Fretless & freted in the same bass

[rikk]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7398618133881847103&q=bass

This should be a new feature for Ric.

[edski]

I heard of that, first time I've seen it. Actually sounded like a pretty good fretless sound.

[wints]

I remeber seeing an Alembic for sale a while back that was fretted up to about the 9th fret and was fretless the rest of the neck.

[dswp]

Naa,

you need one of these....

[wints]

That would work too...

Just a little heavy....

[dminer]

A drummer friend of mine had one of those 70's/80's aluminum-necked basses (I can't remember the brand...maybe Kramer or Travis Bean.) Anyway, it had three interchangeable, magnetic fretboards...one standard, one fretless and I can't remember what the third one was...maybe short scale....I always thought that it was a pretty cool set-up! dm

[ilan]

"Anyway, it had three interchangeable, magnetic fretboards...one standard, one fretless and I can't remember what the third one was..."

It's called the Novatone system. There was an Alembic like that on eBay not long ago, that had 3 fingerboards, fretted, fretless, and aluminum fretless. Tony Levin had one of those installed, but it never really cought on.

Guild also had a Pilot bass with interchangeable fretboards - Darryl Jones played one.

Steinberger also toyed with an idea similar to the one in the video, they built the prototype XM2A-fretted/fretless. And then there was this one - 7 string fretted/fretless/fretted, and the Nexus, and the Neuser Fretless System.

[rikk]

This bass just has a switch. Pretty neat. If Ric did this STANDARD they's sell so many basses the wait would be 12-18 months just to get one. Oh, wait, it is already 12-18 months. OK 3-4 years