string colours

[chrisd24]

I have some strings on a bass i bought and i really like the strings but have no idea what they are, they have a blue silk at the head end and a red silk at the ball end.....this is a pretty distinct characteristic so someone must know what they are!

[Blademan_98]

There has been a thread about this before:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/lofiversion/index.php/t120065.html"]Here [/url]

[chrisd24]

Elites thank you, was just wading through a few other "what strings are these" threads and probably would have took me ten years to find that!

[Blademan_98]

No problem

I should be asleep but I just had a really great session on my fretless and I'm still buzzing

[chrisd24]

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1317819' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:52 PM']No problem

I should be asleep but I just had a really great session on my fretless and I'm still buzzing [/quote]

fret buzz on a fretless?!

[Blademan_98]

[quote name='chrisd24' post='1317831' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:58 PM']fret buzz on a fretless?![/quote]

This made me chuckle

I'm not the best player in the world, but even I would struggle to do that!

I went fretless to get rid of the buzz.......

Still, when the neck was out, you couldn't play it past the 7th [s]fret[/s] er position

Edited July 26, 2011 by Blademan_98

[chrisd24]

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1317836' date='Jul 27 2011, 12:04 AM']This made me chuckle

I'm not the best player in the world, but even I would struggle to do that!

I went fretless to get rid of the buzz.......

Still, when the neck was out, you couldn't play it past the 7th [s]fret[/s] er position [/quote]

Ha! i recently acquired a fretless myself,its lined but even with the markers i make it look hard,which im pretty sure is a bad thing

[Blademan_98]

It's ok when you are just noodling in a key.

It gets harder when you are playing with other muso's (especially if they are NOT tone deaf!).

Tonight, I was playing along with some guitar parts I had laid down around a year ago.

It sounded ok to me (but I am biased!)

[chrisd24]

I think when I first got it I made the mistake of trying to play really intricate fretless parts and failing,but now I have realised probably the best thing to do is to play it like a normal bass first just to get used to the (weird) thing!

[Blademan_98]

[quote name='chrisd24' post='1317848' date='Jul 27 2011, 12:22 AM']I think when I first got it I made the mistake of trying to play really intricate fretless parts and failing,but now I have realised probably the best thing to do is to play it like a normal bass first just to get used to the (weird) thing![/quote]

Exactly If you stick with root / fifth / octave with the odd run as you would a fretted, they sound really good!

I practice with a tuner to get my ear trained.

(sorry this has hijacked your string thread with a fretless discussion!)

[chrisd24]

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1317850' date='Jul 27 2011, 12:25 AM']Exactly If you stick with root / fifth / octave with the odd run as you would a fretted, they sound really good!

I practice with a tuner to get my ear trained.

(sorry this has hijacked your string thread with a fretless discussion!)[/quote]
Not at all,mystery over as far as the strings go but I'm still terrible on fretless! Are there any novice/intermediate pieces you would recommend to get me warmed up and help with intonation?

[Blademan_98]

For novice I bought this book: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Fretless-Bass-Workouts-Qwikguide/dp/0786671726"]100 Fretless Bass Workouts[/url]

It has notation and tab. The CD helps with intonation.

After that, it's down to preference.

I just started gigging with it and you get better quite quickly because it matters!