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                        <title>RE: Do you fretless?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/do-you-fretless/#post-62697</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2004 06:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve always thought playing a violin has to be roughly impossible because just a small error in finger placement would make a big error in the sound.  I envy professional violinists.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I've always thought playing a violin has to be roughly impossible because just a small error in finger placement would make a big error in the sound.  I envy professional violinists.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/">Bass Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>kc13088</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Do you fretless?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/do-you-fretless/#post-62690</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s easy to play a fretless.  The hard part is playing in tune.  When you&#039;ve got fret markers, it&#039;s easy to come close, but to be completely in tune with everyone else takes some work.  Obv...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's easy to play a fretless.  The hard part is playing in tune.  When you've got fret markers, it's easy to come close, but to be completely in tune with everyone else takes some work.  Obviously, lots of people have learned to do it, including every upright bassist on the planet, so there's no reason you can't too.  Try one out in a store, if you can find one.  That's what I did, and I thought to myself, "Hey, I can do this."  So I defretted my bass.  That's probably not the best route if you want to play fretted as well, but I really wanted a fretless.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/">Bass Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>paul donnelly</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Do you fretless?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/do-you-fretless/#post-62681</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Just curious Paul, is it difficult to learn to play fretless??  I&#039;m debating whether it would be worth the money to rent a fretless for the summer just to expand my horizons a bit.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just curious Paul, is it difficult to learn to play fretless??  I'm debating whether it would be worth the money to rent a fretless for the summer just to expand my horizons a bit.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/">Bass Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>kc13088</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Do you fretless?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/do-you-fretless/#post-62675</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Fretless isn&#039;t nearly as popular as fretted.  Just look in any guitar shop.  Most will have maybe one fretless at any given time.  Once in a Guitar Center, I saw two!  This occasional fretle...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Fretless isn't nearly as popular as fretted.  Just look in any guitar shop.  Most will have maybe one fretless at any given time.  Once in a Guitar Center, I saw two!  This occasional fretless will always be a four string, since a fretless five string player is very rare.  Of course, I think that a good portion of the serious bassist community owns at least one fretless, but not many people use a fretless as their primary axe.  I do, though.  I'm not genre-picky.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/">Bass Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>paul donnelly</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Do you fretless?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/do-you-fretless/#post-2699</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Give me your mind:Is fretless bass as popular as a fretted one?What kind of music do you play with (if you do)?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Give me your mind:<br>Is fretless bass as popular as a fretted one?<br><br>What kind of music do you play with (if you do)?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/">Bass Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>woodenfret</dc:creator>
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