I have not played a guitar fretless. The guitar I am building is a very large acoustic bass from Mark Stanley plans.
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| Author: | johnparchem [ Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Question about side dots on a fretless bass. |
I building an acoustic bass with a fretless finger board that I sloted and filled the slots with black fiber. Given that it is fretless, are the side dots still placed in the middle between the slots like a fretted guitar or are the side dots placed closer to where the notes should be. I just want to make sure that a player will find them where they are expected. My first thought is to put them right on the harmonic line. Where the 3, 5, 7 9 12 ... frets will go. Thanks for any insight. |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about side dots on a fretless bass. |
I've built and played them both ways. Guess it depends on whether you are building it for a client. |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about side dots on a fretless bass. |
I would think they should go in between where the frets would be. It would confuse me if they were on the harmonics, but most things confuse me anyway. If I was making a fretless, I would put small markers where the frets would be, on the face of the fretboard. |
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| Author: | johnparchem [ Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about side dots on a fretless bass. |
Thanks, I ended up with small side markers just where the frets would go for 3, 5, 7, 9, 12. That will at least help me. |
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| Author: | Chameleon [ Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about side dots on a fretless bass. |
I've been itching to build a fretless bass. Years ago I defretted my Curbow bass and then about a year ago I refretted it. I played it longer without frets and I miss it. |
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| Author: | johnparchem [ Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about side dots on a fretless bass. |
I have not played a guitar fretless. The guitar I am building is a very large acoustic bass from Mark Stanley plans.
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| Author: | Musiclogic [ Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about side dots on a fretless bass. |
Most people put the side dots on the fretlines at 1-3-5-7-9-12-15-17-19-21 etc. I put fretlines for every fret and dots in the listed sequence, or triangular markers depending on the build and the customer. BTW this acoustic looks awesome |
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