ead Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) Hi all. I have decided to take the plunge and go for an unlined fretless bass and so the lined fretless has to go. This is a condition imposed by she-who-must-be-obeyed and is apparently non-negotiable About the bass: It started life as a standard RBX270 fretless. I bought it on evilbay about 4 years ago to introduce myself to the concept of fretless playing. The previous owner had been using round-wounds and there were a few light marks on the surface of the fingerboard that manchesterguitartech (Steve) sorted out for me beautifully. The body is in great condition, it's a nice lightweight bass and the neck is slim and nice to play (imo obviously!). Having really got into f/l playing (without necessarily being brilliant at it) I opted to make some upgrades as follows: [b]Pickups [/b]- Now Seymour Duncan Vintage style P/Js (it was P/J before so no routing required) [b]Bridge[/b] - Wilkinson heavy duty to replace the BBOT item [b]Strings [/b]- D'Addario flatwounds (about 12 months old now) [b]Electrics[/b] - Rewired to volume/volume/tone like a Jazz bass (was volume/balance/tone); a new good quality jack socket and nice new metal knurled knobs replacing the cheapo plastic items fitted Edited March 30, 2012 by ead
GarethFlatlands Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 I have a fretless one of these too! Even with the stock hardware it's a really good bass for very little cash, anyone looking to try out fretless should give this some serious consideration.
ead Posted March 20, 2012 Author Posted March 20, 2012 Still open to offers from all you aspirational fretless players
cocco Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Heyo. I'm well interested in this, but would you post it?
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