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hey guys, going to be getting a fretless bass extremely shortly and need a few lines to get me started

so far i sort of know these from learning on a fretted:


weather report: birdland
jaco pastorius: teen town
paul young: come back and stay
paul young: everytime you go away


any other suggestions would help :) nothing too hard though please haha

thanks
marcus

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[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365506467' post='2040371']
hey guys, going to be getting a fretless bass extremely shortly and need a few lines to get me started

so far i sort of know these from learning on a fretted:


weather report: birdland
jaco pastorius: teen town
paul young: come back and stay
paul young: everytime you go away


any other suggestions would help :) nothing too hard though please haha

thanks
marcus
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You've learned teen town and birdland and want 'nothing too hard' !
Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombone has some juicy double bass, fun to play on fretless.

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[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1365507582' post='2040390']
You don't have to do anything special or different now just because you're playing a fretless.

Just play your normal lines.
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Yes, playing what you already know is a good way to get on top of your intonation and a bassline is a bassline whether it's played on fretted or unfretted.

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You like Jaco, Marcus. Don't forget he practiced on fretted bass. Don't overdo the slides. Work on your intonation first. Listen to Gary Willis. Loads on youtube.

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April by Brand X (John Giblin)(anything by Brand X is loaded with great fretless playing but a lot of it is very stylised and impossible to recreate)

Chris De Burgh's album 'The Getaway' has a load of great fretless lines (John Giblin again)

Barbara Thompson's 1980 live recording with Dill Katz on bass

Alphonso Johnson on 'This Must Be Love' of Phil Cillins' 'Face Value'

Mark Egan's work on the Pat Metheny Group's first two LPS 'PMG' and 'American Garage' - in fact, anything with Mark Egan on will be worth a look.

Jaco Pastorius on Metheny's 'Bright Size Life'

Mick Karn with Japan (not to my taste but very influential)

Gary Willis on the first two Tribal Tech LPs 'Spears' and 'Dr. Hee'

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Barbara Thompson's 1980 live recording with Dill Katz on bass

Just listening to that album myself after years of it being off my listening list - wonderful stuff, not just Dill's playing :)

Also Jaco's playing on Joni Mitchell's Shaddws and Light live album is sublime

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Some more Pino goodness:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkRj4l_AKs[/media]

& one from The Hodge:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOS6svKdELA[/media]

P.

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[quote name='megallica' timestamp='1365509330' post='2040427']
I always had fun playing Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer on my fretless - not sure if Tony Levin recorded it with a fretless or not.
[/quote]Oh, oh! Time for me to wear my TL anorak :) Recorded with a graphite necked MM Sabre (with THRAK! sticker) through chorus and octave effects and played with a pick.

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[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1365508731' post='2040412']
April by Brand X (John Giblin)(anything by Brand X is loaded with great fretless playing but a lot of it is very stylised and impossible to recreate)

Chris De Burgh's album 'The Getaway' has a load of great fretless lines (John Giblin again)

Barbara Thompson's 1980 live recording with Dill Katz on bass

Alphonso Johnson on 'This Must Be Love' of Phil Cillins' 'Face Value'

Mark Egan's work on the Pat Metheny Group's first two LPS 'PMG' and 'American Garage' - in fact, anything with Mark Egan on will be worth a look.

Jaco Pastorius on Metheny's 'Bright Size Life'

Mick Karn with Japan (not to my taste but very influential)

Gary Willis on the first two Tribal Tech LPs 'Spears' and 'Dr. Hee'
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Sublime selection...could not agree more!

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[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365536658' post='2040925']
absolutely love tony levins stuff, what a player... so yeah the bass is now a lined fretless and running through a few paul young and peter gabriel numbers :) cracking stuff!
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Jeez, that was quick!

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Fish's first solo album [i]Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors[/i] has some real gems too.

That there John Giblin again.

http://youtu.be/1_4Nl_qFF8o

or Doug Wimbish and his sliding harmonics on this one from Living Color (sic).

http://youtu.be/vqnVhCADFHY

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[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1365545964' post='2041074']
Living Color (sic).
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Huh?
Pray tell: why?
Oh, and thanks for listing them. Worth a try.

best,
bert

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Fretless? How about this one :lol:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRK_M1vJXfQ[/media]

Or....

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mesr2siegRg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mesr2siegRg[/url]

Edited by chrismuzz

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