Fanned Fret Fretless ....Whot!

[Pinball]

I just can't handle the concept of a Fanned Fret Fretless bass. Three reasons:

1. I play 5's so after a few drinks I would find it really difficult to talk about my "fanned fret fretless five", especially if Fender made one.

2. A fretless bass is a bass with no frets yes? So a fanned fret fretless can't exist. It would just be a fanned fretless wouldn't it?

3. I'm not keen on fanned fretted bases anyway. I have tried one and agree with Donald Trump's assessment, when he tried one and said "It's nasty, very bad"

Thanks for reading, I'm glad I got that off my chest!

Edited January 1, 2020 by Pinball

[Happy Jack]

You'd need to add a torsal twist to that design, just to make it, y'know, complete. 

[bnt]

You'd call it "multiscale" rather than "fanned fret", I suppose. I've noticed a trend of the former being used for basses and the latter for guitars. That's what Thomann does now, for example.

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[therealting]

My first reaction is that I would struggle to intonate anything on a multi scale fretless... but having said that, I seem to move fairly easily between my acoustic and electric double basses, regular long scale fretless bass and my fretless bass uke, and also I found the transition to fanned fret pretty quick, so maybe it’s not as far fetched as one might first think.

Quite fancy a go now actually. 

[MichaelDean]

4 hours ago, therealting said:

My first reaction is that I would struggle to intonate anything on a multi scale fretless... but having said that, I seem to move fairly easily between my acoustic and electric double basses, regular long scale fretless bass and my fretless bass uke, and also I found the transition to fanned fret pretty quick, so maybe it’s not as far fetched as one might first think.

Quite fancy a go now actually. 

I saw someone on the Dingwall thread on TalkBass who had one made and echoed your sentiment. He was a bit nervous to start with, but practice made it much easier. 

[Hellzero]

@Naga had (if it's sold) his Mermet fanned fretless for sale here on BassChat :

[Naga]

I've decided to keep it. The sound is something out of this planet.