barneyg42 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 (edited) Gets pretty sweet at 4.38! Edited October 21, 2009 by barneyg42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude_b Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 "i realize some of these are hard but i thought i better push myself instead of sticking to the easy stuff plus i have a lined fretless so its easy really... Any more suggestions?" > Looks like you're doing pretty well with the stuff you're learning - particularly if you can play Havona! > A final suggestion is to play along to the Cannonball Adderley version of Autumn Leaves on Somethin' Else - I learned it on the fretless (not particularly note for note - just improvising around the chord changes) - although I liked the bassline so much flogged my fretless and switched to upright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I had an opportunity today to try my college tutor's lined fretless Ibanez.. Damn, those [i]fretless [/i]thingies sound sooo good.. Fretless sound simply [i]sings[/i], for me.. I'm now thinking of making one of my Ibbies a fretless one, with lines, of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 i really highly recommend fretless now they really do sing and are quite unique sounding i really do think the squier jazz modified one is great too and for the money they cant be beaten ive got the fretless one and hopefully the fretted is on its way x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 [quote name='barneyg42' post='632728' date='Oct 21 2009, 07:47 PM'] Gets pretty sweet at 4.38![/quote] Probably my most watched vid on youtube. The fill at 5:00-5:02 is just awesome. Probably my favourite fill, in any song, ever Nothing very hard or technical about it...Just a fantastic piece of tasteful playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 My sei was out of action last week, did a rehersal with just fretless, went fine, had a fretted P-bass for a few tracks we are doing thoug, just in case. Didn't need it, suprising how quick you get it naoled with stuff you know well, I often play along to our demos on fretless. ...and it is a lush pedulla T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 My fretless Stingray has become my No 1 bass. I struggled to play it at first, but 2 things made it almost instantly easier: I replaced the roundwound strings with Status halfwounds. Virtually no string-hiss when sliding fingers - marvellous. Then, I put a thumbrest (disguised as a control knob!) on the bass so I didn't have to concentrate on accurate left-hand positioning at the same time as learning floating thumb on my plucking hand. As a newcomer to bass-playing, I'm often asked why I play fretless: "Isn't that a bit ambitious Steve? Isn't it hard?". Physically, I don't find it any harder to press the strings compared to a fretted bass, once I'd lowered the action a bit on the fretless. In fact, I now find it more tiring to play a fretted. My fretless is unlined with position dots at 3, 5, 7 etc. Now, when I pick up the fretted bass, I find it visually confusing with all those frets and I sometimes mis-fret as a result. The fretless fingerboard appears uncluttered and more err, [i][/i]accessible[i][/i]. My band prefers the smooth tone of the fretless to the noisiness of the fretted - but that may be more a reflection of the difference between a Stingray and a G&L (plus the fact that I'm not a good bass player on either). So far, as a beginner, I haven't played the fretless and fretted basses differently, but I'm starting to - sometimes I "walk" between semitones. My favourite song right now is Upside down, but I'm sure that works just as well on a fretted. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 [quote name='Higgie' post='633099' date='Oct 22 2009, 03:37 AM']Probably my most watched vid on youtube. The fill at 5:00-5:02 is just awesome. Probably my favourite fill, in any song, ever Nothing very hard or technical about it...Just a fantastic piece of tasteful playing.[/quote] Just listened to that. Lordy - that's so sweet and cool. [i][/i]That's[i][/i] how I want my bass playing to turn out. Dream on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Just awesome isn't it? In my opinion, Pino is the greatest fretless bass player. Jaco who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Bass Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 [quote name='Beedster' post='631614' date='Oct 20 2009, 06:20 PM']I tried to play 'fretless lines' for months with no luck. Then I took my fretless to a rehearsal and simply played my usual fretted lines albeit without frets. That's how I learned fretless technique and intonation. Haven't looked back (or used frets) since. Good luck Chris[/quote] This is what i did but i still play fretted. They are very different to play but for me i always think jumping in at the deep end is a good way to learn. I can play our whole set fretless or fretted without having to think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duarte Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olE7gKuRjQ4&feature=PlayList&p=73B7FAEB8308D16E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olE7gKuRjQ4...=PL&index=6[/url] Fantastic bassline on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazzer Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 How about some early Police stuff?? Think Sting often used a fretless P on the live stuff at least........... Lazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanbish Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Speaking of Pino, I would recommend that you dig out the first 2 Go West Albums ('Go West' and 'Dancing On The Couch'). Perhaps not the most obvious 'fretless' tunes but man, can that guy play a tasty, tight bassline. Essential listening for all fretless players in my opinion! Cheers Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 [quote name='bassmanbish' post='634558' date='Oct 23 2009, 04:01 PM']Speaking of Pino, I would recommend that you dig out the first 2 Go West Albums ('Go West' and 'Dancing On The Couch'). Perhaps not the most obvious 'fretless' tunes but man, can that guy play a tasty, tight bassline. Essential listening for all fretless players in my opinion! Cheers Matt[/quote] As I said in my previous post...Jaco who? Pino is the king of fretless IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I posted this in the "Recordings" forum, but thought I'd post it here as well as it seemed appropriate for the thread Here's my take on the track mentioned above: Admittedly the intonation isn't perfect - I haven't had the fretless long and I'm still getting to grips with it. Also I don't know why the video and audio aren't in Sync. Not quite sure what to do to fix it so will have to leave it as is for now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 anyone want to buy my fretless squier jazz off me, its the vintage modified one and is mint... Pm me? Thanks marcus x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duarte Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Giving up so soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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