atrox321 Wrote:

psychedelicsyd Wrote:i disagree. fretless bass is a draging lively sound. done on 'hey you' to empathise the song, it carries the chords of a rhythm guitar to a height of musical sounds.

best fretless bass player is heaven 17's martyn ware. insured his thumbs for a million quid. its easy to play fretless if you are a long term bass player.

what some posters are speaking about is slap bass, where the player slaps the string with his thumb. its a brilliant way to play the bass. martyn ware thought me how to before i moved to rhythm guitar.

used extensively during the delicate sound of thunder tour by tim renwick (correct me if im wrong), it enhances a song to jazz - funk. 'money' is a classic example.

Guy Pratt was the bass player. Tim played guitar.

I guess I don't see what you disagree with. We said the same thing in different words sorta.

Money is a fretless on the Live CDs when Guy plays it. actually, i think he plays fretless on the whole set. You can get a nice bright sound on one no problem. Just use the rear pickup and set your EQ. All i was saying is that it is great for Jazz because you can get a nice darker tone out of one.