Bobthedog

Sorry, I do no understand the question. What a daft idea! It just does not compute. One bass? No such thing.

Like this you mean:

Today and pre lock down

Now you have spoilt it. I have edited the post so I can still show my wife. 😀

Having just gone back up to 4, I am going to show this to my wife. 😀

Goodoh, the login problems have been solved then! 🤣 One for the regulars here.

I suppose it is possible but also very selfish. Imagine all those guitar manufacturers and shops that will go to the wall. Imagine the cash flow implications to the economy from a limited secondhand market. No, in these hardened times we must all buy as many basses as we can just to keep the economy flowing. I only bought my recent fretless for that one reason! 😉 😀

I attended a Zoom conference with Steve Gadd and Anthony Jackson about a month ago. During the recording of, I think, a Chet Baker track, they took six takes to get it right. Jackson changed his strings on each take. Perhaps these are what he was using?

Ooh Ooh! I can now join in: Sire V7 Jazz:

Ouch! The Sire is absolutely smooth and no feel at all to the fret lines.

Very similar. If I cannot make the transition easily to knowing where the notes are , I am probably going to go the @Happy Jack route of having some inlays put in. I am waiting too on a stroboclip tuner to work alongside my ears to find where the correct fretting position should be.

For the moment I have added some sharpie lines where the frets are. Dependent on how I get on, I may have some proper markers put in later on.

Just arrived, my first fretless. First impressions, very well made and great tonal options. Good string spacing and a pretty good B considering a 34” neck. The white is a creamy tone so looks much better in the flesh. Comes with flatwounds as standard. The only negative for me is no side markings other than dots in the middle of the frets. Per another thread there is no sight of the fret lines when playing. Coming from playing my long necked fan frett (37” B) Dingwall for the last few months this is going to take some work to get used to but then for the moment time is one thing I do have.

For me it is more about the appearance of the bass rather than the sanitisation. I don't care what my hammers look like. The finish on all my basses looks pants if covered in fingermarks and dust. I also clean the back of the neck to keep it fast. Having just read Stew's comments, I don't clean the strings but do give them a wipe after a long play

Depends, A quick noodle, no. A full on session, always. Once a month or so I will use Rotosound Guitar Polish and give the guitars, if used that month, a full polish, however. Fretboard gets a proper clean when I change strings.

Never had what I consider to be a deal, but then I a) tend to buy new because b) I would not know what would be a potential deal. I do get a free gig bag with my new Sire, however. To me that is exciting!

If you buy the Scarlett it comes with Ableton Lite for free. No need to buy one. I would also go for the 2i2. You never know when you might need the extra inputs

Some good stuff there, particularly about the tuner, at least at first it will help. Thank you. I still have to learn to trust my ears, although apparently they are okay.

That is really what I was saying

I am going to give it a go but agree entirely, I cannot see the frets so may end up going the route per your Lakland.

I have just watched a couple of videos on this and there are two different views. Scott said the finger must be on the line and the other said behind. I guess I am going to just play and see what happens.

Looks like I lied to you all. Just ordered a bass online. This lockdown GAS is playing havoc with my reasoning.

Thanks for this. Having done some more research, it seems that the Sire has side dots but they appear to be as if for a fretted guitar. That could be interesting especially as my daily player at the moment is a fan fret. This is going to fun, if nothing else whilst learning on this.