Any one have a good fretless guitar?

Re: Any one have a good fretless guitar?

I saw Pat Metheny play one and it had this rubbery "doinky" tone to it. I figured that wasn't for me, but I gotta admit that Vigier looks pretty cool.

I don't know much about all his guitars but if you listen to track one on "Imaginary Day", the nylon string that comes in at the start is a custom Manzer fretless, it has that kind of tone.

From the clips I've seen/heard of people playing the Vigier, I was surprised by how close it sounded to a fretted guitar. Probably to do with technique; I'm sure you could get it to sound "doinky" (good name for it :D) if you aimed at doing so.

Here are some clips: http://www.vigierguitars.com/page/fiche_produit.php?id_prod=256&onglet=video
 
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