playing fretless?
I'm thinking of converting one of my electric guitars to a fretless, I've heard some awesome eastern sounding things with one, has anyone got/ tried a fretless?
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Originally Posted by Lixarto
or just buy a slide?
Given the difficulty of playing complex chords (or even simple ones) in tune on a fretless then the note choices available, it seems to me ( although I'm an idiot - that's quite well known), seem to be about the same as someone using a slide. The use of which can also produce awesome sounding eastern things. And you don't have to damage a guitar.
okay, not exactly the same but unless you are going to devote the next 5 years to learning fretless technique then there probably isn't much point - and if you were going to do that you would have ripped the frets out already and wouldn't be posting the question on here!
PS I have a cold and have had too much caffeine so any crown court judge would not hold me responsible for my posts today.
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take the frets out and replace them with plastic card from a hobby shop , glue , leave to dry and sand down , works a treat
I ripped the frets off an old tele copy - it's great fun for a while, fretting and chords are pretty much as they've always been, but you'll need a sustainer pickup to really make it fun.
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yeah seems pretty easy to convert.
Oh & Erictheweary, it's hard doing fast runs with a slideBut I'm up for giving a good years focus into fretless playing, I love the sound. I don't think it's meant for chord work but It would really expand my lead repertoire
Indeed, that Derek Trucks bloke does some amazing eastern stuff with his SG and a bottleneck. I can't access it here but there's some great clips on youtube...
just take them out, the holes aren't that big a deal anyway
mucus ardour urban mr men turnip!
yeah I've seen him play, very good indeed. I think the big advantage of fretless v bottleneck is the hammerons and pulloffs
After the defret - coat the board in boat decking treatment or similar.
Sand it and smooth it etc. Gives a rock hard surface for much better contact. Vigier's fretless guitars use a metal alloy board for that reason.
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isn't that the classic thing for fretless conversions?
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