chrisd24 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I have some strings on a bass i bought and i really like the strings but have no idea what they are, they have a blue silk at the head end and a red silk at the ball end.....this is a pretty distinct characteristic so someone must know what they are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 There has been a thread about this before: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/lofiversion/index.php/t120065.html"]Here [/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Elites thank you, was just wading through a few other "what strings are these" threads and probably would have took me ten years to find that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 No problem I should be asleep but I just had a really great session on my fretless and I'm still buzzing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 [quote name='Blademan_98' post='1317819' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:52 PM']No problem I should be asleep but I just had a really great session on my fretless and I'm still buzzing [/quote] fret buzz on a fretless?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) [quote name='chrisd24' post='1317831' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:58 PM']fret buzz on a fretless?![/quote] This made me chuckle I'm not the best player in the world, but even I would struggle to do that! I went fretless to get rid of the buzz....... Still, when the neck was out, you couldn't play it past the 7th [s]fret[/s] er position Edited July 26, 2011 by Blademan_98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 [quote name='Blademan_98' post='1317836' date='Jul 27 2011, 12:04 AM']This made me chuckle I'm not the best player in the world, but even I would struggle to do that! I went fretless to get rid of the buzz....... Still, when the neck was out, you couldn't play it past the 7th [s]fret[/s] er position [/quote] Ha! i recently acquired a fretless myself,its lined but even with the markers i make it look hard,which im pretty sure is a bad thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 It's ok when you are just noodling in a key. It gets harder when you are playing with other muso's (especially if they are NOT tone deaf!). Tonight, I was playing along with some guitar parts I had laid down around a year ago. It sounded ok to me (but I am biased!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 I think when I first got it I made the mistake of trying to play really intricate fretless parts and failing,but now I have realised probably the best thing to do is to play it like a normal bass first just to get used to the (weird) thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 [quote name='chrisd24' post='1317848' date='Jul 27 2011, 12:22 AM']I think when I first got it I made the mistake of trying to play really intricate fretless parts and failing,but now I have realised probably the best thing to do is to play it like a normal bass first just to get used to the (weird) thing![/quote] Exactly If you stick with root / fifth / octave with the odd run as you would a fretted, they sound really good! I practice with a tuner to get my ear trained. (sorry this has hijacked your string thread with a fretless discussion!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 [quote name='Blademan_98' post='1317850' date='Jul 27 2011, 12:25 AM']Exactly If you stick with root / fifth / octave with the odd run as you would a fretted, they sound really good! I practice with a tuner to get my ear trained. (sorry this has hijacked your string thread with a fretless discussion!)[/quote] Not at all,mystery over as far as the strings go but I'm still terrible on fretless! Are there any novice/intermediate pieces you would recommend to get me warmed up and help with intonation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 For novice I bought this book: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Fretless-Bass-Workouts-Qwikguide/dp/0786671726"]100 Fretless Bass Workouts[/url] It has notation and tab. The CD helps with intonation. After that, it's down to preference. I just started gigging with it and you get better quite quickly because it matters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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