Linus27

No, I totally agree with you, I'm just frustrated that there are no options, even if it means paying £250 extra to get a fretless neck then so be it, we are a minority or small percentage who play fretless so if we have to pay then I am sure we would. Its not like they don't already make a fretless neck for the SR range so why not make a fretless neck available as an option for other SR basses even if its special order and you have to pay extra for it. I've already had to get a luthier to make me fretless necks for two of my basses and this would probably be my only option again if I wanted another fretless bass. I know I am totally in a minority, just a bit frustrated at the lack of options, especially as I have GAS for an Ibanez

Amazing, thank you very much, really appreciate it and thanks for the good wishes.

Would you mind sharing your settings for this clip. My pedal arrives on Saturday and I have a gig in the evening so having a quick starting point would be a really big help

I absolutely adore the look of this bass but there are two issues I have with it. The first is it is not fretless and for me to need it to be fretless, it would need either a rosewood/ebony/pau ferro board. If it had those two things then I would be all over this. As with most manufacturers it seem these days, the choice of fretless and unlined fretless is pretty much limited to non-existent. I get unlined fretless is not as popular but I wouldn't even mind paying extra if it was even an option. Oh well, more money in my pocket and a great cure for GAS

I enjoyed that, thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much, been waiting months for one of these so now managed to order one. I owe you a beer sir 😁

50s - Fender Precision 60s - Gibson EB3 70s - Fender Jazz 80s - Stingray or Wal 90s - Warwick 00s - Lakland 10s - Fender Mustang

One of these is top of my list as well although I also hear really good things about the Keeley Bassist pedal.

I've been playing for 35 years and I still couldn't tell you what the Ampeg sound is and I've even had an Ampeg amp.

My main bass is usually medium to high quality, so an American Fender Jazz/Precision, standard or Vintage Reissue, Music Man Stingray, German Warwick Streamer etc. Then my backup's or others tend to be something that's playable but cheaper, so a nice Mexican or Japanese Fender etc. They are not necessarily poorer in there ability, just financially less but still good enough to be played if I fancy playing something now and again rather than my main bass. My current line up is a Music Man Stingray SR4 Fretless as my main bass and then I have a Mexican Fender Precision 70's Reissue and an Japanese ESP 400 Series Jazz. The Stingray is worth about £2k and he backup's are worth about £700 each. All perfect and all very playable. However, I have been thinking about getting a much cheaper backup bass, something like a Squire Vintage Modified Fretless Jazz as most of the time I play my Stingray and the backup just sits on the side looking pretty. Seems silly dragging a half decent bass out to sit on the side rarely to be played.

My three fretless beauties. Top: Fender Precision 70's ressiue with American Vintage Pickups and custom Shuker maple neck finished in high gloss. Sounds fantastic and is beautiful to play. Middle: ESP 400 Series Jazz with Bartolini pickups and custom Shuker ebony neck. Made in Japan in the mid 80's at the Fender factory and is basically a Japanese 60's Reissue Fender Jazz. Bottom: Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray with Pau Ferro neck.

I quite like that, wouldn't mind it myself actually. I have an ESP 400 Series Jazz from around 86 and it's a great instrument.

I love playing vinyl, I love picking up old original jazz records and listening to them how they were originally intended. They sound absolutely fabulous on my system, warm, rich and full of character. To me this is what vinyl is all about. I don't really buy any new releases as it's a bit pointless but I have bought a few older 80' albums or some of the half speed remaster's and they have sounded great.

That's the amazing Derek Forbes but he was having a bit of an off day at the beginning

It does have a lovely tone. What's with the head movement thing though, it seems odd like its not normal or its some part of the act???

Gorgeous tone though, just everything else about it is so very wrong.

Here you go He just seemed to love playing them and Vigier even made him a few custom models

That's reminded me, I think Derek Forbes also switched to fretless Vigier, possibly when he was playing in Propaganda. I should of remembered, I only interviewed him once and we talked about it and why he chose Vigier and not another manufacturer like Warwick, Ernie Ball etc. hahaha I do remember those basses as well, I think @ped or @Dood on here played one???

Giblin also played an unlined fretless Japanese Fender Power Jazz and an unlined Stingray with Simple Minds. Derek Forbes played an unlined fretless Fender Precision with a maple board and Malcolm Foster played an unlined acoustic fretless bass in his stint with Simple Minds.

That's gorgeous 😍

Seen a few of those for sale on Ebay and been really tempted for a bit of retro fun.

Well, you'll ever know, his most famous bassline after all is classically inspired so who knows where ones inspiration comes from.

Yes, Pino is recognised mostly for his fretless playing but he states that Jamerson is his biggest influence and goes on to say that Motown, R&B and reggae was what he grew up listening to. Even his fretless lines are so heavily influenced by Jamerson if you listen to them.