My New Guitar !

PUCKBOY99

PUCKBOY99

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My man Seppo @ Frankinstein Guitar Works comes up with another beauty for me !!!!

Frankinstein Fretless 4 string acoustic bass

Burled Black Walnut top w/Rosewood bridge
Spanish Cedar body
Mahogany neck (Jazz bass specs) w/corian nut
Black Walnut fretboard (look at the color/figuring :32: )
Belcat UK-2000 piezo & EQ
Grover tuners
Fender 9120 tape wounds
Rear tummy cut, heel contour & forearm contour

Weighs MAYBE 5lbs. & plays like a friggin' stick of BUTTAH !!!!!!!

Silky smooth & warm........

Got it yesterday & played it most of the day & night familiarizing myself with the fretless feel & listening instead of looking.

I suck....but I'm getting there :D

BTW...the pics don't do it justice; it's GORGEOUS in person :D

When I get the time & it nice out, I'll take some more shots.
 
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Thats a big jump my man!!! Going fretless this early is like jumping right into the deep end but if you can make it work it's a great sound! I was looking at basses just yesterday and grabbed a fretless...I used to have a Fretless J bass but it had been a long time and my intonation was off a tad!

Best of luck getting the fretless things nailed down, if done right it can be a beautiful sound but if done wrong it can drive me nuts!

Beautiful bass BTW...I really dig it!

Here ya go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5liRLanDZqg
 
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Yeah, I was concerned about that, but you know....it'll make me a better player, I think.

It's making me LISTEN !!!

I grabbed one of those small metronomes & played most of the day yesterday, unplugged at night......I wasn't too far off by the end of the night; worked out Jaco's America The Beautiful to where it was recognizable :D


BTW....Is Portrait of Tracy one of the most beautiful pieces you've ever heard or what????!!!!
 
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Jaco was one of a kind and wrote some beautiful stuff for sure! I'll tell ya...Tony Levin and Pino also do some amazing fretless work as well as fretted. I love to listen to a good fretless player but one thing I hate is when the bass line is full of Glisando's (is Glisando's even a word?!) all over the place and nothing else! Sometimes it's good to have to know it's fretless just by the tone not because the guy is sliding all over the place!
 
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I hear ya'....

I grabbed a cd lately, Attention Deficit The Idiot King....

Alex Skolnick-guitar
Tim Alexander (from Primus)-drums
Michael Manring-bass

Kind of like jazz-fusion-metal..........very cool disc if someone is looking for something "different" :bigthumb:

But yeah, Manring just tears it up !!!!
 
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Claypool is a badass in many MANY ways, but some of their tunes are just downright annoying.....

But check this one: Love the little solo riff @ 3:06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn3uiLZY9Jg


Tim Alexander is a monstrous drummer.....maybe a cross between Bonzo & Peart !!!!

I'll have to burn ya' a copy of Attention Deficit !
 
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PUCKBOY99 said:
Claypool is a badass in many MANY ways, but some of their tunes are just downright annoying.....
Tim Alexander is a monstrous drummer.....maybe a cross between Bonzo & Peart !!!!
I'll have to burn ya' a copy of Attention Deficit !
Click to expand...

See...Primus never bothered me...even their most "annoying" stuff...

Tim is a killer drummer but Im not sure he culd do much else besides this kind of stuff...Brian (the guy that replaced Tim for a while) on the other hand is very versitile. Also, FWIW...Ler, as strange as he is just blows me away sometimes!

here's another just for good measure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdlniB-wLcY&feature=related
 
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Cool bass bud, you're right.. THAT pic does NOT do it justice! Tough call though... fretless, wish I could play a fretted one to a decent level. All the best.
 
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so Terry, you're a bass player now?

if so, I'm jealous, 'cause I never learned to play bass and always wanted to.
I'd be more in the Jamerson / McCartney vein though. :D

actually I've had parts for a Warmoth P bass for a while but never finished it ... one day ....
 
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Well, in truth, I wouldn't go so far as calling myself a "bass player"............ :rolleyes:

I started a little bit ago when my brother dragged me to a weekly jam/get together with some guys he knows & everyone would show up with guitars, but no bass....so I said screw it & grabbed some bass gear.

I used to have a P bass & know some stuff...enough to get by....but I'd like to get better.

It's fun for sure & with the fretless, it's a definite challenge, but it sure sounds cool ! :D
 
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nice man...looks awesome...the bass can be pretty fun with the right music!?

NEW STUFF ROCKS!!! :headbang::headbang::headbang:
 
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That's pretty cool Terry! In the immortal words of Hoss.....

New stuff Rocks!!!!!
 
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Thanks fellas :beerchug:

I'm telling ya', if you want a great axe at a decent price, Seppo will hook you UP !!!

Some of the guitars in the gallery on his site are a little out there, but he'll whatever you want.

Build time was MAYBE a month....took about 10 days to clear Customs during shipping.

www.frankinsteinguitarworks.com

:bigok:
 
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That looks excellent Terry! Just remember that the main purpose of a fretless bass is to play the "booo booo" slidy bit in the middle of Feel Like Makin' Love :D
 
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Funny......I got with him a while back wanting to have him build me a Rosewood Tele like George Harrison's. He just got a nice slab he thought would be great too.

Something came up & I didn't go ahead with it.

So he built that one :D

Yeah, it's nice, but mine would've had a 1 piece Rosewood neck too :bigok:
 
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