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Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:28 am**

Bass Northwest, www.bassnw.com has a nice mapleglo in their "used basses" category.

For decent money too.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:27 am**

That IS a nice one!!

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:18 am**

Very pretty..and cheap too. If it wasn,t for the Blueboy fretless I,m going to order I,d have had this.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 12:45 pm**

Nice bass and good price but I don't know about "that classic aggressive rickenbacker tone"

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:47 pm**

I'll let you know about that when it arrives!

Aron say it is virtually brand new as the customer bought it two months ago and brought it back to get something else as he had a change of heart. The guy probably thought playing fretless was a piece of cake!

The big quesstion is: do I keep it stock or turn it into a vintage monster? You know, vintage pickguard with toaster, vintage TRC, vintage knobs, you know!

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:26 pm**

You go Jeff.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:06 pm**

I would go vintage all the way....

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:32 pm**

I'd go vintage as well, and also refinish to hmmmmm Fireglo !!!

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:49 pm**

I was thinking of either Jetglo or Burgundyglo like Grant's.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:57 pm**

JetGlo!

Still haven't learned to play the darn thang...

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:30 am**

That does make the fingerboard pop out nicely! I have been playing fretless since the late 70s, so I am pretty good at it. My first influence was Percy Jones from Brand X/Tunnels. In fact, my band, Rare Blend, will be playing with them on November 20, in Baltimore at a progressive rock showcase put on by Orion Studios www.orionsound.com/bprs.htm

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:39 am**

Check out Brand X/Tunnels at www.buckyballmusic.com , there is a lot of great music on this site, especially Sarah Pillow.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:12 am**

Percy Jones from Brand X is a seriously underrated player. He and Jaco were, for me, proof that the bass does not have to just play the roots. Percy has a great sense of melody just as Jaco did.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:46 am**

wasn't he the guy that did all those instrumentals in the 70's-80's...

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:52 am**

wasn't he the guy that did all those instrumentals in the 70's-80's...

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Nice fretless for sale

Nice fretless for sale