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I've found playing double stops useful for intonation practice, just minor 3rds, 5th etc.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1391884336' post='2362333'] I know, I have one beady eye on the MM but I rarely stray from try-before-you-buy, and I don't often travel North to see my relatives in Redcar, Gateshead and Throckley. Anyhow, tried a Squier fretless P in Music Warehouse (Colchester) today - silly cheap for such a great sound, but terrible high action and roundwound strings fitted. Both easily fixed The whole point at the moment is to home in on what I do or don't like, so the more fretless basses I get to try, the better. [/quote] Keep the round wounds, or at least try them. I've been going between rounds, flats and half wounds this week, and settled on rounds, much more mwahh .

The Peavey grinds get a lot of recommendations over on talkbass.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1391859557' post='2362031'] This made me smile. My guess is that you haven't really listened to the top 40 for a few years. Of course, You're correct - you'd be lucky to come up with anything with fretless bass on it. You'd also be lucky to come up with anything with a fretted bass on it. In fact, you'd be lucky to come up with [b]anything[/b] that wasn't played by a machine. [/quote] As shown by the recent songs I've had to learn at uni with low C's , Rihanna's kisses don't lie for example.

Ibanez do several fretless models, there's the Gary Willis model that's excellent value for money, and they do their SR and BTB models in fretless variants.

I don't think they are dated, just a bit 'niche'. Off the top of my head here are a few fretless players - Alain Caron Gary Willis Steve Lawson Michael Manring Lorenzo Feliciati Robin Zielhorst - Exivious Sean Malone - Cynic

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I spent months advertising on here and Facebook for a fretless 6, I had just 3 offers in that time. I did eventually find something I like though, so worth the wait in the end. Maybe get something made ?

Doh , thanks !

It'd have to be tied into a click or something that the drummer is gonna use.

[attachment=154551:Photo on 07-02-2014 at 17.56.jpg][attachment=154550:Photo on 28-01-2014 at 21.21.jpg]It's been bugging me for the last hour or so, I've played it before somewhere but can't remember what it is .

[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1391777037' post='2361152'] I've build two singlecuts for myself. And a third is under construction. (A build diary can be read [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/224630-de-afwerking-mk4-7-blablas-next-build-project/"]here[/url]) [/quote] I like that fretless !

[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1391769908' post='2361036'] Which size ones did you buy? [/quote] Large, they said they'd be the right size.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1391708111' post='2360488'] I was looking for some stacked knobs and was pointed in the direction of Axesrus - they do large or small bore, if you know which you need. [url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Misc-s/1945.htm"]http://www.axesrus.c...Misc-s/1945.htm[/url] [/quote] Just ordered some from here, £3.25 .

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1391708111' post='2360488'] I was looking for some stacked knobs and was pointed in the direction of Axesrus - they do large or small bore, if you know which you need. [url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Misc-s/1945.htm"]http://www.axesrus.c...Misc-s/1945.htm[/url] [/quote] That's great thanks. The initial preamp is a fair bit cheaper, but then you add on the wiring harness it comes to about £120.

Steve Lawson is in Birmingham, he taught me for a couple of years. I'm in Birmingham from Thursday to Monday night too, I'm halfway through year 2 of my music degree at uni in London, and have taught previously.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1391689425' post='2360162'] East pres come with knobs don't they, the ones I bought did, you specify the colour when ordering. If you got one without knobs the cost of them would be deducted by John, no? [/quote] Not the one I've ordered. [url="http://www.east-uk.com/index.php/all-products/spm-02-modules.html"]http://www.east-uk.com/index.php/all-products/spm-02-modules.html[/url]

Anyone know where you can get black stacked ones from ? John East won't have them in until the end of the month, so it looks like I'm gonna be using my new bass with a new East preamp but without any knobs. Bass direct have them on their site, but at double the price that John sells them for, £9.60 each !!!!!! Gotta say I personally think if you're spending that sort of money then knobs should come included.

I think some people are more suited to windows and android based things, and others are more in tune with Apple based things. I can never work windows PC's, or android phones, they just don't seem 'right' to my mind. Apple stuff though just seems intuitive to me. My one brother is totally the opposite and hates Mac's and iPhones.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1391550740' post='2358576'] Put the new live album by Rush -Clockwork angels into itunes. 'Get Album Artwork' Can I f@@k!@! Totally useless [/quote] Click get info, open safari go onto amazon and drag the photo of the artwork onto the blank space in iTunes.

This was on Talkbass a few weeks ago. It wasn't a lot of money that they owed either, just cash-flow meaning they couldn't meet their commitments. Does possibly mean my mint Q6 will appreciate over the coming years. Very sad though, cos I'd have like a fretless Q6 to go with it.

I approach difficult bits by breaking them down, pencil through the bar breaking the phrase into single beats, so you can see what's going on. Agree if I have to actually sight read a part never seen before (rare), I'd maybe play something appropriate, much better than messing it up.

He seems like a really nice guy, and is very serious about his teaching. He's also a great player.

[quote name='ML94' timestamp='1391364555' post='2356268'] Just modified this post instead of creating a new topic about working out rhythms [/quote] Have you got Sibelius ? It can be really useful for working complex notated rhythms that you have to play. Just enter the part in and it'll play it back to you.