fluffo Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Paul young where ever I lay my hat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Thank you @dmccombe7 😁 ZH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 22 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: Came across this and was quite enjoying it till the singing started but the fretless bass is pretty impressive singing? I feel old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 22 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: Came across this and was quite enjoying it till the singing started but the fretless bass is pretty impressive Thirty seconds until a man in black contact lenses appears, love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stef030 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 john martyn some people from grace and danger easy to learn and super expressive 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 19 minutes ago, stef030 said: john martyn some people from grace and danger easy to learn and super expressive Good choice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Apologies if this was already suggested but Moon Over Bourbon Street by Sting sounds gorgeous on fretless. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 45 minutes ago, Skinnyman said: Apologies if this was already suggested but Moon Over Bourbon Street by Sting sounds gorgeous on fretless. Thank you! Will check it out! ☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marcoelwray Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Personally, I play fretless like a normal bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 New York Minute Don Henley great Pino bass part. I recently covered it on a Squier Fretless VM Jazz like yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) Almost anything off Ten album by Pearl Jam (not Jeremy) you can get your bass face on and go wild. kind of makes you forget there’s no frets. Edited February 8, 2021 by Bunion 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I’ve recommended this before, it’s a series of exercises put together by Tony Franklin. I’m fairly new to fretless myself but I’ve found this series on the TrueFire app extremely useful. It of course needs to be paid for but I think TrueFire are having a sale atm. You get the backing tracks and notation/tab and you can isolate certain parts and loop tracks to practice along with. Some of the content is available on YouTube. well worth a look. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Bunion said: Almost anything off Ten album by Pearl Jam (not Jeremy) you can get your bass face on and go wild. kind of makes you forget there’s no frets. Black is one of my go to tracks to chill out with. I have a fretless bass but have never played this on it. Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr4stringz Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 22 hours ago, Bunion said: Almost anything off Ten album by Pearl Jam (not Jeremy) you can get your bass face on and go wild. kind of makes you forget there’s no frets. Ten is a masterclass in tasteful fretless playing. Was my go to back when I was learning fretless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Old thread, I know, and Mick Kahn has had a couple of mentions already, but this track is so good I thought I'd point it out:- https://youtu.be/Wf_g9bvCO44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 17/04/2019 at 21:35, Zoe_BillySheehan said: liding harmonics are super fun! Lovely double one in Pino's wherever I lay my hat 🙂 Very satisfying to nail it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 21/04/2019 at 17:49, stef030 said: john martyn some people from grace and danger easy to learn and super expressive Danny Thompson on Upright on the older stuff. John Giblin and Alan Thomson on the later stuff. All have great feel, and the bass is usually well up in the mix too 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41Hz Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Surely this should be one the list......🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Play stuff w/ octaves and fifths. Play with "tuned" instruments. If not with a band (hardly right now) along with records. Make sure the intonation is correct - harmonics vs. "fretted" 12th. I started playing bass on a Fender Jazz and found an upright in High School and thought my intonation was the bomb. Found a Fender Precision maple neck fretless and took it to band rehersal and COULD NOT PLAY IN TUNE. (and I didn't bring the Jazz because I was gonna show everybody) This was a band with horns - we were doing Chicago & Brecker Bros. and etc., and it was embarrassing...until about the end of rehersal when my intonation came around. But did my hand arm and neck hurt from the tension I was creating to "hear". And I was sometimes reading charts so I wasn't looking, I was listening, at an un-lined neck - to this day I don't like lined fretless. You have to use your ears. AND. GOOD LUCK AND FIND YOUR OWN VOICE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) These are hardly beginner lines, but I think we’ve moved on since the thread was started. A breakdown of Bakithi’s playing on Graceland... Edited March 12, 2021 by ezbass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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