Fretless Basses

Bass_Snake · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: Fretless Basses

Are fretless basses generally hard to tune and gets out of tune easily??

thanks,

Fred

-Ryco · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject:

My Gibson Ripper is very easy to tune. Seems like it tunes up easier than my fretteds!

Stays pretty much in tune unless it gets a hard bump or placed in a gig bag.
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Ankhanu · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:00 am Post subject:

They're not inherently more difficult to keep in tune than a fretted instrument... as long as it's a well built instrument it will stay in tune, just like a fretted.

Getting it in tune, well, if you have an electric tuner, well, it's exactly the same process. If you're tuning by ear and matching fretted notes to open strings, it could be a little more difficult, in that you have to be more careful in your finger placement... but using harmonics to tune requires no more effort than with a fretted... and if you can tune based simply on open strings, it's all the same.

Bass_Snake · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

Cool, thanks guys. Smile

vinxbass · Tadpole Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 22

My Squier FVM, for and inexpensive bass, stays in tunes very well. I've not had any problems with it. The only time it's gone out of tune is with the new strings stretching a little.

Dbass012 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

my friends fender fretless jazz bass (which i constantly play) stays tuned very very nicely.unless it gets thumped around alot.