jazzmanb Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1393919673' post='2385711'] Try a Westone Thunder fretless... cheap as chips, does the job [/quote]Bought a thunder 3 fretless when they came out in the 80s,no probs on your knee but on the strap it was all neck with the small top horn.Difficult to get the vibrato and stuff going at the far end of the neck.Fought with it for a few years then sold it.Got a Jap Jazz at moment and its much easier to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmanb Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Warwick rockbass fretless would be a good choice,on the light side,the early models go for £200ish,i sold my fretted 4 string on Ebay for £125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I have the maple fingerboard version of the ESP LTD 'Vintage' bass. For the money (2nd hand about £180 I think) it's a belter of a buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 [quote name='Sara SG' timestamp='1394810024' post='2395501'] Are you based in London? any pics of the bass? [/quote] I'm right down in deepest Devon, and might have pics somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Value for money if you can get on with them would make me lean towards yamaha/ibanez. Personally I find Ibanez necks too skinny but you might love them, plus they're "usually" on the light side of the range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Oh and peavey too. I used to have a peavey millenium bxp and it was a cracking bass for the money and light too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara SG Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Thank you all so much for your advice. In the end I tried out a few fretless basses and I fell in love (literally) with a Squier fretless P-Bass style. It was so beautiful to play in the shop. However after they set it up for me it lost some of its Mwah! So I went back and exchanged it. I set the next one up myself and its great. It feels familiar as I play a Squier anyway. But this one is about half the weight! Im using it on a recording for a song I have written. It still has the original strings currently. I am practicing at home, and have not played it on stage as yet, but will do soon I will try and close this topic now if that is what I am supposed to do. The forum has been very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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