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My friend that wanted to start a rockabilly band with me just threatened to buy a fretless guitar (not the bassist mind you), what do I tell him. oh, god....
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Nov 12, 2014 05:57
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Adrian Belew played/plays fretless guitar, John Frusciante did a few solos on Blood Sugar Sex Magik with a fretless guitar. Not totally impossible, but the dude will have his intonation practice worked out for him.
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Nov 12, 2014 06:18
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Noise Machine posted:Adrian Belew played/plays fretless guitar, John Frusciante did a few solos on Blood Sugar Sex Magik with a fretless guitar. Not totally impossible, but the dude will have his intonation practice worked out for him. Apparently he doesn't want to use it to play rockabilly, just jazz. I'm still turned off by the notion but I've bought dumb guitars before.
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Nov 12, 2014 09:53
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Tell him to get a pedal steel guitar instead. those are fretless and also could be good in rockabilly
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Nov 12, 2014 16:48
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Earwicker posted:Tell him to get a pedal steel guitar instead. those are fretless and also could be good in rockabilly I'll try to put that idea into his head since it's a superior instrument in every regard.
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Nov 12, 2014 21:06
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I think what this ultimately boils down to, OP, is whether the kind of person who asks the internet if fretless guitars belong in rock'n'roll bands, belongs in a rock 'n'roll band
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Nov 13, 2014 00:26
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Fretless electric guitar is more of a lead instrument (as is a pedal steel). They're super cool though. I always wanted to try one after hearing Tim Donahue for the first time. Ron Thal also uses a fretless on occasion, but I preferred his playing before he started adding in all the fretless solos. Rondo sells a super cheap one that I considered buying. It's not like you have to worry about a shoddy fret job or anything.
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Nov 19, 2014 03:13
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Noise Machine posted:Adrian Belew played/plays fretless guitar Adrian Belew has done a lot of things that nobody else could get away with
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Nov 19, 2014 04:36
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some of them even he can't get away with
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Nov 19, 2014 06:46
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It seems that any fretless guitar would sound heavily muted. Makes sense that it would be more of a lead instrument since I can't imagine a lot of chords sounding right on one. Does Adrien Belew play fretless on the Zappa records he played on?
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Nov 19, 2014 16:03
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forever whatever posted:It seems that any fretless guitar would sound heavily muted. Makes sense that it would be more of a lead instrument since I can't imagine a lot of chords sounding right on one. Does Adrien Belew play fretless on the Zappa records he played on? No, Frank Zappa played all of his own fretless guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqoq2neEq0Y (skip to 2:20 if you are triggered by Frank Zappa) It's pretty muted but it lacks a lot of the volume/resonance slide guitar has. Also here's Andy Summers using one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuoOSGkX7no (skip to 1:40 if you are triggered by tasteful yet complex drumming or chorused guitar) basically nothing that should be near a traditional rockabilly band
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Nov 19, 2014 17:28
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The question is: is your friend a great guitar player? If not, it's a gimmick.
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Nov 19, 2014 17:31
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He's technically better than I am. I am pretty much a rockist. After hearing those examples though it sort of makes sense why he wants one: although he likes a huge variety of music, he's a major league prog and jazz nerd.
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Nov 20, 2014 00:22
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Does x belong in rock and roll is the least rock and roll thing I've ever read Don't be a bummer, support your dude and be a rocking rear end rock and roll band with a fret less guitar
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Nov 20, 2014 03:52
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How has no one brought up the Screaming Headless Torsos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFLEPZ6z6z0 ~3:20 for some sweet fretless action.
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Nov 22, 2014 04:29
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Probably fine just as long as you don't mind waiting two years for him to figure out how to get the intonation right.
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Nov 24, 2014 18:26
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No, it belongs on Bob's Burgers.
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Dec 15, 2014 15:12
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Hey mike does he know how to play a fretless guitar or were you guys just liked stoned and stuff hey let me get another bong rip dude yeah its also super rockabilly especially if he doesn't knwo what he doing
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Dec 16, 2014 22:57
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I hope he plays it like an upright bass. e:Just imagining it is killing me. Weird BIAS fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Dec 17, 2014 |
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Dec 17, 2014 05:52
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What does it sound like if you play one with a slide? All sandwiching the string in there You could get the best of a bottle slide and a metal slide all in one! (Assuming he's looking at one of those Surfretter types with the metal fretboard)
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Dec 24, 2014 16:39
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