going fretless...

[TheBassman238]

Well i came to the conclusion that all 6ers that i want are way out of my price range and i wont get one for quite a while. So to add to my collection i have wanted a fretless j-bass for quite some time. But i want one for pretty cheap but still of "decent" quality. I know most will say "just save up for better" but to be honest i wont use a fretless as my main bass so why blow alot of money on it? And if i really start getting into fretless then i'll upgrade down the road.

So this is the bass i had on my mind so far.
http://www.rondomusic.net/sjb62qmdfretless.html

What you guys think?
My friend has one and it plays pretty well i must say.

Any other segestions for a decent fretless at a low price?


-TBM

[moghes69]

after i get money from working this summer i'm planning on getting a fretless jazz with the ashtrays on it. rondo music is ony 45 minutes from my house so i have the benefit of being able to play it before i buy.

[TheBassman238]

after i get money from working this summer i'm planning on getting a fretless jazz with the ashtrays on it. rondo music is ony 45 minutes from my house so i have the benefit of being able to play it before i buy.

Rondo is only 20 mins away for me... yay for no shipping and shelf discounts!... hence why my friend got his for $90

-TBM

[BassVirtuoso]

Go New Jersey!

[TheBassman238]

Go New Jersey!

Yeah! Pollutants, lower life expectancy! And Higher taxes!

-TBM

[BassVirtuoso]

One day I'll see a NJ MX'er at a jazz band competition

[Radiobass81]

Mine has Barts in it, although the input jack needs fixing and it's got a few dings here and there...

That same model.

Buy it?

[Led_Zeppelin678]

Yeah! Pollutants, lower life expectancy! And Higher taxes!

-TBM

Us New Yorkers are taxed more than you (3rd place after California, and...Conneticut, I think?), and if we don't live in NYC chances are we don't see any of it ever again.

[Making'Music24/7]

hey look my second reply ever

[TheBassman238]

hey look my second reply ever

what a coincidance your 2nd SPAM too(from what i saw in the other thread you posted in)... aww so cute... lets have some relevance in the time coming...

-TBM

[doofusinternational]

seems cheap so i'd advise going to a pawn shop and getting a better bass and then takeing the frets off

[Chris K]

Us New Yorkers are taxed more than you (3rd place after California, and...Conneticut, I think?), and if we don't live in NYC chances are we don't see any of it ever again.

that sucks.

[Radiobass81]

Mine has Barts in it, although the input jack needs fixing and it's got a few dings here and there...

That same model.

Buy it?
Wow Radio, that's a maginificent idea.

[Left Shoe]

seems cheap so i'd advise going to a pawn shop and getting a better bass and then takeing the frets off
pawn shops are pretty inconsistent... rondo isnt, and rondo is good stuff, k

[hatebreeder41]

my cuzin has that one or at least a similar one it sounds great !!!!:) even though personally fretless bass guitars dont appeal to me

[TheBassman238]

There are not too many trust wothry pawn shops around me most are a little raunchy and run down, and sadly all the ones i have been in have slim to no instrument selection...

-TBM

[moghes69]

One day I'll see a NJ MX'er at a jazz band competition
would you happen to be going to the teen arts festival at ccm, in march? i think there's another festival a week or so before that my jazz band will be at.

[Radiobass81]

Wow Radio, that's a maginificent idea.
Not to mention, you already now the deffects, as that nice Radio is telling you, not like in a pawn shop. You can even haggle the price, as that good old Radio fellow doesn't have a price in mind.

[Tryxx]

Not to mention, you already now the deffects, as that nice Radio is telling you, not like in a pawn shop. You can even haggle the price, as that good old Radio fellow doesn't have a price in mind.

You're scaring me, just a whee bit. :amaze:

But yeah, good schizo-advice there.

[matrix-bassist]

i dfretted my ibanez gsr205, im glad i did it sounds amazing, the only problem tho is the action is a bit high and dosnt go down anymore

but i lvoe fretless basses

[TheBassman238]

Not to mention, you already now the deffects, as that nice Radio is telling you, not like in a pawn shop. You can even haggle the price, as that good old Radio fellow doesn't have a price in mind.


does that radio fellow have any pic... for curiosity's sake.

-TBM

[Radiobass81]

does that radio fellow have any pic... for curiosity's sake.

-TBM
If someone is interested, I'm sure he could get good pictures of it, including where the dings are, so the buyer would know it's condition, although he would have to clean the hardware first.

Do you have MSN or AIM? Maybe he could send them to you when he gets them.

[TheBassman238]

If someone is interested, I'm sure he could get good pictures of it, including where the dings are, so the buyer would know it's condition, although he would have to clean the hardware first.

Do you have MSN or AIM? Maybe he could send them to you when he gets them.

Well TheBassMan is having send/recive problem with pictures on his AIM so it'd be best so post them on MX... but im not qute sure he is 100% interested. he may have to debate the idea for a while. Ill talk to him

-TBM

[Radiobass81]

I'll make a thread when I get the pics, if not.