Fretless bass survey

[Beedster]

1 minute ago, Chiliwailer said:

You’re a bad influence. 

 

I do my best mate 👍

[Rich]

11 hours ago, BigRedX said:

How do I change my vote?

 

It used to be obvious in a previous iteration of the forum, but not so much now.

As far as I'm aware, there's no way of doing it now. 

[snorkie635]

8 hours ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

Here it is. I posted a build diary on here last year, I think.

Looks very tasty that does. Hat is firmly off to you 👍

[sprocketflup]

Was quite apprehensive/scared/terrified of fretless until I picked one up in earnest, now all my favourite instruments are fretless and I can't see that changing anytime soon 

[Linus27]

8 hours ago, sprocketflup said:

Was quite apprehensive/scared/terrified of fretless until I picked one up in earnest, now all my favourite instruments are fretless and I can't see that changing anytime soon 

 

Awesome news, welcome to the dark side 🤣

[MichaelDean]

I briefly had a fretless bass. Didn't care for the tone and it didn't fit my bands. I was also using flats for the first time in a long time which I'm also not keen on. I don't like mwah and don't understand the appeal.There are a few songs where I don't mind fretless bass, but I don't even really like the tone of other people playing fretless bass. Safe to say it isn't for me 😅 Fill your boots though - variety is the spice of life.

[NickA]

On 15/07/2025 at 10:36, uk_lefty said:

What's the opinion on coated boards?

Never seen the point.  Ebony works fine for me.

[NickA]

3 of my 5 bass guitars are fretted ( counting the acoustic one) but it's one of the two fretless basses ( and my double bass ) that get 90%+ of the playing time.

 

Took my fretted 5 to a jam session last week and found I'd forgotten how to play it.

[SteveXFR]

Do you think people who only have fretted basses might see the title of this thread and think "well that's not for me, I'll move on" and then give you a result which is quite inaccurate?

[Beedster]

6 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

Do you think people who only have fretted basses might see the title of this thread and think "well that's not for me, I'll move on" and then give you a result which is quite inaccurate?

Yes 👍