Re: Fretless guitar

[David Beardsley <db@biink.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg House" <ghunicycle@yahoo.com>

> --- Steve Lawson <steve@steve-lawson.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Ned is also very good - gigs with a
> > Boomerang often, and plays a rather unique fretless with a glass
> > fingerboard
> 
> I've heard samples of Ned's playing before and it's phenomenal. 
> 
> I do have one gear-related question though. I can understand the
> advantage of the glass fingerboard (brighter, better sustain), but how
> can this work in practice? Wouldn't it negate the effects of the
> trussrod? Isn't it fragile to travel with?
> 
> There's a French company that makes a fretless guitar with a metal
> fingerboard. Seems like that would be more serviceable for the
> traveling musician.

Viger. See also http://microtones.com


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