G**tar strings on a fretless

[fleabag]

Clever playing.  In fact he's excellent and it's just an experiment, so i'm not gonna slag him.  I cant see me bothering though

 

 

[jd56hawk]

Sorry, doesn't sound like a bass.

Not even close.

Jolly good guy, though.

Edited February 6, 2022 by jd56hawk

[Cato]

I enjoyed that.

 

Nice mellow tone somewhere between a guitar, a bass and a banjo.

 

Although the guy is so far above my level of ability I'll not be switching the strings on my fretless to emulate him anytime soon.

Edited February 5, 2022 by Cato

[Pea Turgh]

Wow.  Off to sulkily pluck “another one bites the dust” and pretend I didn’t hear that acrobatic madness.

[BreadBin]

That's really good, I like how much he appears to be enjoying it.

[songofthewind]

Very cool. 

[itu]

Piccolo strings, anyone?

[fleabag]

A whacky experiment , nothing more,  and no one is likely to play like that in a band sitch.  Though never say never.

 

Reminded a bit of the Vigier that  Govan played about 10 years ago but with less strings

 

 

[Grahambythesea]

It’s interesting and very melodic. Tapping on an unmarked fretless takes some doing.

[mep]

Charles is great.  I've been subscribed to his channel for a while and have really enjoyed all his videos.

[Maude]

I enjoyed that. 🙂👍

[Maude]

19 hours ago, jd56hawk said:

Doesn't sound like a bass.

Not even close.

 

Does it have to? 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2022 by Maude
Too many o's

[chyc]

Great vid. The tone reminds me of a Jess Schmidt, which is understandable given Jeff was playing a piccolo bass.

 

 

[fleabag]

A Pedulla Buzz is it ?.  Fab bass !

[jd56hawk]

2 hours ago, Maude said:

 

Does it have to? 

 

 

Yes or no, it doesn't change what I said.

Sure, he knows how to play, but so does Miss Gertie.

[fleabag]

Jeeeez. There's always one.

It was just an experiment.  Some guy messing around for the sake of it.

 

He didn't string it with guitar strings to make it sound like a bass.  He would have strung it with bass strings if he wanted it to sound like a bass.

 

Have a Millers or something and relax.

[jd56hawk]

It's a simple observation, but I guess only certain opinions count, right?

Other than that, it's certainly no different than a piccolo bass, so...

(Edited, my initial post if that helps.)

Edited February 6, 2022 by jd56hawk

[BreadBin]

12 hours ago, mep said:

Charles is great.  I've been subscribed to his channel for a while and have really enjoyed all his videos.

Same here, he does ham it up a bit but the playing is exceptional. 

[fretmeister]

Michael Manring has been using piccolo strings for years on his Hyperbass

 

There's a quick explanation and then a tune

 

 

 

 

[fretmeister]

And an explanation of the Hyperbass itself

 

 

 

[danny-79]

I’m feeling so much better about my own abilities now.... not ! 

Highly depressing great video, that’s some serious chops !