fretted to fretless

[cris the man]

i played my friends fretless bass for the 1st time the other day

its crazy , i suddenly noticed that my hands were slipping down the fretboard

is this normal?

[bass_ferret]

?

No.

But then most people dont have their bass at a funny angle like in your picture. I usually have mine between 2 and 3 o'clock as you look at it. Your picture looks like 1 o'clock and if you are having to hold the bass up at that angle (OK the fretless was probably not a T-bird) it might be affecting your technique.

[The Burpster]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='84575' date='Nov 6 2007, 07:22 PM']I usually have mine between 2 and 3 o'clock. Your picture looks like 1 o'clock it might be affecting your technique.[/quote]


1. Unless I am very much mistaken it says 3 o'clock in CTMs pic.......

2. You are indeed a lucky man, I rarely get home before 4.30 to have mine.......

[7string]

It makes a big difference not having the metal rails across the 'board !!

Takes some time to get used to how it feels and how to play it in tune. It's definately worth the time & effort though...

[cris the man]

[quote name='7string' post='85186' date='Nov 7 2007, 11:35 PM']It makes a big difference not having the metal rails across the 'board !!

Takes some time to get used to how it feels and how to play it in tune. It's definately worth the time & effort though...[/quote]

thanks for the reassurance chaps

[7string]

I recently got one of my basses back after being de-fretted. I forgot how good a fretless bass can sound !!

[BigRedX]

Having been playing bass (off and on) for almost 30 years I only started playing fretless 2 years ago when I joined a band and could hear that some of the bass lines I was playing would sound so much better on a fretless. So I took the plunge and now I play about 75% of the songs on fretless and I feel more comfortable trying out fretless basses than fretted ones.