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Bridgehouse Grand Master

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Mrs B has persuaded me to get a fretless to:

- Possibly play in the band

- Challenge myself musically

- Expand my horizons

I'm a 4'er exclusively so probably should be a 4

I'm a wuss and fancy lined - also I think they look good...

I like the idea of a non-PJ design to get away from that (I have tooo many P's)

I like my ACG Finn and love the natural wood look so that's probably a requirement

Budget is £2k tops but happy to spend less :)

Prefer used for more bang for buck, but can be new too

What would the collective recommend as possibles? 

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I wanted a fretless purely for recording purposes....it’s on one song on the new JoCee EP if you want to hear it:

I didn’t want to spend a lot of money as it’s such a small use-case for me. So I got a Bass Collection Jive fretless and it’s really bloody good for the money!

So unless you really want to spend a lot of money to then find out it’s not for you, check them out :)

Si

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7 minutes ago, Bigwan said:

Well if you like your Finn, why not a Finn?

EDIT: REALLY miss that bass, btw...

Yeah - a possible but I suspect a new one from Alan would blow my budget substantially. I do like ACG's and I'd have one in a heartbeat.

 

That Finn is now #1 gigging bass...!

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1 minute ago, Bridgehouse said:

Yeah - a possible but I suspect a new one from Alan would blow my budget substantially. I do like ACG's and I'd have one in a heartbeat.

 

That Finn is now #1 gigging bass...!

Might be worth an email!

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17 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

@Sibob you know how it is - Missus gives you permission to spend ££££ and you feel obliged..

 

I do just like posh expensive basses as well...

Well if you have to :D

The nicest fretless I ever played was a Zon 4 string at the old Bass Gear showroom. Don't know what happened to it, but whoever purchased it has an incredible bass!

Si

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1 minute ago, TheRev said:

If I had 2K to spend on a fretless, I'd be all over that Shuker Uberhorn in the for sale forum.

No affiliated with the seller, just think it looks sexy as f**k....

I've been ogling that for a bit I must admit. 

My only concern is whether it's a bit too much "real man's bass" for my ham fisted playing.. specially with all that through neck extended fingerboard stuff going on!

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1 minute ago, naxos10 said:

You could go for the ACG Krell fretless in the classifieds and take a string off9_9

Lol - saw that too and thought about how well I would cope with fretless and 5's at the same time.

 

Conclusion was broadly somewhere between badly and utterly disastrously...

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Being a fretless player, I would recommend you to try a Leduc, especially the U-Basse model or a Masterpiece.

This one was ordered new by a friend of mine who sold it only because he moved to 6 strings fretless (the actual owner bought it to that very friend) : https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispannonce.php?annonce=1562755

 

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