Fretless P or J best at emulating a DB?

[xzodar]

Kala U-Bass ?

There are a couple of threads on here about them and some demos on YouTube which sound promising.

[Clarky]

[quote name='BassBod' post='1358414' date='Sep 1 2011, 08:38 AM']Don't underestimate the foam/felt bridge mute - especially combined with black plastic flats. That video clip of Gil Yaron has rounds fitted, so you only get half the effect. Haven't you got Wes's Herbie Flowers Jazz? Get a set of mutes on it....just as Leo originally intended.[/quote]
Actually on further consideration I am going to do the following:

1. Try out a Takamine B10 (a BCer has offered me a test drive)
2. Put a foam mute on my Steed Herbie Jazz as BassBod suggests (it already has black nylon flats on)

Many thanks all for helping my deliberations

[Happy Jack]

Make sure you use only pre-CBS foam ...

[bartelby]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1358278' date='Aug 31 2011, 11:31 PM']Would you seriously gig an Ashbory? to me it's a studio instrument only. can you imagine the assembled zombie and vampire hordes of Rattlin Bone with me playing a tiny blue Ashbory [/quote]


Paint it black and add some dripping red paint and you'll be fine!

[BottomE]

With a bit of EQ'ing i can get a pretty good impersonation with a fretless Jazz Bass.

[bartelby]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1358431' date='Sep 1 2011, 09:00 AM']Re-reading the OP. Get [url="http://www.bas-extravaganza.nl/?page=bassen&BassenID=4"]this[/url] and have it defretted.[/quote]


That's a nice looking bass!

There are some pretty cool looking instruments on that site!

[Mr Bassman]

Here's a [url="http://www.myspace.com/video/markzandveld/bass-solo-new-york-state-of-mind/4094715"]Takamine[/url] in action.

Edited September 1, 2011 by Mr Bassman

[fretlessguy]

I'm sorry. I can vote for neither one. I go with the kala u bass:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=behtdlPnL6A&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL98C6FF1E686A54DE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=behtdlPnL6A...8C6FF1E686A54DE[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6pm5B7SOU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6pm5B7SOU...feature=related[/url]

[url="http://ubassappreciation.wordpress.com/"]http://ubassappreciation.wordpress.com/[/url]

[Dom in Dorset]

Precision+piezo played somewhere around the bottom of the neck.

[TheRev]

P bass + Nylon flatties + foam mute = job done

[Dom in Dorset]

+1 for nylons, beware that the variation between brands is huge. I've tried Piacato and they are very trebbly, Fenders have more bass.

[Chris2112]

It all depends which one has the piezo pickups and circuit. /thread.