SteveXFR Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is the king of hard Rock fretless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 What about Steve DiGiorgio and Tony Franklin ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 The self titled 'beach on Bass' from the band Rockbitch, played fretless, and rather well too. Probably best not to Google them from work though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) On 05/06/2021 at 18:57, Hellzero said: What about Steve DiGiorgio and Tony Franklin ? On 02/01/2017 at 09:43, fleabag said: Hows about this ? the FIRM's first album Paul Rodgers / Jimmy Page with the excellent Tony Franklin on slippy bass duties On 02/01/2017 at 09:43, fleabag said: Edited June 6, 2021 by fleabag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 05/06/2021 at 17:32, SteveXFR said: Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is the king of hard Rock fretless. @fleabag My question was in response to this kind of radical sentence. ∆∆∆ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoham Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 05/06/2021 at 15:36, Musicman666 said: Hey you... pink Floyd....Dave Gilmour. Beat me to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 02/01/2017 at 12:01, dmccombe7 said: Good luck but please give it some serious thought before going down this route. Could you maybe borrow a mates fretless to trial for a few weeks. If not buy a very cheap fretless first and try it out before making a permanent change. Dave Yeah I second this because the initial euphoria might quickly wear off. Because of Pino P's playing on No Parlez I got a Dean fretless around 20 years ago. After the initial buzz of playing it wore off, I played it less and less as outside of PP I got little inspiration from anyone else. Eventually I sold it. Fast forward to 2015 and the urge took me again and I got a Cort fretless. I checked out the likes of Steve Bailey and Gary Willis for inspiration and while they are both top players I wasn't fired up enough as the music they play does nowt for me. I got my money back when I sold it just before C-19 hit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 47 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Yeah I second this because the initial euphoria might quickly wear off. Because of Pino P's playing on No Parlez I got a Dean fretless around 20 years ago. After the initial buzz of playing it wore off, I played it less and less as outside of PP I got little inspiration from anyone else. Eventually I sold it. Fast forward to 2015 and the urge took me again and I got a Cort fretless. I checked out the likes of Steve Bailey and Gary Willis for inspiration and while they are both top players I wasn't fired up enough as the music they play does nowt for me. I got my money back when I sold it just before C-19 hit. I go thru periods like that too. In 80's i had a fretless P then a WAL altho the WAL had a slector switch that gave you a click type sound similar to playing a fretted bass. I think it boosted a specific high frequency. I liked that. My Overwater has same. Also had a Jaydee fretless and Yamaha fretless but like you i get bored and lack inspiration mainly because its not the style of music i play in bands where a 4 string fretted just works better ........ for me anyways. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said: I go thru periods like that too. In 80's i had a fretless P then a WAL altho the WAL had a slector switch that gave you a click type sound similar to playing a fretted bass. I think it boosted a specific high frequency. I liked that. My Overwater has same. Also had a Jaydee fretless and Yamaha fretless but like you i get bored and lack inspiration mainly because its not the style of music i play in bands where a 4 string fretted just works better ........ for me anyways. Dave A fretless can be played much like a fretted...Jack Bruce comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Sorry for the bit of blatant self-promotion, but this is me (on a fretless MM Bongo 5) on a track from our upcoming album (it's the only one I played fretless on, alas)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Taking a fretless to rehearsal tonight, so every track will be a fretless rock track tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Musicman666 said: A fretless can be played much like a fretted...Jack Bruce comes to mind You can but it doesn't quite have the same bite as a fretted. I am a Jack Bruce fan. There are some bass players that have done a great job using fretless in rock but for me its easier using a fretted to play rock. Dave Edited June 7, 2021 by dmccombe7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 This thread’s been up a while and we haven’t mentioned Les Claypool. Primus are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 16 hours ago, paul_5 said: This thread’s been up a while and we haven’t mentioned Les Claypool. Primus are a terrible racket I corrected that for you. I fear this may be unpopular though and I might be alone in my strong dislike for Primus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 42 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: I corrected that for you. I fear this may be unpopular though and I might be alone in my strong dislike for Primus Then sir, we shall have to agree to disagree. 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Meeeeeee! https://open.spotify.com/track/0OwG2EaLAfUVqideTIqXbi?si=904ea3d9abf84de7 https://open.spotify.com/track/1NmTxPc7S2WjGy8hYWwgBj?si=1043423995c74a2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 02/01/2017 at 20:54, Winny Pooh said: Alanah Miles' Black Velvet has some tasty playing on it FWIW That record is a synth. I don't know why, it's dead easy and sounds better on a fretless. I like Tony Levin's playing, and Tony Franklin may be the best thing about The Firm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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