lee650 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Ok, so we now know that the top 4 culprits (amongst many!) who have kept this thread very alive and kicking over the past 4 years have been...😁 TOP POSTERS IN THIS TOPIC 259 942 351 1330 Ahh Bas! You clearly have too much time on your hands 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, lee650 said: Ahh Bas! You clearly have too much time on your hands 😂 Yes, clearly!! Haha! I suspect it's why ped reintroduced this feature (which we had an even more detailed version of before the last system upgrade a few years back), as he's worried about the mis-spent middle-age-dom of so many potential Jamersons who have turned down the possibility of fretboard mastery for keyboard mastery. 😁 Although, if we do the math, my total only works out at an average of less than 1 post a day on here since the thread was started. But if you want to see what a truly mis-spent middle age looks like then look no further than: I guess I've now had my quota on here for the day...🙂 Edited July 23, 2021 by Al Krow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Since this thread is taking a moment to peer into its navel.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I want to know if the black 424 got picked up on the way home from a car service 😂 In other news, the bling is piling onto the Bb350f conversion 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Nah I opted out to concentrate on boxes and power amps 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, krispn said: Nah I opted out to concentrate on boxes and power amps 😀 Grim. Absolutely grim. sort of ashamed of you 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Jinman Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Lovely looking fretless BB1100s. I was seriously tempted, but the neck’s unlined and I’m not sure that’s a good entry to fretless. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BB1100S-fretless-bass-/294294532984?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) unlined looks so so so much better... gonna have side markers surely? there... thats not helped the GAS at all has it... Edited July 24, 2021 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Jinman Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 minute ago, PaulThePlug said: unlined looks so so so much better... gonna have side markers surely? Yeah, it does look better. But aren’t lines better for a newbie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I'm still working my way around frets! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Jinman Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: I'm still working my way around frets! Yeah, me too. Love the idea of fretless but it would probably end up gathering dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Unlined adds to the Kudos and mistique... I think it would have to be unlined and start on ear and muscle memory rather than watching all the time? Thinking about it, have you ever seen a lined violin, with the added faff of draggin that hairlybthing to make a squeak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Jinman Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: Unlined adds to the Kudos and mistique... I think it would have to be unlined and start on ear and muscle memory rather than watching all the time? Thinking about it, have you ever seen a lined violin, with the added faff of draggin that hairlybthing to make a squeak! Yeah, but have you ever lived with a teenager who’s learning violin? Nasty stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 21 minutes ago, Richard Jinman said: Yeah, it does look better. But aren’t lines better for a newbie? I don't think so. You don't actually look at the fretboard much, so the side markers are much more use. And eventually you have to get to the point of putting your fingers in the right places with or without the lines, which aren't always accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) LOL... you could always put some thin line 1.5mm or 3mm tape lines on, till ya get ya eye and ear in... first 5 or 7 and the 12th n 15th... to get ya going.. Edited July 24, 2021 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) Ibanez do a superb compromise with their SR Portamento fretless: lined side markers but unlined on the face of the fretboard. Best of both worlds - playable kudos! 😊 Oh...and the bass is not too shabby either. Edited July 24, 2021 by Al Krow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 If it’s the same 1100s fretless I saw on Facebook before, I must admit a little trump came out - overexcitable boy that I am. Then I realised I still haven’t arranged collection of the white Bb350f from Surrey…that I didn’t need to buy at all…which I will be selling the second it arrives…because I’m an idiot. ahem. As you were. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I'm always entertained by the idea that an unlined fingerboard is wildly impressive to people - the world is full of twelve year olds who can get around a cello or violin fingerboard equally competently. I'd rather have a lined fingerboard, so that it at first glance it just looks like a normal bass. But with no side markers, so that I was having to use my ears properly. (But not as much as I'd rather not bother at all: metal strings sound great kept taut by two other bits of metal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said: I'm always entertained by the idea that an unlined fingerboard is wildly impressive to people - the world is full of twelve year olds who can get around a cello or violin fingerboard equally competently. I'd rather have a lined fingerboard, so that it at first glance it just looks like a normal bass. But with no side markers, so that I was having to use my ears properly. (But not as much as I'd rather not bother at all: metal strings sound great kept taut by two other bits of metal) I’m always reminded that when I get excited by fretless, that in my rack is a fretless that I had made for me…and it comes out of the rack every time I notice a build up of dust… shame, at one point I became a borderline competent fretless bassist… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobasserk Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Did we take a look at Frank on his older BB already? Frank Itt / BB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, gobasserk said: Did we take a look at Frank on his older BB already? Frank Itt / BB Cool stuff! Great to see someone just laying down a nice groove. All too often these YouTube vids turn into a "look at me" clown fest with double thumbing/tapping and allsorts of mental fills. The young lady drumming is absolutely fantastic😁 Edited July 25, 2021 by lee650 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobasserk Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Frank Itt is a bass legend over here and Anika Nilles one of Germany's most popular female drummers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 STOP!!! I've tried fretless many times and never mastered it...when I read threads like this I'm tempted to try again...I HATE YOU ALL!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 minute ago, TheGreek said: STOP!!! I've tried fretless many times and never mastered it...when I read threads like this I'm tempted to try again...I HATE YOU ALL!!! Mick - seriously check out the Ibby SR Portamento. Just fantastic. And a used one won't break the bank either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, gobasserk said: Frank Itt is a bass legend over here and Anika Nilles one of Germany's most popular female drummers. Which model BB is he playing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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