aguacollas Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Agreed . I love my Trb JP, everything feels right playing that bass. I’d like to play a fretless TRB some day. Congratulations 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkgod Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) Doug Wilkes Jazz fretless... flame maple body front, swamp ash back ( heavy) rock maple neck with indian ebony board. slim 62 jazz neck, truss rod adjust at body end so the slim neck at the nut is not is not weak'nd by having a truss rod hole taking away half the wood there. schaller tuners from "dyerseve" on here ( cheers chris ) john east pre warwick Mec gold active pups, from a thumb bass loads of sustain, you could go on holliday come back and it will still be going 🙂 collected yesterday Doug Wilkes site.. http://wilkesguitars.co.uk/ Edited September 3, 2022 by funkgod 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguacollas Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I’ve been playing Warwick basses for 15 years, very curious about those pickups on a jazzbass position with the East preamp. And fretless. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 30/08/2022 at 21:50, TheGreek said: I've had a few fretless basses over the years haven't really got on with any of them, till I got this Yamaha TRB 5IIF. Gorgeous tones, lovely neck and so, so playable. Get one!! The first fretless I ever played. In amber. It was totally awesome. I had a fretted one later, and a fretless older one a few years after that. Brilliantly built basses. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 On 08/07/2022 at 14:12, fiatcoupe432 said: And here are mine That Pedulla is just lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkgod Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 03/09/2022 at 19:59, aguacollas said: I’ve been playing Warwick basses for 15 years, very curious about those pickups on a jazzbass position with the East preamp. And fretless. Wow. not bad at all really, not brill, iv had better sounds, and its nothing to do with the bass as a jazz bass, more to do with a personel pref and more to do with the position of the pickups. i like a back pick up to have a good toney honk to it, to use by its self or mix in a bit of neck pickup to fatten it out a bit, so i wished i had asked for the bridge pickup to be further back, infact i wish both pickups were further back, like a thumb bass, thats where the tone is, and also the john east pre i never really liked the glassy hi's, there is not really a note there, more a sort of trebbly click, great for scooped slap sound, but thats about its use, so i got on to john and he gave me some advice on taking the trebble down an octave so it has more inpact on the note. so the next stage will be.. 1, add another mec pickup between the bridge and the existing pickup, and have it wired with a 3way switch that gives you either of the two bridge pickups or both as a humbucker. 2, add another 2 way switch to take down the trebble an octive one way, and the other to keep the original hi as made. so not my perfect bass, but it will be, as a jazz fretless though its prob everything anyone else would love. each to their own and all that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) I have a love hate relationship with fretless. Right now I'm in a love phase. Mostly thanks to this beauty from Alpher Edited October 19, 2022 by Crawford13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, Crawford13 said: I have a love hate relationship with fretless. Right now I'm in a low phase. Mostly thanks to this beauty from Alpher Man that's gorgeous, tell me all about it/them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Crawford13 said: I have a love hate relationship with fretless. Right now I'm in a low phase. Mostly thanks to this beauty from Alpher That's a rather cute looking fretless, do tell us more about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Linus27 said: That's a rather cute looking fretless, do tell us more about it. They are here... I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Frank Blank said: They are here... I think. This is an Alpher Mako, with a 1 piece sapele body, ask neck & Macassar ebony fingerboard. They have burned the body to give it the sunburst effect. All hardware is hipshot & it has a Nordstrand dual soap bar pick up, with a hidden 3 way selector switch for single coil or both coils. Chris & Al make some of the best instrument in the world in my opinion. I also have another fretted 4 string & a guitar. They are also both awesome guys. Edited October 19, 2022 by Crawford13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Frank Blank said: They are here... I think. Yes that's then. If you are on Instagram they are worth a follow. They do incredible work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Let's revive this topic! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 17 minutes ago, BassAgent said: Let's revive this topic! Oh, let's not, I know what's coming and I might cry. I'll let you know when it does 😂 In the mean time, lovely Yamaha, what model is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 It's a TRB 5IIF with a story. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 6 minutes ago, BassAgent said: It's a TRB 5IIF with a story. That's a great story, thank you for sharing and it's a gorgeous looking bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 erm. 1980 ish Eko made Encore (Italy). Wasn’t fretless when I got it, but…y’know…pliers and stuff… 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Love the Italian craftsmanship here - the position dots aren’t even in line 🫣😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 minute ago, AndyTravis said: Love the Italian craftsmanship here - the position dots aren’t even in line 🫣😂 As any decent Italian will tell you Andy, alignment in such matters is highly overrated 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Just now, Beedster said: As any decent Italian will tell you Andy, alignment in such matters is highly overrated 👍 Aye. It’s like an Alfa Romeo…or Maserati…every afternoon is a Friday afternoon 😆 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Mine, tried to sell it, having listened to some Mick Karn this evening, now probably keeping it 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Stingray 62 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 My two 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) My go-to ‘bitsa’ 2 piece ash Jazz body, maple neck with ebanol fingerboard with an extra MM pickup just so I don’t have to lug 2 basses around. Strung with Rotosound Nexus which probably need replacing sometime soon!! Edited January 24 by paul_5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Here are my current fretless basses. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwilym Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Here's my lockdown bass. Dragonfly Fat Sound that i purchased from Bass Japan Direct, these are the stock photos. I did get some Nordstrand pickups installed, but can't say i really noticed much difference in tone to what was already in there. It's a Koa top on alder body with a rosewood f/b i think, which has an expoxy type finish. I'm very happy with it, and don't have much fretless GAS now. However, i would like to get my hands on a Fbass BNF at some point, or a Fender Victor Bailey j. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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