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On a record where I used to play a fretted and a fretless bass depending the track, afterwards it's hard to tell which is which as I was able to play the fretted Leduc U-Basse in such a way that it sounded like a fretless and the fretless Leduc Masterpiece was sounding like a fretted bass under my fingers on dole tracks So it can work both ways @Linus27. 😉 @Rayman : You could try the Fodera round wound nickel strings on your fretless as they are really excellent, but hélas quite expensive. I stopped using them because of that.

This is the string packaging that is patented, in fact! 🤦🏻‍♂️ https://patents.google.com/patent/US8839952B2/

I tried a few sets on my fretted basses. The 4 strings set was engaging, that's why I bought a fiver and a sixer set, and there came the utter deception: both B strings were dead sounding and C string was really dull and I also had a weaker sounding A string in one set. Cheap, but not reliable and the patent they pretend to have doesn't exist at all. I came back to the good ol' Elixir's.

This link is working correctly : https://aliexpress.com/item/1005003985410165.html

You don't have to have Facebook (I have no Facebook account) to lose your time watching videos or other useless things there Douglas. 😉

So no need for a logo. Do you have some sense of humour?

Thanks a lot @Linus27 and it confirmed I don't like fretless P-Bass hollow tone, but that's only me, and it's only a question of personal taste, so no need to start a war here. 😉 Thanks a lot for your tone examples.

Strange notion of fake... Are you Chinese? 🤦🏻‍♂️

Exactly what I said earlier, the shielding is not grounded... The bridge must be grounded too.

To me this is the ugliest colour ever, it's like going to a funeral home, it doesn't make me feel good at all. ☹️

I really the first fretless tone on each example (A1, B1 & C1) @Linus27. The #2 is too hollow sounding for my taste and #3 is quite similar with more upper mids. So what are the strings on this #1 bass please?

This is a CNC machined bass and it's an amazing instrument!

The Thomastik Flatwounds will be a major improvement over the dull monel strings as they are flatwounds that sound more opened than anything else in this category, but if you're looking for harmonics, you'll have to go roundwounds. If you have a bit of patience, as they need to break in and it takes some time, try the Rotosound's RS66LD, they have all you're after. That said the Labella White Nylon's are the best nylon strings for fretless as they don't sound plastic like all the other proposals in the nylon range (and they are roundwound inside the nylon). You could also try the Elixir nickel plated and of course coated as they won't mark the fingerboard and sound excellent on fretless basses. That said start unplugged with the strings and once you've found what you like, let the thunder get alive.

Ground the shielding, the problem will be solved. It's a more than common issue with badly made shieldings.

Is the copper shielding grounded?

I almost had a heart attack. Is there a shīt "music" comp going on?

What's this utter shīt!

As Vigier stopped producing Status started making some 89/11 necks... 🤦🏻‍♂️

He quoted me too... 😉

Hi @CiciBass, glad to have you here and, of course, welcome. 😊 PS: Could you tell Nathan to stop turning all knobs he sees in all possible positions just for the sake of turning them? 😉😂

Deaf and blind people...

To me the best one available in brass or aluminium. With a photo, it speaks for itself: