Going Fretless

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:20 pm

While picking the lint out of my belly button waiting for the 4004 to arrive, I saw a Ric that had the frets pulled and filled with ebony.
That sounds very cool! Although I like the looks of maple fretboards, but have never seen a fretless with a maple fretboard?

And, now on to the controversial part. I prefer lines on the neck. My Pentabuzz had them, and I loved them. I would play an upright if it had lines! I suppose you could say it is a defense mechanism, because I don't have the sharpest ear. My response is, I can see faster than I can hear, so why not use it?

Flame on! {:^)

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:49 pm

I hear 5 out 6 belly button pickers prefer lines Charly.

I prefer no lines, but hey, what ever gets you on the field is good. I love how different going fretless feels and sounds.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:08 pm

Yeah, going fretless...

But going lineless is a bigger rush than paintball!

(It's just a joke, Charly...I agree with J. Gary: whatever gets you on the field. Or onto the beer-soaked red-shag-carpeted one-foot-high stage, or whatever else might apply...)

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:36 pm

Or onto the beer-soaked red-shag-carpeted one-foot-high stage..

LOL Dane, you must play the same circuit as me..!

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:03 am

I can't wait for my fretless to arrive. I'm REALLY happy RIC went back to the old style fret dot markers.

I just love the look of a SMOOTH neck.

Check out this one...Beautiful flame in the body too. I wonder if RIC does things like this to say THANK YOU for waiting for your order! Hey, I can dream, can't I?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2005-Rickenbacker-4003-Fretless-Fireglo-Mint_W0QQitemZ160085862615QQihZ006QQcategoryZ121159QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

kernkamp · Post by **kernkamp** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:56 am

Holy Cow! That looks like the one I swapped to Gary! Gary did you sell the fretless?

That's exactly the kind of flame my 05 fretless had.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:51 am

That's a beauty!
And, it'll probably look even better in person.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:07 am

hey Charly-

when 'belly button picking' do the horseshoes get in the way?

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:45 am

Is that Captain Kirk or Tim Allen?

Hey, Post #1970! I had a 1970 Formula 400 way back when. Mmmmmmmm, Formula 400. Huge, deep, loping rumbling idle. Always started. Even the time I accidentally put the distributer cap on 180 degrees off. It just ran really rough.

What a rocketship.

What were we talking about?

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:23 pm

"While picking the lint out of my belly button waiting for the 4004 to arrive, I saw a Ric that had the frets pulled and filled with ebony."
Am I the only one here that's wondering how the 4004 got into Charly's belly button in the first place?

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:38 pm

Good golly, Shatner in his pre-Boston Legal autistic prime.....railing against the loss of all those Red-Shirts I am so sure.....

Jared, you've done It again, noble Sir.

Dane, no, you are not the Only One

Umm, where is all this A.A. Milne stuff coming from?

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:57 am

Hi Greg, when I saw that photo I had to run downstairs to check that the fretless was still there.

Still got her, that photo looks identical.

Dane, you must play the big buck circuit where they have carpeting on the stage. If fact, you get a stage? Cool!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:42 pm

Not always carpeted, J. Gary...sometimes it's just blood-soaked plywood...

wints · Post by **wints** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:48 pm

There goes the "on your knees" Jaco solo Dane...

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:18 pm

What amp did you use back then, Dane? I can't make it out in that photo.