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on 3/15/01 8:15 PM, Curtis P Seiss at seisscp@washpost.com wrote: > > thanks for the advice roberto... i'll make an attempt to remove the > frets and give an update on my progress. i have a few ideas of how i >could > gingerly get under them, maybe from the bottom edge, slightly from behind > to get them started..?? See the message sent by Steve, his advice sounds much more accurate than mine! > > > do you fretless string players have a preference on playing style? i.e. > arpeggio based as opposed to hammering? id be interested to hear what >the > majority of string playing loopers are doing... Personally I very much enjoy using a technique that derives from instruments like the oud, with "slanted" melodies, playing both with plectrum and fingers. Also, particularly for the looped background atmospheres, I use an e-bow and much tone-shifting both "by hand" and with the Zoom effects. I suppose there can be as many styles as there are players. For a completely different example you could listen to Antonio Forcione's work. He uses a guitar that he designed himself, very much like a Spanish Flamenco guitar (but fretless) with an extra set of eight open strings for drones. A real virtuoso performance, in a firey gipsy style. His music can be found at www.ejn.it/antonioforcione or through the UK based distribution Kunst. > Roberto > > > > > "Stephen P. Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net> on 03/15/2001 01:49:49 PM > > Please respond to "Stephen P. Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net> > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > cc: > > Subject: Re: fretless looping guitars > > > "roberto" <roberto@nomade.worldonline.co.uk> put forth: >> Something to be considered is that, in order to obtain a decent sound > with >> some "body" you need thicker strings - I have tried various combinations > and >> am now using some electric bass and some metal wound mid-gauge guitar >> strings. This results in a lower tone and different tuning, it also > requires >> strengthening the bridge and saddle as the strings' pull is stronger and >> could easily rip the bridge off (or simply not keep the intonation). >> There is plenty of room for experiments! > > Wouldn't it be of advantage then to have a harder fingerboard surface? > Glass might for sure be very hard, but wouldn't it resonate in a much > different manner than good ol' wood? Secondly, one would probably get a > kind of fretless bass sound out of the lower strings, wouldn't one? >Just a > few thoughts. > > Stephen Goodman > http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery_Front.html - Cartoons & Illustrations > http://www.earthlight.net/Studios * The free Loop of the Week! > http://www.mp3.com/StephenGoodman * New MP3 Releases! > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ Roberto Battista http://www.robat.scl.net http://www.robat.scl.net/lectures/index.shtm Tel. 0044 020 8449 1995 Mobile 0775 960 4344 ______________________________________________ http://www.rustyrobot.com independent on-line music distribution, the music you can't find elsewhere, contemporary classical, eclectic, world... ______________________________________________ http://www.robat.scl.net/html/tibet/tibet.shtm an exciting project on technology applied to mobile education for developing countries and remote locations... ______________________________________________