NND!

[Waddycall]

Just fitted a fretless Jazz neck to my Mexican P. Wish I’d tried fretless years ago.

cant stop playing along to Graceland! Listening to that album inspired me to give it a go.

hopefully I’ll get the hang of it enough to take it to band practice one day. I’ll spare them the the pain for now.

[ezbass]

We don’t need no stinking frets. 😂

Enjoy; take it to rehearsals ASAP, it’s the best way to make it your best bud.

[Waddycall]

Just discovered the joys of jamming along to  synth  “aahs” playing an e minor chord. Must try some other chords!

[Grahambythesea]

Good for you, a tip, try not to look, use your ears!👂 You’ll soon get the hang of it.

[Richard R]

🎶 I'm playing Graceland,  Graceland, on my fretless P, I'm playing Graceland 🎶😊

 

[Waddycall]

A couple of weeks later I am completely hooked. Taken this to two band practices now and love it. We’re a three piece originals rock band and it really seems to work. The only thing it lacks is a bit of top end sparkle. Any suggestions on how to get some? I’ve got new rotosound 66s on. Would a bass with a bridge pickup have a bit more sizzle?

[BreadBin]

Use roundwound strings if you want top end.

[Waddycall]

1 hour ago, BreadBin said:

Use roundwound strings if you want top end.

Cheers, I’ve got new stainless rounds on at the minute (rotosound 66) but it’s still a bit lacking

[Grahambythesea]

More treble in the eq. Possibly a little bit of chorus too, I believe that’s Pino’s solution on ‘where ever I lay my hat’. 

[KiOgon]

@Waddycall changing the pots for higher value, cap. for lower value ie; from 250K to 500K pots and from 0.1 or .047 to .033 or .022uF will help  😎

[lownote]

On 26/01/2020 at 18:28, Grahambythesea said:

Good for you, a tip, try not to look, use your ears!👂 You’ll soon get the hang of it.

Most people advise lined fretless.  Having tried both I very much disagree.  So long as you have side dots on the note, not where they'd be on a fretted you'll be fine with unlined.  As G says let your ears do the playing.  Far from being scary and restricting I found unlined liberating and very satisfying.  I now regard frets as like stabilisers on a kid's bike, and lined fretless as not much better.   

Edited February 8, 2020 by lownote12

[ezbass]

I tried playing with my ears, but they kept rolling over and my chin was continually muting. I don’t recommend it. Oh, is that my coat? It’s ok, I’ll get it myself.

[Waddycall]

6 hours ago, KiOgon said:

@Waddycall changing the pots for higher value, cap. for lower value ie; from 250K to 500K pots and from 0.1 or .047 to .033 or .022uF will help  😎

Thanks kiogon, sounds interesting but confusing! Don’t understand if I would want to go higher or lower?

[uk_lefty]

On 08/02/2020 at 07:17, Waddycall said:

A couple of weeks later I am completely hooked. Taken this to two band practices now and love it. We’re a three piece originals rock band and it really seems to work. The only thing it lacks is a bit of top end sparkle. Any suggestions on how to get some? I’ve got new rotosound 66s on. Would a bass with a bridge pickup have a bit more sizzle?

A Boss Bass Limiter/ Enhancer on the recommended "enhance" setting from the manual. Or the Behringer clone. Really helped get some character out of my Fretless (then I got a multi fx with loads of Fretless presets... And as its a Boss multi I can throw in an LMB-2 emulator too on any effects I want)