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Fretless guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On a fretless guitar, the vibrating string length runs from the bridge (also called chair), where the strings are attached, all the way up to the point where the fingertip presses the string down on the fingerboard. Fretless bass guitars are much more common than fretless guitars in modern music and commerce, with many manufacturers offering these as standardly available models. The fretless guitar is a guitar without frets (including similarly configured bass guitars known as fretless bass). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fretless_guitar   (590 words)

Guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Archtop guitars were immediately adopted upon their release by both jazz and country musicians and have remained particularly popular in jazz music, usually using thicker strings (higher gauged round wound and flat wound) than acoustic guitars. In electric guitars, transducers known as pickups convert string vibration to an electronic signal, which in turn is amplified and fed to speakers, which vibrate the air to produce the sound we hear. Guitars are widely known as a solo classical instrument, and the primary instrument in blues and rock music. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guitar   (5537 words)

Bassplace - Theory and Technique FRETLESS BASS - A Hands-On Guide - Bunny Brunel & Josquin des Prés Bass Improvisation - The Complete Guide to Soloing - Ed Friedland Bass Builders Fingerboard Harmony for Bass - Gary Willis www.bassplace.com /theory.html   (5537 words)

Sitemap 15 · Less Than Jake Theme Song For H Street Bass Tab · gibson les paul recording guitars and bass www.guitar-portal.com /sitemap-15.php   (5537 words)

Fretless guitar: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic Most of today's fretless guitars are modification of factory made traditionally "fretted" guitars. (the fretless guitar does not have the vertical metal bars on the finger board that constitute the length of the string. A guitar is a stringed musical instrument played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).... www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/fretless_guitar.htm   (191 words)

Guitar Player - Fretless Guitar As fretless guitars begin appearing on the racks of local music shops, and information on playing them is more widely disseminated (Franck Vigroux’s Fretless Guitar Secrets instructional DVD is slated for release in late 2006), the notion that fretless guitars may become as commonplace as fuzzboxes isn’t as far fetched as it may seem. Many in the fretless community point to the CD release and festival as proof that the fretless guitar is at last coming of age. A history of fretless guitars was outlined, discographies compiled, and fretless instruments reviewed, and discussions on the Web site’s forum became a major channel for uniting the worldwide community of the fretless faithful. www.guitarplayer.com /story.asp?sectioncode=4&storycode=12723   (1387 words)

Bluesblast.com - Homemade Fretless Bass Guitar Project This page describes my project to construct a fretless bass guitar from scratch, including the neck. - Fretless ; I simply don't have the skill or equipment to position frets correctly, it doesn't demand an adjustable truss rod and besides a fretless instrument is really much more versatile than a fretted one. Here's a recording that features the completed fretless bass - MP3 850 KB www.bluesblast.com /bass_guitar.html   (1387 words)

HG Thor Guitar Lab: Custom guitar, bass, fretless conversions, epoxy fretless, amp tricks, endless pickup tricks.11.7.96 Thus the fretless bass with roundwound sound was born (or at least he would have told you so). My personal choices for guitar are denser woods for very high gain rock applications allowing greater control over response and attack, and lighter woods bringing into play the vocal range resonance which works very well for clean or medium gain settings for blues, country and fusion. Guitars and basses repaired/restored at component level and repairs to body, neck and finishes. www.woodwiz.com /guitarlab   (1211 words)

The Fretless Guitar (EdwardPowell.com) The reason why the fretless guitar is ideally suited to playing in tune, and the fretted guitar is not, is that although it may seem very easy to play the fretted guitar in tune, this is actually an illusion. Edward tunes his Fretless Guitar in open tunings such as DADGAD, DGDGBD, EADEAD or a variation of one of these in order to match particular "Indian ragas", or to accent particular "modes". Edward's version of the Fretless Guitar is well suited for combining Indian with Western music in that it is tonally and harmonically suited to both musical idioms. www.edwardpowell.com /the_fretless_guitar.html   (1557 words)

EVER WONDER ABOUT PLAYING A FRETLESS GUITAR? Nylon strings on this fretless guitar are a "natural". Curious about what it'd be like to Play a fretless guitar, I converted a garage-sale Crestwood nylon string guitar into a fretless guitar in just a few minutes. On this guitar, the frets were not glued in. www.ehhs.cmich.edu /~dhavlena/fretles.htm   (393 words)

Fretless Bass It's not always credited as "fretless", as in Babooshka. Babooshka has a great intro, and Houdini an unusual solo at the end (accompanied by a string quartet). An electric bass guitar with no frets (thus allowing glissandos). neverforever.free.fr /instruments/fretlessbass.htm   (393 words)

Guardian Unlimited Arts reviews Diana Krall, The Girl in the Other Room After a few listens you realise that Krall is very smartly singing Waits's lyrics with just a slight hint of the writer's rasp and that her guitarist Anthony Wilson (son of big band arranger Gerald Wilson) is making a similarly subtle reference to Marc Ribot's razor-edged style. The album's standout original is Departure Bay, possibly the best Joni Mitchell song Joni never wrote. Underpinned by Christian McBride's Mingus-like bass, Neil Larsen (from Rikki Lee Jones's band) on cool Hammond and Terri Lyne Carrington's even cooler brushes, it's a magical track. www.guardian.co.uk /arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1188450,00.html   (393 words)

HG Thor Guitar Lab: Epoxy Fretless bass conversions Often it will not come out without breaking, and is difficult on already fretless basses because the nut material under the grooves is so thin (esp.Fenders). Vibrato, which is essential in fretless playing, becomes more responsive, as if the rotating movement of the finger upon the string was now better "heard" by the neck. Rocco Criazzo, Youngstown, OH: EB Music Man Sterling, unlined fretless www.woodwiz.com /guitarlab/epoxy.html   (393 words)

Unfretted - The Fretless Guitar Resource. The fretless gitar has been around for quiet some time now, although it is still a rare and relatively unexplored instrument. Unfretted is the Fretless Guitar resource with practical information such as an unfreted history, Pros and Cons, Reviews of Fretless Guitar's along with CDs, VG-88 (Roland VG88) patches, there are also many MP3s and artists profiles including Jahloon firstofjune. Unfretting is the act of converting a normal guitar into a Fretless Guitar. www.unfretted.com   (425 words)

Luthiers, I ask...why not a fretless guitar? - Discussion Forums I think the key is to not approach a fretless guitar like you would a fretted instrument, but rather think of it as a single-note instrument. If there was any demand, fretless guitars would have taken off long ago. Right now you only have to slap four fingers down within a window of an inch or so, but with a fretless guitar, you'd have to put every one in exactly the right spot, every time. www.acousticguitar.com /ubb/Forum12/HTML/000722.html   (438 words)

Vigier Excalibur fretless Surfreter  (Page) The Surfreter is not a gimmick nor a slide guitar. Discover: slide guitar without a bottle neck, crazy whammy effects without a whammy bar, the slowest metal riff on earth and even a sitar or Sarod sound. Manufactured in 1997 this guitars success has grown and is now used by artists of various styles of music like Gary Moore, John Paul Jones, Shawn Lane and Ron Thal. www.vigierguitars.com /GCatalog/Gve6f.htm   (399 words)

Timtone Custom Fretless MK Series Guitar A fretless guitar tend to sound darker than a fretted guitar and I think using single coil pickups made the sound a little brighter and helped the sound becoming too dark for my taste. The guitar has been mentioned a tiny orchestra of its own and this is even more a case for this fretless. When I finished the first fretless guitar my first thought was, "well, this is lame, whadayagonnadowiththis?". www.timtone.com /gallery/guitar_clips/GuitarClip46-AShimmyo.html   (2083 words)

.: The Official Tim Donahue / Madmen & Sinners Website :. The obvious point about this guitar is the fretless fingerboard, which is made from a brass-like alloy (VIGIER calls it Delta Metal). The guitar fell straight to the concrete floor and landed squarely on the head (which is at a 90-degree angle to the rest of the guitar).The guitar bounced in the air and flipped over, bouncing again. As the guitar was now minus 2 pickups, a pickup selector swiitch and a tone control, I had a custom pickguard made, one that matches the body's gloss black finish. www.timdonahue.net /gear.htm   (3107 words)

MusicPlayer Forums: Fretless Guitar Neck Materials and More The upper neck is a twelve string fretless oud and the lower neck is a sevenstring guitar with a sixstring tremolo and a fixed low B string. Hello all, it was suggested that this GP Forum have a Fretless Guitar or Unfretted Guitar materials etc. thread. Man, I loved his tones on that one, 'specially the screamin' fretless guitar through Foxx Tone Machine strafing... musicplayer.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=19;t=013718;p=0   (3199 words)

iBreatheMusic Forums - Fretless Guitar Which is why Vigier make a fretless guitar with a sheet of metal for a fret board. I really want a fretless guitar, but I heard that rosewood and and maple just dont have enough sustain to make it practical. Dave Fiuczynski (www.torsos.com) plays on fretless guitars, but other than him, I've never known of anyone who does. www.ibreathemusic.com /forums/showthread.php?t=7858   (588 words)

A Basses, basses, electric bass. When a success story like "A" Basses starts crushing your other love, the answer is simple... Stanley Clarke loves his stuff, as do Reggie Scanlan, Tommy Shannon and Darryl Jones. With fans like this, what would motivate Albey Balgochian, builder of the world renowned 'A Basses', to walk away? www.abasses.com   (588 words)

FretlessBass.com - Home fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass fretless bass Although FretlessBass.com is primarily a gallery of fretless basses, we would also like to provide a place where buyers and sellers can get in touch with one another, without FretlessBass.com getting involved with the transaction. The key to the success of this site is you...we need your submissions and suggestions to make this the best place on the Internet to find fretless basses. www.fretlessbass.com /home.html   (588 words)

Welcome to Warrior Instruments, manufacturers of high quality custom basses and guitars Welcome to Warrior Instruments, manufacturers of high quality custom basses and guitars www.warriorinstruments.com   (588 words)

Switch - Innovo-I Fretless Bass Guitar (Black Firemist) - [Sam Ash] Switch - Innovo-I Fretless Bass Guitar (Black Firemist) - [Sam Ash] The wood for guitar bodies is not the only consideration, woods for the necks and fingerboards are equally as important. Traditional wooden guitars and basses can be produced from a number of different types of woods or combinations of wood. www.samash.com /redirect.asp?ItemID=36551   (1550 words)

JacoPastorius.com Discussion Boards - fretless guitar Posted - 01/29/2005 : 4:15:21 PM hey man, fretless guitars do exist indeed, but good luck playing it!Ever since Jaco picked up a fretless, the itonation standard has been set pretty high. I believe guitar players are getting even on us bassists, for having "stolen" their unique position as strings soloists and effect pedals users in a band...well just kidding. They had a special issue of several different areas of guitar playing..Best effects went to Tom Morello, best vibrato went to B.B. King..best legato was Alan Holdsworth..they list the top 5 for each genre..it was pretty cool. www.jacopastorius.com /interact/discussions/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1676   (748 words)

.: The Official Tim Donahue / Madmen & Sinners Website :. So it seems to me that fretless guitar should be quite the norm, but it isn't. From a historical perspective, most stringed instruments are fretless, most notable being the violin family. The desire came about as I was writing a jazz piece for a fretless guitar compilation CD coming out this October. www.timdonahue.net /faq.htm   (2353 words)

Taxim Records: Darby Slick - King of the Fretless Guitar After the impressive 1995 comeback of critically acclaimed Westcoast guitar legend and psychedelia songwriting master, Darby Slick ("Somebody to Love"/Jefferson Airplane,...), in form of the unique father-and-son project SandOland (Taxim TX 2022), he steps out on his own with his completely instrumental CD "King of the Fretless Guitar". Taxim Records: Darby Slick - King of the Fretless Guitar The title, given to him by numerous highly respected guitarists of the fusion rock guild, is equally the concept of the entire record. www.taxim.com /items/tx2036.htm   (299 words)

Bluesblast.com - Homemade Fretless Bass Guitar Project I simply did not have the skill or equipment to position frets correctly at the time, it doesn't demand an adjustable truss rod and besides a fretless instrument is really much cooler and more versatile than a fretted one. This page is all about my project to construct a fretless bass guitar from scratch, including the neck. Here's a recording that features the completed fretless bass- MP3 850 KB www.bluesblast.com /bass_guitar.html   (353 words)

fretless guitar - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com Fretless Natural High Gloss includes VBGAC Gig Bag The Multiac Series instruments are nylon and steel strung acoustic guitars designed to meet the dem... Nylon strings work beautifully on the fretless ebony fingerboard, producing a singing tone that has a lot in common with that of a fretless bass. In a nutshell, the Godin A11 Glissentar Electric Guitar is an 11-string, fretless, acoustic-electric instrument, strung with nylon strings and tuned t... www.shopping.com /xGS-fretless_guitar   (1155 words)

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