Groove Mama Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Don't let happen to you! Queen of the Quarter Note "Think like a drummer, not like a singer, and play much less." -- Michele C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 "Lie down with your feet elevated, and put on a Rush album." That's as good cure for a lot of things. "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Well, I'm already a big flat wound fan and told my wife I'd love to get a fretless, but maybe I can nip this in the bud. "Everyone wants to change the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFLA Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Guess I'm in the clear - both of my fretlesses have roundwounds on 'em. Either that, or I'm in denial... Jim Confirmed RoscoeHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Funny! I have a fretless bass but have not yet wanted to use it with a band. I guess I'm safe for now. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele C. Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Woah, i am regularly playing my fretless in two bands mmmh, worse than I thought. On the plus side, mine has roundwounds. I admit I bought a set of Galli black nylons, but it is safe in a drawer for now, I also have my headstock tuner always on. Some day I will try a tube screamer on it, I heard some fret less drive in a record of Victor Bailey. -- Michele Costabile (http://proxybar.net) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Fretless with black nylons here (I look great!! ) Love it. G. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Fretless with black nylons here (I look great!! ) Love it. G. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g63/flemtone/0907310-CarmenGhia.jpg Carmen Ghia Seal of Approval. Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottom End Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Wicked funny! "Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.'-Hamlet Guitar solos last 30 seconds, the bass line lasts for the whole song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lug Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 With my normal basses, typically 11 out of 12 note I play are wrong. A fretless moves that number up to approaching infinite. You can stop now -jeremyc STOP QUOTING EVERY THING I SAY!!! -Bass_god_offspring lug, you should add that statement to you signature.-Tenstrum I'm not sure any argument can top lug's. - Sweet Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russkull Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 This was really, really funny (although what's up with the masks in the background?). I must already have the disease, because even this will not stop me from buying the new Squier fretless P! "Of all the world's bassists, I'm one of them!" - Lug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Hahahahahahahahahaha!!! Joanie Mitchel, she's tricky Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele C. Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 After a few weeks of mostly fretless, I heard my fretted bass just as those singers sent through an auto tune cranked over the top to sound like keyboards. Then I thought, "wait: the voice too has continous intonation and glissando has been popular since Bessie Smith started to sell records, or maybe three generations before and saxophones and trumpets and guitars have been mimicking that sound for ages, so why not me?". A little voice in me answered, "because the groove wants a bass in tune". I replied "then, why has the double bass been so popular as a groove station?". Then I lost the rest of the conversation. -- Michele Costabile (http://proxybar.net) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gollihur Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Don't let happen to you! Y'all say it like it's a bad thing. Fretless is my mother tongue. 1000 Upright Bass Links, Luthier Directory, Teacher Directory - http://www.gollihurmusic.com/links.cfm [highlight] - Life is too short for bad tone - [/highlight] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Mama Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Don't let happen to you! Y'all say it like it's a bad thing. Fretless is my mother tongue. Haha! Yes. Yes, it is. My bad. Queen of the Quarter Note "Think like a drummer, not like a singer, and play much less." -- Michele C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I must already have the disease, because even this will not stop me from buying the new Squier fretless P! Apparently deep into the "Denial" phase . . . I was just pricing a Carvin fretless P clone this morning, even tho' I have a Squire VM J fretless. But it's OK - I know my limits. I can control it. Besides - I only play them on weekends . . . TimberWolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Very well done and funny!! This is one of the few bass related disorders that I will not suffer from. Makes me want to write about my fenderphobia and my boutiqueonlyholic tendencies. Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 wOOt Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Malone Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Very well done and funny!! This is one of the few bass related disorders that I will not suffer from. Makes me want to write about my fenderphobia and my boutiqueonlyholic tendencies. Tom fenderphobia is curable, I had it for over twenty-five years and now have three Fenders. Wally I have basses to play, places to be and good music to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 no no no no no - the cure is worse than the disease!!! Tom (fair balance requires me to say that I've sampled many fine Fender and Fender-like instruments) www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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