Fretless Porn

[fiatcoupe432]

All of fretlesses are just awesome 

[stereoplayer]

Putting new foam under my Fender/Schecter p/j. Wired stereo, tapped pu’s. 
I also put some glow in the dark position markers on it….my eyes are getting tired on a dark stage.
I assembled this bass originally in 1982 using a 1971 Fender fretless neck. 

The cat is of no help.

Edited January 31, 2024 by stereoplayer

[dub_junkie]

1996  blueburst. I prefer unlined if

I'm honest but I can live with it in this instance.😊

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BassAgent]

Took my TRB out for a spin. Wasn't disappointed.

 

[SimonK]

Here's mine:

 

[Kowad]

Ok so not my only fretless, but oh my god. Is it absurd to say I was expecting just a touch of buyer’s remorse? Not even a smidgen. Just glorious in every way. I have been lost in it since it arrived - I think only a couple of weeks back, but it feels like a year 😂

 

[Linus27]

47 minutes ago, Kowad said:

Ok so not my only fretless, but oh my god. Is it absurd to say I was expecting just a touch of buyer’s remorse? Not even a smidgen. Just glorious in every way. I have been lost in it since it arrived - I think only a couple of weeks back, but it feels like a year 😂

 

 

Beautiful

[stereoplayer]

On 31/01/2024 at 07:12, stereoplayer said:

Putting new foam under my Fender/Schecter p/j. Wired stereo, tapped pu’s. 
I also put some glow in the dark position markers on it….my eyes are getting tired on a dark stage.
I assembled this bass originally in 1982 using a 1971 Fender fretless neck. 

The cat is of no help.

after that project.  The lower tap on the P pu quit working.  I had to send it in for a repair…ugh.  

 

[Maude]

I've not added my favourite fretless in here yet. 

A 1985 Yamaha BB1100S. 

It plays, sounds, and looks beautiful. Growls like nobody's business. 

 

[fiatcoupe432]

37 minutes ago, Maude said:

I've not added my favourite fretless in here yet. 

A 1985 Yamaha BB1100S. 

It plays, sounds, and looks beautiful. Growls like nobody's business. 

 

That's stunning 

[fiatcoupe432]

I had to let 1 of my fretlesses go😪

 

It was either the pentabuzz or the pasini . I love tge feel and playability of the pasini better so I let the pentabuzz go. if money was no object....

[Kowad]

The Diva was my second bass. I figured, if I’m going to be shit and out of my depth on an instrument, I might as well be shit and out of my depth on something that is both gloriously beautiful and unnecessarily hard (ie, fretless). That it is so utterly lovely also convinced me to spend a lot more time with it. 

 

 

My very first bass was a 4003s. And I loved that bass very much, too. Tbf, I loved the 4003s and the marleaux so much between them, that when I discovered fretless rickies existed i couldn’t resist. I absolutely 💖 both of these (tho if I’m entirely honest, the 4003 slightly more). The 4003 was also my intro to tapewound strings, which was yet another a very lovely introduction indeed. 
 

Edited February 28, 2024 by Kowad

[stereoplayer]

I added LED neck markers to two of my fretless basses.

FretFX.com

 

[Rich]

Any excuse to post my fretless baby  

Nothing major has changed... still an OLP body with a lovely edge-marked ebony-boarded Jaydee neck, and EMG-HZ pickup. The passive electrics have gone however, to be replaced with the 2-band eq from my old Yamaha RXB765A... I'd forgotten I had the eq until I found it in the depths of my spares box, so I routed out battery space under the pickguard and plumbed the guts in, and it's brilliant. In an ideal world I'd get a 3-band with sweepable mid, which IMO is the best eq for a fretless bass, but this is more than adequate. And I'm even getting to use the bass in my new prog project. Happy days  

 

Edited February 29, 2024 by Rich

[Hellzero]

Back home after a few years, my Noguera Yves Carbonne Signature 8 Fretless.

 

It shouldn't have left home, now it's here to stay.

 

 

[ericg]

On 17/03/2024 at 23:31, Hellzero said:

Back home after a few years, my Noguera Yves Carbonne Signature 8 Fretless.

 

It shouldn't have left home, now it's here to stay.

 

 

Gorgeous !

[songofthewind]

My Yamaha BBG4 fretless. So nice to play.

 

[Jimelliottbassist]

Sims Enfield Fusion Jazz bass. J retro and badass 2. 

[Jimelliottbassist]

Just strung it with Labella Flats 45-105. 🤘

[WinterMute]

On 17/03/2024 at 22:31, Hellzero said:

Back home after a few years, my Noguera Yves Carbonne Signature 8 Fretless.

 

It shouldn't have left home, now it's here to stay.

 

 

 

 

You could always rent it out as an aircraft carrier....

 

What a beast.

[Linus27]

Here are my four little beauties.

 

1987 Japanese Fender Jazz 62RI with ebony fretless neck and Bartolini's.

2004 Japanese Fender Precision 62RI with rosewood fretless neck and Fender American 62 Vintage pickups.

Japanese Fender PJ with Status fretless neck and I believe Nordstrand pickups but I could be wrong. No idea on the date either.

1989 Fender Jazz 6wRI with rosewood fretless neck.

 

They all sound totally different.

 

 

[Beedster]

Very much not all original of course, but mostly early 70's in origin

 

 

[PaulThePlug]

Son's Vintage...

and a Cheapy G4M Acoustic with Roto Ropes!

[Hellzero]

My 1979 fretless Music Man Stingray, a delight to play and stare at.

 

I'm waiting for a transparent pickguard as the wood grain on the body is just wonderful.

 

 

[BassAgent]

Holy smokes that is perfect.