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caeman

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08/22/2010 13:56:26  Reply with Quote

New Guitar Day! New Guitar Day!

I was curious about the world of fretless electric basses. I have had the chance to play a few and was looking to add a slightly different sound to my options. A local bass player offered me his fretless conversion, a bass I have had the chance to play at a recent bass player get-together, so I took him up on his offers.

It started life as a Fernandes p-bass. Based on my buddy's description, the P pickup is a ceramic one from a MIM Fender as is the wiring, the J is an Alnico from a Squier VM.

Here is what it looked like at the beginning of its life:


And here is the finished product:




caeman

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10/24/2010 12:09:19  Reply with Quote

The fretless made its first appearance at church Saturday. In all respects, it went well.

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Blue Cheese

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11/24/2010 14:06:05  Reply with Quote

quote:
Originally posted by caeman

The fretless made its first appearance at church Saturday. In all respects, it went well.


Awesome! - L

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