Linus27

That looks just like my ESP 400 Jazz that would of come off the same production line as your Tokai and Japanese Fender's from that era.

They are both sooooo beautiful. Love them both.

I saw one in the flesh last Saturday in Andertons and it really caught my eye. It looked stunning and I wanted to buy it there and then. Tempted to buy one and stick a Status fretless neck on it with a black pickguard. Beautiful colour and even better in the flesh.

As already said, don't think of fretless as a different instrument to a fretted. Its exactly the same but just has a different voice and tonal expression due to having no frets. Play exactly the same stuff as you would a fretted but use your ear to hear if your technique is slightly off and adjust. If your technique is strong, transitioning from a fretless to a fretless will be a breeze. Just gets tricky up at the dusty end as intonation is much harder.

You can buy direct from Fender although I don't think it will come with the tuners. Ebay is another option for having everything in place.

Depends what I'm playing but I use my middle finger mostly and occasionally use my index finger. For slower stuff I will use both. No idea where my technique comes from though.

Oooh can Ped do relicing as well, I could do with a bit relicing 😂😂😁

Yeah I noticed that 😓

No, I thought that might look a bit odd on a fretless so went with natural wood.

I just wanted to make sure he relic'd the metal work as well so I am assuming he will. Would look odd if the body was but the rest of the bass wasn't. Yes, he has quoted me 12 - 16 weeks as well and I so can't wait. I have gone for a 1960 - 1962 Fender Jazz in Sherwood Green, with Stack knobs and unlined fretless neck. Similar to this but fretless.

Gorgeous. I've just told Mark to go ahead with my first Limelight, so excited. I've asked for a light relic as well but I didn't specify all metal work just lightly tarnished. Is this included as part of the relic or do I need to ask for this to be done?

I'm sold, 100%. I've not been able to find a secondhand unlined fretless Fender to my spec anywhere and the fact that Fender don't even make an standard unlined fretless Jazz or Precision limits my options even further. So a Limelight just ticks all the boxes.

That looks fantastic. Thank you 😀

Perfect and thank you. Looks like I'm going to be sorted with a Limelight bass in the near future. Just waiting on a quote back

Ooohhh, that's good to know he can do fretless. Is it unlined?

I've just enquired about having the following made but in fretless and a little less relic. If he can't do fretless then fretted but with blocks and binding.

My band is supporting Pete Best's band in August at the 60th anniversary of the Casbah Club. Looking forward to meeting him, he is supposed to be a lovely guy. I'm not a Beatles fan in any way but looking forward to it.

Wow, that's certainly now an option to get exactly what I would like. Thank you.

That looks lovely. I bet you are well happy. I might need to go down the Limelight route as I just can't find what I want of the shelf. May I ask what the ball park price is for say a Limelight Jazz? Ard we talking around a grand or a couple of grand or more?.

I shall bring balance and say America has Britney

I would probably have to say the States for me because I prefer the music that has come from those shores. If we are talking 50s/60s then Motown, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard etc. is more my cup of tea. Grunge is probably one of my favourite forms of music with groups like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against The Machine and I will also include Linkin Park. Where Brit music for me was the best was 80's pop like Talk Talk, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Depeche Mode. Nothing could beat 80's Brit pop.

I'm hoping it will be ok for me as a back up to my main rig as it will run at 4 ohms and for acoustic, my Fender Rumble is 100 watts so plenty to cover that. The other option is the TC BH250 which is still small and 250 watts at 4 ohms. I think these are about £180 new.

I'm waiting for the BAM200 to come out as I'm after a small back up amp head to keep in my gig bag so if my Hartke HA5500 goes down, then I have something still. Also, I will use it with some 1x10 cab for when I do acoustic gigs and will mean I can sell my Fender Rumble 100 combo. They appear to be selling for about £110 and if you look at this video, it appears to be about the size of an adult hand so very small. My understanding is they are 200 watts at 4 ohms.

I would love one of these Lakland's as I love the colour.