Fretless-eriffic!

[Psychicpet]

Here's my newly de-fretted SR5

 

[hankSRay]

Nice job man, beautiful bass. Did you do that yourself, or did u take it to a luthiers shop?

 

[Zombiegrrl]

Stupid question, but if you decide to have a bass defreated can you ever get it refreated or is it a done deal?

 

[Psychicpet]

Nice job man, beautiful bass. Did you do that yourself, or did u take it to a luthiers shop?

took it to a local luthier/repairman . and I'm not really sure if it can be "re-fretted" ?

 

[skabassist13]

i dont see why it couldnt be. just take out whatever was put in the fret slots and then put frets back in. if its impossible or more complex than that i dont know. but that seems how it would go down to me.

 

[midopa]

Of course, by then your neck would've been thoroughly cut up and beaten to a sappy pulp, no?

 

[TSanders]

I had a local luthier who is very reputatble tell me he could re-fret my Jazz Bass that he de-fretted for me.

 

[spectorbassguy]

Here's my newly de-fretted SR5

Pete isn't that the bass you played on Brian Doerksen's "Today"? I guess my DVD is really a collector's item now!!

 

[Psychicpet]

Pete isn't that the bass you played on Brian Doerksen's "Today"? I guess my DVD is really a collector's item now!!

yep, that's the one
but last week-end in Prince Rupert they(Big B. and the gang) fell in love with the Bongo

 

[bassmonkeee]

The Stingray looks sweeeeet. Congrats! So, are you still ordering a fretless Bongo, or are you going to see if this satisfies your GAS fora little while? \



PS what's that tree doing to that little kid?!?

 

[Psychicpet]

oh ya baby! The fretless Bongo is still on order, that'll get the stable up to 2 fretted and 2 fretless 5s and an upright..... a good start I think. And yes, that's my little girl Abigail, she was deciding to start to kick around the small pile of leaves that my neighbour had raked
the SR5 fretless is good but I'm looking forward to the flexibility of the Bongo fretless too, plus when it comes then i can really Frakenstein my SR5 by stringing it E-C with a hipshot on the E string and possibly an Aguilar 3 band pre with an Aero p/u AND possibly move the p/u one coil closer to the neck...... hmmmm ........ have I gone totally mad??....

 

[bassmonkeee]

oh ya baby! The fretless Bongo is still on order, that'll get the stable up to 2 fretted and 2 fretless 5s and an upright..... a good start I think. And yes, that's my little girl Abigail, she was deciding to start to kick around the small pile of leaves that my neighbour had raked
the SR5 fretless is good but I'm looking forward to the flexibility of the Bongo fretless too, plus when it comes then i can really Frakenstein my SR5 by stringing it E-C with a hipshot on the E string and possibly an Aguilar 3 band pre with an Aero p/u AND possibly move the p/u one coil closer to the neck...... hmmmm ........ have I gone totally mad??....

Heh, not mad at all. As one of the few owners of fretless Bongi, I can tell you that it is quite simply the fiest fretless I've ever played. 8 hours of gigs this last weekend, and I was able to get sooo many sounds out of it, it wasn't even funny. Heck--the fretted Bongo didn't even make it out of the DubBag on Saturday night.

I like your plan to string the Stingray up E-C, too. I've got my refinished Curbow coming back today, or Wednesday (depending on what Dolan meant by "three days"), and it was set up E-C with TI Flats. Yummy! That's actually the plan for my next Bongo, too--a single humbucker/piezo fretless in Desert Gold with E-C flats. Two new basses in a week, and I'm GASsing for another. It's sad, isn't it?

 

[Psychicpet]

Two new basses in a week, and I'm GASsing for another. It's sad, isn't it?

nahhhh, it sounds about right to me!

 

[tiffles]

so if im thinking of buying a bongo...which way do i go...fretted or fretless!!