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>> Fretless is way harder than fretted, in my
opinion.
I switched to "fretless" basses almost exclusively
for the last 3 years (both electric and by playing upright) ... I actually find
it harder to play fretless now.
>> Hey, if Gary Willis, and Jaco use(d) lined
necks,
>> why the hell am I so worried about no
lines as some
>> kind of legitimacy issue?
Do what's best for you as a player ... but I don't
think fret lines have any effect on Gary's or Jaco's intonation when
playing their blazing riffs or when playing cross string runs ... it's just
muscle memory and ears at that point. Although, Gary Willis says he would
~never~ play a fretless bass without lines ...
No matter whether you have lines or not ... you
have to work on your intonation ... I use two methods to work on this ... I
set-up my arpeggio/scale practice charts in Band-In-A-Box to play along
note-for-note, or just use root tones as a drone tone for intonation reference.
I find that I called the horn players in my one
band on intonation issues more than realizing I was having issues during
performance ...
After playing violin as a kid, I figured if little
kids aren't frightened by violins, I shouldn't be afraid of a fretless bass with
no lines as an adult ... there's much more room for error on a bass, even in the
upper registers.
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