[Jeff Flowerday]

I have enough trouble with guitars with frets never mind playing in key with a fretless.

Hats off to anyone who can play them well.



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[dwagar]

I can understand a fretless Bass, but why would anyone want a fretless guitar?

 

[SCREEM]

Andy should queu in on this, He probably has one of those Vigier fretlesses at his shop?

 

[GuitarsCanada]

I have enough trouble with guitars with frets never mind playing in key with a fretless.

Hats off to anyone who can play them well.



.02

Ditto, can't imagine trying to play on one of those.:frown:

 

[sysexguy]

I need about an hour of warm-up before I stop sounding like pregnant elephant seals. My buddy Peter, came over and retuned it in open C and look-out ....it was wonderful. You can search You Tube or better yet check out Bumblefoot's cameo on Guthrie Govan's new amazing album to hear a master in action. I doubt he gets to use it with GnR.

We have a Surfreter (our second one) and I'm bringing it to the Toronto Music Expo....if you want to try it, OK....but thousands might hear you :tongue:

Pics are here:

http://www.diffusion-audio.com/store/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16184

Why would you need a fretless? Hmmmm it's not for the faint of heart and you're not going to play it with the strap hangin' 'till the knees but.....you can play perfect fourths and fifths, vibrato like nobody's biz etc etc. Also, most (but not all) of the real masters of fretless bass do wonderful melodic soloing way up high....which is the guitar's register so....

and, I'll say it again, it's not the same as slide 'cause that always gets mentioned.

Andy

 

[ronmac]

Linda Manzer made a fretless classical guitar for Pat Metheny.

You can hear it on his album "Imaginary Day". Marvelous!

 

[NoTSoAgILe]

Why not a little bit of both.



I can't remember the maker or link to the site though sorry.

 

[ronmac]

I remember seeing that picture on the twelfth Fret site quite some time ago. They were impressed with it and said that the system wrked very well.

 

[NoTSoAgILe]

Here we go.

Video clip:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=125741718547399465

And the actual site:
http://mikeyguitar.com/?dev4

 

[elindso]

I watched the Vidoe where he plays a funk like Doobie brother sort pf thing.
It sounds awful without the frets.