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I recently sold a 35" scale non EBMM fretless 5 with a lined ebony fingerboard which I had strung with flats to minimize wear (I ended up loving flats on it.) My next fretless will be an EBMM 5 possibly unlined.
Attention Knuckleheads:
What fretless basses do you own or want?
What type of fingerboard wood do you prefer?
Do you like lined or unlined?
What is the percentage of your usage of fretless?
What genres/contexts do you use it for?
Do you prefer the look of lined or unlined?
What strings do you use/prefer?
What effects pedals, if any, do you use with fretless?
Do you find yourself concentrating more or do you feel more "free" on fretless?
What scale length do you prefer?
Do you prefer active or passive electronics?
Do you prefer all magnetic or magnetic plus piezo pickup configurations?
Are there certain features that you consider a "must-have?"
If you've never owned one before would you consider or are you considering purchasing one?
Do you know someone who would let you borrow theirs to try out?
Were you easily discouraged at your first attempt at playing one?
Does the thought of playing fretless intimidate you and prevent you from trying it?
Are the people you play with "open" to you trying/playing fretless?
Did fretless automatically feel comfortable to you?
Do you feel you're "missing out" not playing fretless?
Do you "hear" certain imagined bass-lines in your head as fretless lines?
What is your emotional response when you hear a well played fretless line?
Do you feel that you haven't reached your full potential due to not playing fretless?
Could fretless possibly be your "voice" on bass?
What is your DREAM fretless bass?
Attention Knuckleheads:
What fretless basses do you own or want?
What type of fingerboard wood do you prefer?
Do you like lined or unlined?
What is the percentage of your usage of fretless?
What genres/contexts do you use it for?
Do you prefer the look of lined or unlined?
What strings do you use/prefer?
What effects pedals, if any, do you use with fretless?
Do you find yourself concentrating more or do you feel more "free" on fretless?
What scale length do you prefer?
Do you prefer active or passive electronics?
Do you prefer all magnetic or magnetic plus piezo pickup configurations?
Are there certain features that you consider a "must-have?"
If you've never owned one before would you consider or are you considering purchasing one?
Do you know someone who would let you borrow theirs to try out?
Were you easily discouraged at your first attempt at playing one?
Does the thought of playing fretless intimidate you and prevent you from trying it?
Are the people you play with "open" to you trying/playing fretless?
Did fretless automatically feel comfortable to you?
Do you feel you're "missing out" not playing fretless?
Do you "hear" certain imagined bass-lines in your head as fretless lines?
What is your emotional response when you hear a well played fretless line?
Do you feel that you haven't reached your full potential due to not playing fretless?
Could fretless possibly be your "voice" on bass?
What is your DREAM fretless bass?
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