So I'm still with the Warwick GAS. (Anyone who's read my bass forum posts should spot the common theme by now. ?)
But this has (sort of) nothing to do with Warwick:
Lately I'm leaning towards fretless, really want to incorporate that sound into some of my compositions. (Goes really well with metal, no really I promise.)
So the question is: how much harder is playing a fretless. I only play bass when I'm recording bass tracks so I really don't want to spend 100s of hours mastering a new playing technique.
And of course I know the answer is the same as everything else: not that hard to *do*, very hard to do really *well*. And of course I'll play some fretless basses when this becomes a serious purchase decision. But I'd still like to hear whatever thoughts my esteemed fellow GFSA'ers have on the subject. I would imagine it's harder than switching from 6 to 7 string guitar, more fundamentally different whereas the former is just one more string.
But this has (sort of) nothing to do with Warwick:
Lately I'm leaning towards fretless, really want to incorporate that sound into some of my compositions. (Goes really well with metal, no really I promise.)
So the question is: how much harder is playing a fretless. I only play bass when I'm recording bass tracks so I really don't want to spend 100s of hours mastering a new playing technique.
And of course I know the answer is the same as everything else: not that hard to *do*, very hard to do really *well*. And of course I'll play some fretless basses when this becomes a serious purchase decision. But I'd still like to hear whatever thoughts my esteemed fellow GFSA'ers have on the subject. I would imagine it's harder than switching from 6 to 7 string guitar, more fundamentally different whereas the former is just one more string.