I truly appreciate that. Yes music speaks to us on a very deep level. 🙌🏻

Congrats on your Fretless. It was exactly the same for me when I first got my Fretless many years ago. Even though I’d played fretted for a number of years, Fretless was a whole new world. Stick with it, it’s worth it. If you haven’t already, I recommend checking out my TrueFire Fretless Foundations instructional course. Very affordable and I’ve had great feedback about it. 👍🏻😊

@FretlessMonster I will Tony. Thank you for your inspiration all these years and great musical works. I can't believe you are actually reaching out to me and encouraging me to get into a new bass foundations. Thank you,. Merry Christmas.

Thanks for that. Yes I’ve thought about doing it, but there’s something sacred and meaningful about keeping that original fingerboard. There’s so much music and many memories associated with it, and it still plays - I use it for certain sessions, not travel. I think I’d be heartbroken if I replaced it. 😩🤷‍♂️🤩 Cheers!

No. I’m not a fan of the sound. Tony Levin sounds great though.

Very cool. I love DR Strings.

Thank you. I sent the electronics to JayDee and they were able to fix that up. The bass is fully working though still needs some tweaks.

Absolutely right. She’s amazing.

Cheers! Thanks so much. I’m still at it. 🤩👏🏻🙌🏻

He did a fantastic job.

You’re too kind! Thank you. Greetings to you in Poland from California 🤩

Thanks. I’ll drink to that. All the best

The P Bass (with added DiMarzio pick up) is my dream bass - just like my Fender signature model. I used the MusicMan Sabre for a little because it had an ebony fingerboard and looked a bit like a P Bass. But I couldn’t get my sound from it. Eventually I had Fender make that same design P Bass but with an ebony fingerboard. It turned into my signature model in 2006. 🤩🙏🏻

Thank you so much. Yes you are correct. I tune the octave exactly between the dots.

Thank you so much !

I truly appreciate that!

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It’s great fun. And very musical.

All the strings are either C or G. I don’t recall exactly. I believe the 2nd and 4th strings are G. The rest are C.

@ thanks very much . I’ve just bought a second hand fender resonator . I’m new to guitar playing at 62 but loving it . ✅

Thanks for your great comments! They mean a lot. Fretless is such a great instrument. It took a few years for me to “own” the Fretless - and occasionally it still owns me! The goal really is to stop thinking about the playing side and simply express from the heart. I aspire to that when I play. This version with Kate all just fell into place. Dare I say it was easy. I followed my instincts and they liked it. 👍🏻🤷‍♂️🤩

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Haha. I agree. I simply find the lines distracting and annoying. But that’s just me. 🤷‍♂️😂

E minor 7th. It’s pretty powerful

Fretless ukulele would be very challenging. The smaller the frets the tougher it is. 😩

@FretlessMonster it have a few variants of ukulele and fretless variant , from smaller to bigger one

Haha. Thanks! Jimmy always credits me as “hair and bass”… fair enough. 😂👏🏻 I love that show though. Only our 8th or so gig. The album wasn’t even out yet.

Have you tried one? That’s the only way to know. The one’s I’ve played are medium / light. Overrated? I don’t know. That’s very subjective.

👏🏻😂 This is true. I find them quite distracting though. 🙃

I’d love to. Such a gorgeous sound.

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Thanks for that. It means a lot. We had a rare and powerful chemistry. The stars aligned and it was magic.

Fantastic. Great to hear! Cool that you have unlined.

Wonderful. Congrats on your first Fretless. Yes the sliding harmonics are fun!

Bingo! The ears have the final word, whatever the theory says! 👏🏻😊

Thanks! But I like this regular (US) production line model. It’s been in production since late 2005. It’s based on my 1977 “Firm” Fretless. Not flats though. I cannot get my sound.

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Thanks so much. I truly do feel like the bass is extension of me! 🤪🙃👏🏻

@@FretlessMonster you first came to my attention when you were on Roy Harper's albums. I saw him first at Wimbledon theatre in early 1980s on his Rizla album it caught my eye the cover and I saw you played fretless bass on some album tracks that I loved as I played violin at school for 3 years. Sadly I was taken the piss out of as guitars were way cooler in kids eyes with the ladies but I finally had £100 to buy one in the very early 90s secondhand and paid another £100 at a kind luthier for a decent bow in the sale and new strings, bridge and set up as it was made in 1930 on chech German border where violins were a traditional job. I hired one at school but I've been playing ever since and bought an epiphone EB0 bass made in Korea in 90s for £50 with a damaged volume knob but got it working and it's great . Maybe I will find a bass kit I can make up a fretless bass. Lutherie is a great skill I admire very much especially with the setting up of it so it plays so well.i do love some basses and alembic are great as are old P basses but my old musician mates showed me so much and watching how they got their tones through finger touch. Thank you so much for your wonderful music and for inspiring my keen interest now as an older guy enjoying the masala of sounds, styles of playing and the end results. You seem like an excited young teenager who has just got his first bass guitar after saving up from his newspaper round for many months. Us kids growing up years ago in the 60s and early 70s often had happy childhoods , full of excitement and a good gig was a couple of quid and singles were 70p and those mono 45 and 33 record players with the arm .

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They are expensive basses for sure.

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Thanks for your great comment. There’s much inspiration to be gained from so many sources. Though as I like to say, it’s good to learn and absorb everything you can, then forget it all and simply play from the heart! 🙏🏻🤩💙

Ahh Cheers!! Much appreciated

Moi? 🙃🤷‍♂️😂

I hear you. Especially around the 1st fret. That’s a big space! My 77 Firm Fretless has those same spaces. I added the first fret marker to the signature model but not the 11th or 13th. I seem to manage okay without the 11 and 13.

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Your comment means so much. Thank you 😊

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Thanks so much. I hope you get the opportunity to try a Fretless 😊