Members Sixgun77 Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 We hit up an open mic last night. The last several months have been dedicated to restructuring rather than playing. About a half hour before we went on I was bitching about my bass(my backup Rondobird) having frets. I hate not playing fretless, but my main is currently being refinished. So my brother said "Why don't you just take them out now?" So I put my bass up on the bar and used his pliers to pull the frets. It took two minutes, they timed it. I stopped for some rum and coke and also to clap for the act playing at the time. There are 2 tiny chips, no major chipping. I had no tools to resetup the bass and I did it with the strings still on, but when we hit the stage it was still in tune and almost intoned. There were a couple of rough spots in one song where I had to find where the 5th fret G note on the D string was hiding, but I was right on for 90% of our stuff. I was even singing a little better than usual, especially when we played Sloop John B. I'd like everyone who plays fretless and sings lead vocals in the band to rally here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bonscottvocals Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 OK, I play a fretless and a fretted bass, but I have to ask you this question: Wouldn't there have been spaces? Didn't that bother you at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixgun77 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 Yeah, I didn't have time to fill in the slots with glue. I didn't have the glue there either. The soundman gave us a CD of our set, and I didn't notice any noise from the spaces. I couldn't hear anything on stage either, but I was using my preamp as a tube DI so I was only coming out of the mains, I had no amp on stage. I may post a sound clip after I mess with the CD some, it's all 1 track. Next week I'll install some abalone fret markers. Hopefully by next week I'll be done with the clearcoat on my main. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bonscottvocals Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 Man, I watch my tech play with my bass, and I feel like a parent watching his kid being operated on. Scary. I had less naseau when I saw my wife get a C-section. Sounds like you did the right thing. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixgun77 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 I can understand about watching your bass being worked on. I can do a very good job working on the fingerboard, but the body gives me trouble. If you get a couple of books and some tools, you can learn a lot and maybe even eliminate the need for a tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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