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I'd been after one of these since approx. 1995 and had pretty much given up hope, buying other fretless basses instead which didn't look quite right or feel comfortable to play, when one fell into my lap very recently. It would appear to date from 1990.

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6 hours ago, knirirr said:

I'd been after one of these since approx. 1995 and had pretty much given up hope, buying other fretless basses instead which didn't look quite right or feel comfortable to play, when one fell into my lap very recently. It would appear to date from 1990.

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Ooh, that unlined board is lovely. Enjoy.

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On 23/09/2018 at 22:20, Beedster said:

Warmoth Precision neck with ebony board, no idea about body wood, but it weighs marginally less than Gibraltar. Sustains for ever. Wizard '64s. Offered it for sale here, no one wanted it. In retrospect I'm rather happy about that :) 

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Yeah, I would of probably been interested in this as well if I had seen it at the time.

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I try to record my fretless as much as possible so when a Dutch singer/songwriter/author asked me to play bass on a couple of her new tracks I immediately brought my inner Pino to the surface and went berserk. She edited some licks out of the song but still pretty  proud of the result. Music is in Dutch.


Bass used here is still the only fretless I'll ever need:

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1 hour ago, BassAgent said:

I try to record my fretless as much as possible so when a Dutch singer/songwriter/author asked me to play bass on a couple of her new tracks I immediately brought my inner Pino to the surface and went berserk. She edited some licks out of the song but still pretty  proud of the result. Music is in Dutch.

 

Very well done, sir. At about 2:35 I felt like you were channeling Kate Bush era John Giblin, which is a good thing. 👏👏👏

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I’ve only got one of these left now (Stingray) but it dawned on me, of all the fretless basses I’ve owned, they’ve all been unlined. 

Something very ‘proper musician’ about an unllined fretless. Until I play it on a dark stage 😁

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On 22/12/2018 at 14:35, TheGreek said:

That really is pornographic!! Properly jealous..

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On 06/01/2019 at 15:27, chevaliernoir said:

I really love it too... Except the oval pickup.

Maybe if the curve on the bottom of the fretboard matched...???

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On 22/03/2019 at 09:39, BassAgent said:

I try to record my fretless as much as possible so when a Dutch singer/songwriter/author asked me to play bass on a couple of her new tracks I immediately brought my inner Pino to the surface and went berserk. She edited some licks out of the song but still pretty  proud of the result. Music is in Dutch.


Bass used here is still the only fretless I'll ever need:

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Not my type of music, but I love the rising bass line when the musical interlude starts. We need more fretless bass in music :)

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4 hours ago, Stingray5 said:

Westone Thunder II fretless (c. 1981)

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Westone Thunder 1a was my first bass...I'm waiting to find a 11a or 111a with a broken headstock so I can fit it with a headless system.

Hope that I don't have to wait in vain...hang on a minute...who said that???

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