Schecter half-fretless

[philw]

Anybody else noticed this from Schecter:

http://www.schecterguitars.com/international/bass/session/stiletto-session-5-fretless-aged-natural-satin-detail

I know it's bonkers but I've always been intrigued by the idea...

P

PS. GAK have them in stock at £719 for the fiver and £689 for the four string. Too expensive now for a punt, but maybe when they're clearing stock?

[uk_lefty]

I can't see a real-world use for it. Now a fretless with a slap-bar at the end of the neck I can see, but this, no.

[BigRedX]

Ibanez make something similar. The neck joint on that Schecter is particularly ugly though.

Edited October 17, 2017 by BigRedX

[Hellzero]

What about this : http://ubass.free.fr/donnees/imgppl/gillesUB2.jpg

[philw]

[quote name='Hellzero' timestamp='1508232403' post='3390632']
What about this : [url="http://ubass.free.fr/donnees/imgppl/gillesUB2.jpg"]http://ubass.free.fr...l/gillesUB2.jpg[/url]
[/quote]

Ohh I've always fancied a Leduc U-Bass. Never seen a half-fret one before though.

[tony_m]

Maybe I'm just being a bit thick / missing the point here, but the spec says:

Inlays Ebony Side Blocks
Frets Fretless

Isn't that what we're seeing in the picture, a fretless fingerboard with ebony inlays stretching halfway across it rather than lines, and definitely not half-frets?

[BigRedX]

[quote name='tony_m' timestamp='1508242602' post='3390747']
Maybe I'm just being a bit thick / missing the point here, but the spec says:

Inlays Ebony Side Blocks
Frets Fretless

Isn't that what we're seeing in the picture, a fretless fingerboard with ebony inlays stretching halfway across it rather than lines, and definitely not half-frets?
[/quote]

You are quite right.

Still doesn't stop it form being ugly though.

[Hellzero]

[quote name='philw' timestamp='1508241505' post='3390730']


Ohh I've always fancied a Leduc U-Bass. Never seen a half-fret one before though.
[/quote]

Great basses, I owned and played in my duet a 6 strings fretted U-Bass that I sold to Serge Leverrier when I got this : http://leduc.fr/index.php/series-l/basses-de-la-serie-l/164-l-09-la-u-contrebasse-moai

There are only two half-fretted U-Basses, the first ever was made for Gilles Coquard and the other for Serge Leverrier : https://myspace.com/mariesergeduo/mixes/streammix-705750/photo/371919485

[philw]

[quote name='tony_m' timestamp='1508242602' post='3390747']
Maybe I'm just being a bit thick / missing the point here, but the spec says:

Inlays Ebony Side Blocks
Frets Fretless

Isn't that what we're seeing in the picture, a fretless fingerboard with ebony inlays stretching halfway across it rather than lines, and definitely not half-frets?
[/quote]

Oh yeah, looking closer, you're right. So I got all intrigued over nothing at all.

Please ignore all future posts....