#1520170 - 02/18/17 09:48 PM
Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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Alan
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My friend Brian who is recently recovering from some pretty serious heart surgery kindly gave me a Benson P-Bass for me to keep and to de-fret for free.
it's nice to slide again
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#1520173 - 02/18/17 10:11 PM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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mike gouthro
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Really cool! I felt like I was listening to a lost track from Dark Side Of The Moon.
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#1520174 - 02/18/17 10:15 PM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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Alan
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thanks Mike! 
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#1520185 - 02/19/17 12:12 AM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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Popmann
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Love fretless. I really have gotten lazy....I played nothing BUT fretless for like 15 years....but, the last decade or so, it's been more fretted than not....still every time I listen back to a fretless track I get a kind of smile in my heart that doesn't happen with fretted.
Truth be told, I was thinking just last night how my combo of Stingray and EB Cobalt Flats make the fretted SOUND kinda fretless.
I just was at the local mom&pop....ordered up a set of 5 string Labella flexible flats to restring the fretless. It's got (old as sin) DR steel rounds on it now....can't wait. I feel a fretless revival coming on in my world.
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#1520190 - 02/19/17 12:24 AM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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Alan
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So, you now have "PITCHLESS" bass. Good luck with that Mine rarely sees the daylight these days, just wishful thinking. -m
is it that bad?
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#1520227 - 02/19/17 03:00 PM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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mrsinical
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Bravo!
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#1520242 - 02/19/17 06:36 PM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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Waterman
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Coolness! What did you use to fill the fret slots? I seem to remember somebody using Bondo (Jaco maybe)?
Dig the tune bro!
Pete
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#1520258 - 02/19/17 08:51 PM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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Alan
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Coolness! What did you use to fill the fret slots? I seem to remember somebody using Bondo (Jaco maybe)?
Dig the tune bro!
Pete
I used "hard as nails" wood glue. I applied it with a butter knife, wiped off any excess and let it dry. Once dry it sets hard like epoxy.
Thanks for the listens and comments guys!
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#1520407 - 02/21/17 01:43 AM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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grachus
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nice sounds Alan cool vibe. good luck to your friend eh.
do you go direct or mic a cab
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#1521148 - 02/25/17 11:07 PM
Re: Cheap Bass turned Fretless...
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Alan
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nice sounds Alan cool vibe. good luck to your friend eh.
do you go direct or mic a cab
Direct into the interface but the signal was sent to an octaver effect and amp simulator
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What a creative way to feature that bass. I love the synth tracks and the drum track was just awesome. Totally haunting piece of music and loved the mix. 
