fretless bob

Brought one mag, it arrived really quickly and there was great communication throughout. Dave

[quote name='purpleblob' post='589397' date='Sep 4 2009, 09:14 AM']Bugger it ! I thought somebody had knicked my bass - imagine my surprise when scrolling through this thread and seeing what looked exactly like my bass staring back at me Thanks for all the info. Dave. Obviously unless there are two near identical basses out there, this would seem to be the one I recently bought from the gallery and yes I noticed the small ding on the neck and one on the headstock. But apart from these it appears to be in amazingly good shape after all it's done. I feel a little bit of a fake owning such an instrument after reading about it's history. Those fret markers where the maple is on the side of the neck and ebony (if I recall from a previous post by you) on the front are a really fantastic idea. The maple stands out beautifully and makes such a nice feature. Anyway, thanks again for the info. Mark[/quote] no worries man, they are the same bass, i sold mine to Pierre Ganseman who is on the forum and he traded it into the gallery for a zon i think, i saw it there a while back was kinda strange seeing it hanging on the wall. it is a really beautiful bass, she records really really well by the way. for those who asked heres a photo of the stringray that i sold her for By [url="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/freltessbob"]freltessbob[/url], shot with [url="http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=DSC-P93A&make=SONY"]DSC-P93A[/url] at 2009-09-04 and heres Pino with it at the gallery, feel free to have a look if your down the gallery in the next week or so. By [url="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/freltessbob"]freltessbob[/url], shot with [url="http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=iPhone&make=Apple"]iPhone[/url] at 2009-09-04 Dave

[quote name='purpleblob' post='579199' date='Aug 24 2009, 04:04 PM']Interesting you should mention that. Whilst looking through a forum on TB I came across several pictures that looked identical to the bass I bought - it was owned by fretless bob at the time and he mentions it was purchased from Paul Turner - so it could be the one. Whilst it looked identical even showing a chip on the headstock he seemed to indicate that there was quite a bit of wear on the body - mine didn't look too bad (or maybe my eyes are not so good nowadays). Either way it's a great looking instrument and plays real nicely [/quote] just thought i would chime in on this one, i bought the bass pictured below from Paul about 4 or so years ago directly, it was according to Martin the 1st/2nd Sei jazz bass ever made as Paul is the reason why the sei jazz even exists, he ordered 2 "prototypes" from Martin around 2000 the sister bass is a fretted 5 and is now owned by Corrine Bailey Rae's bass player (i forget his name) the reason i say its the 1st/2nd is because they were finished in the same week. the bass has done quite a few world tours and loads of gigs with Annie Lennox and has been on an album of hers, i loved it and gigged it at least 3 times a month, the "dent on around the 2nd position on the side of the fingerboard happened when it got knocked over by a clumsy drummer, about the wear, i don't remember it being really bad but it did have a lot of little nicks and scuffs, and the finish was looking a little dull. I gave the instrument a good buffing up before i sold it which made it sparkle almost like new which might explain why you havnt noticed many marks. if your wondering why i sold her i bought a beautiful 79" fretless stingray that has completely blown me away, its actually having a new fingerboard fitted by Martin at the moment, she should be finished in about a week. [url="http://img524.imageshack.us/i/img0467x.jpg/"][/url] Dave

i have found fretless perfection in five forms so far. a lovely 79 stingray with a rosewood board that thankfully is mine the second is a friends 6 string fretless wal mkIII 6 with a walnut top that sounds amazing an 81 ibanez roadster with a coated maple fingerboard which again sounds amazing with a lovely glassy top end an acoustic bass made by martin with flat wounds, with your eyes closed you would swear it was an upright and the 4th is a pedulla 4 string buzz bass which had such a cool tone. still for me the best fretless sound for me is the stingray, i love it to pieces.

Hi Steve, so i sold my lined fretless sei and managed to get my hands on a wonderful 79 fretless stingray that sounds and feels amazing but i am struggling a bit getting my left hand positioning together (as the bass is unlined and using my eye is only so helpful i figured the best thing to do would be to get my hands knowing almost exactly where they have to go before i do any thing) and thought maybe a few lessons with someone who plays a lot of fretless would be helpful. are you teaching in london at the moment, im in harrow and am cool to travel. cheers Dave