Dan Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 I just came up with this idea about 2 seconds ago. I was reading about microtonality, then fretless guitars, and thought of this great idea. On fretted guitars, you arent able to obtain glissandos, quartertone differences, like you can on a fretless. But on a fretless, you cant obtain clear notes. So why not make a double neck with a fretless and fretted to have the best of both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave M Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 That's what our bass player has. He has a 5 string fretted ,and a 4 string fretless on the same body. That would work really well on a guitar too. I have a fretless, but I use it to play in strange scales, so I just switch guitars when we do a song in an alternate scale. I would probably not use the fertted and fretless guitars in the same song, but for most jazz players, that's a pretty good idea. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 Is a fretless neck just a normal fingerboard without any frets installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 pretty much, sometimes they have been slotted and filled with a lighter color material so you have an idea where the different note's are located, bur generally it's just plain wood......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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