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Am I seeing things? How the heck does this one play???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/westfield-strat-c ... 240%3A1318

Next someone will make a bass that has a comb like the Ric 6/12 converter which pulls the frets out when necessary.

Looks like it's only got frets above the 12th, so I'd guess it plays mostly like a fretless. Those frets way up there are just for looks anyway, nobody actually uses them do they??

cjj wrote:Looks like it's only got frets above the 12th, so I'd guess it plays mostly like a fretless. Those frets way up there are just for looks anyway, nobody actually uses them do they??

Whaddya mean?! Those are the ony ones I play-they're closer and easier to reach!

marc61 wrote:Next someone will make a bass that has a comb like the Ric 6/12 converter which pulls the frets out when necessary.

Interestingly, someone already has. There was a thread about it years ago and a vid on Youtube. Move a lever on the neck, the frets go into the board and it is fretless.