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Being in the market for an unlined fretless, I toddled off to my local music store.

"Fancy that - a fretless Precision", I thought, "that will be just the ticket".

Precision my a*se. My intonation was (still) all over the place.

These big companies think they can get away with murder. Buyer beware!

CB

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[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1347382025' post='1800041']
Being in the market for an unlined fretless, I toddled off to my local music store.

"Fancy that - a fretless Precision", I thought, "that will be just the ticket".

Precision my a*se. My intonation was (still) all over the place.
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James Jamerson - a noted upright and fretted Precision bass player, is reputed to have thrown a fretless Precision at the wall of the Motown studio, after using it for a session. Not precise enough, perhaps :mellow:

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[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1347399907' post='1800427']
James Jamerson - a noted upright and fretted Precision bass player, is reputed to have thrown a fretless Precision at the wall of the Motown studio, after using it for a session. Not precise enough, perhaps :mellow:
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I'm pretty sure the reputed bass was a Fender Bass V and not a fretless P.

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[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1347516178' post='1801812']
I'm pretty sure the reputed bass was a Fender Bass V and not a fretless P.
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I've always quite liked fretless Precisions - especially those early ones with maple boards.

To clarify the Jamerson reference, it was the fretless Precision (ref is Standing in the Shadows of Motown - Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson) - it refers to him having played the fretless on the Supremes 'Someday, We'll Be Together' - it's actually a quote from keyboard player Earl Van Dyke who said he almost threw it at the wall and said "don't you ever let me play this piece of sh*t again". Presumably didn't work how he wanted.

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