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Posted by Totsh on 3/9/2005, 9:07 am, in reply to "which one" --Previous Message--
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Hi, the Yamaha rbx fretless is a good instrument to start fretless.
Better do not de-fret a cheap bass. You need a real hard wood (like ebony ore rosewood) to play fretless - or else roundwound strings will play havoc on the fingerboard...
Totsh
: hi,im 15 yrs old and im currently playing a
: fretted yamaha sbv which i started out on 2
: yrs ago.
: however ive recently gotten into jaco
: pastorius and the smooth sound of fretless
: but unfortunatly i live in a tiny place in
: the north of england where fretlesses arnt
: that common.
: so i was wandering if anyone from this side
: of bass playing has any tips for buying a
: fretless bass, ive only got a paper round so
: im not lookin for anything really expensive.
: i did thing about buying a cheap tanglewood
: and defretting that with help from the
: handyman at school.so any tips wud be most
: appreciated.
: thanks joe daniel
:
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