere, you'd be better off just fixing that. Just because it's an old Squier, it doesn't necessarily mean that the pickups are junk.

+1 I'm not sure it makes much difference with fretted basses. As for unfretted ones, well maybe. I'm still not convinced that there's much of an effect on tone. I think it may be more about looks and wear and tear. It makes sense to have a more resilient wood on an unfretted bass, after all.

I have a similar looking bridge on my almost-new LTD Vintage 204.

Can't Ebay be informed that this is a con...?

I'd say it's all in the wrist, and having a relaxed elbow*. Subtlety is the key. * Mind you, I say that about alot of things...