Imcoming Fretless

[throwoff]

I have bitten the bullet today and purchased a Fretless lefty Warwick Rockbass (old style 1 piece bride) active Corvette Basic.

Not sure why, I never had a real interest in fretless but have justified it as I should have one, and my new band with its mixture of effects and white noise might sound kinda cool with a fretless on the recordings.

Any tips for a first time fretless player?

[mart]

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...Any tips for a first time fretless player?
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Just one tip: Sell all your other basses, cos you won't need them anymore.

[Happy Jack]

I'm no sort of expert, but fretless didn't work for me until I lost my fear of bad intonation and playing out of tune. The more I worried, and the more I tried, the worse it got and the more tuneless my playing became.

As soon as I thought "sod it!" and just played bass, it all clicked. Trust your ears and your fingers, ignore the fact that it's a fretless, just play bass.

Enjoy!

[throwoff]

Im actually incredibly excited about taking it to practice for the first time and seeing what I can make it do