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250 euros is a good price for one of those...
( I got the four string and it's brill)
Oh, I forgot: currently set up as a Lord of the High Cs. (No low B on the bottom, a high C on top.)
I thought it might be a laugh for not much dosh.
Well = good price.
Badly = factor new fingerboard into cost...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
@ICBM I know the seller quite well, he's gigged it in the past but has largely moved over to double bass. He's a proper player with really good kit, so I'm not expecting trash. What should I look for in a de-fret apart from neat, smooth work?
@Funkfingers That's a good point, though I'm sure I'd notice as I like a broad spacing. I might have gone for an Ibanez SR when I got my Sandberg were it not for the spacing, which was tight on all the 5-string SR models I tried at the time.
With a view to getting a clue, I might go and terrorise a downtown store by trying whatever fretlesses they've got in.
Basically *not* everything Jaco did to his Jazz . Genius player, appalling instrument tech…
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Thanks, @ICBM This chap's been using flats on it, I'll be giving it a good look over whatever happens.
I told him that he'd likely get more than €250 for it around here, given the popularity of fretless in the (death) metal scene around here, largely due to Obscura, who are "almost local". I initially thought it was a bit odd when long-hairs with cut-offs and bullet belts started showing up in youth centres with Gary Willis sigs.
I know they're big Cynic fans - a band who were using fretless bass in prog/death metal as far back as 1993:
@MattBanshee Aah, but this is *technical* death metal! \m/
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In all seriousness: There are some good players out there. I preferred Thesseling to Klausenitzer (on fretless) in Obscura, but I only have a very casual interest because of personal connections and am nowhere near as into it all as @Bucket.
Really enjoyed listening to that and a few other of their tracks. Immense creativity and totally bonkers.