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| Author: | cangaroo [ June 12th, 2016, 4:22 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass | ||
Yesterday i caught this lefty fellow player with one of the strangest bass i've ever seen. Half fretboard maple fretted The other half rosewood (or some other dark wood) fretless 
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| Author: | cangaroo [ June 12th, 2016, 4:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
oh and strung upside down 
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| Author: | paulo [ June 12th, 2016, 5:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
Wow! That's crazy! And interesting at the same time! |
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| Author: | jayceofbass [ June 12th, 2016, 7:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
I read an article in the UK Bass Player magazine with Cronos - the bassist/singer in Venom - where he mentioned that the first thing he does with all his basses is remove all the frets past the 12th fret. It looks like Fernandes even did a Cronos signature version that way as well. (See pic below...) 
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| Author: | NoXX [ June 12th, 2016, 8:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
jayceofbass wrote: I read an article in the UK Bass Player magazine with Cronos - the bassist/singer in Venom - where he mentioned that the first thing he does with all his basses is remove all the frets past the 12th fret. It looks like Fernandes even did a Cronos signature version that way as well. (See pic below...) That way around makes sense to me.... It's like the fretboard equivalent of a mullet- business up front and party at the back... 
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| Author: | andrew [ June 13th, 2016, 10:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
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| Author: | Jeroen [ June 13th, 2016, 11:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
Anthony Jackson once had a signature Ibanez Musician with a half-fretted fingerboard like Cronos' bass (the Ibanez AJ-10). Speaking of Ibanez, a few years ago they had the Ashula: a 6-string Soundgear with 4 regular strings tuner EADG and an extra D and G without frets. Pretty cool concept! |
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| Author: | andrew [ June 13th, 2016, 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
Jeroen wrote: Speaking of Ibanez, a few years ago they had the Ashula: a 6-string Soundgear with 4 regular strings tuner EADG and an extra D and G without frets. Pretty cool concept! That is interesting. I think it'd be cool to have a 6 string that's tuned E-A-D twice, once fretted, once fretless. |
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| Author: | Pete Gossett [ June 13th, 2016, 12:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
Years ago I played an aluminum-neck Kramer(right-handed) in a store that was fretless above the 12-fret. What I remember most, other than the weight, was the frets were very small & purposely filed almost flat - probably about 1/8" tall at most. |
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| Author: | tim [ June 13th, 2016, 12:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half Fretted / Half Fretless bass |
1/8" sounds huge! |
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