Yesir, that is/was an Encore. Nice little things to try your modding skills on. I have another one I bought at the same time and I scalloped the fretboard.
Thanks for your comment, Falchion041. In a way, playing it like this is a lot like playing a normal guitar. Real masters are guys like Ron Thal, who use the weird things a fretless can do, and he does it live, in concerts all the time, which is 10000 times harder too!
to bend on a normal guitar, you basically are wiggling a string which is floating in mid air (kind of) it "floats" because it rests on a fret.. If you have no frets, it is impossible to bend normally. To get a feel of how bending on a fretless would feel, get a fretted guitar and fret on the G string, 1st fret. Try and bend the string up a lot...and it is very difficult. That is how it feels all over the neck if you try and bend on a fretless. There are no frets to slide the string up and down.
Thanks, man! I recently cleaned my fretless board...and since then I have found it really hard to play it... :( Re: perpetual burn, yeah...it is a fun song, but really I should be able to play it a bit better after trying for like, 7 years... :| !
Well, fretless is just a lot of fun!! It is harder to play, but you can do some cool things with it. Ron Thal uses it to make crazy sounds, but other people use theirs to do sort of Indian music. In a way, though, a lot of people use them to show off... :D Having said that, check out the youtube user cchhrriissttt who has beautiful examples of fretless playing.
As Ron Thal said there is "so much freedom on a fretless". It is very true, it feels a lot more "free to do what you want". It is of course harder though, but that is part of the fun. thanks for watching, and take care!
WOW to what you did to your guitar AND to what you do to it!!! Truly impressive
Troubledances 10 months ago
You have a fretless "Strat"?! Nice...
Motovader72 1 year ago
is the sound more dampened?
bucketbotable 1 year ago
@bucketbotable Hi! On power chords and normal chords, no. On certain single note type music, sometimes it is, yes, especially on slower music.
nickwellings 1 year ago
The power of one only comes from two !
StreetCatAvacado 2 years ago
ahh. good job man. Now i kinda want to take the frets off of one of my guitars lol
bangbangitsjosh 2 years ago
liquide tenstion experimental 2 !!! yes !! ^_^
TheTerendul 2 years ago
Yep, I like the song a lot. :¬ )
nickwellings 2 years ago
Looks interesting! Ive been thinking of taking the frets off of my cheapish starter guitar once I get a better one.
noneactive 2 years ago
When you get a better one, give it a go! I did it to an Encore guitar which I got for £30...works fine!
nickwellings 2 years ago
..that's an Encore?
ketchupisevil 2 years ago
Yesir, that is/was an Encore. Nice little things to try your modding skills on. I have another one I bought at the same time and I scalloped the fretboard.
nickwellings 2 years ago
I don't like the Encore I bought. The only reason I don't like it is because of the really thin neck...
ketchupisevil 2 years ago
I never knew there was actually a fretless guitar... wow. that's gotta be a pain in the ass to play and you make it look like cake...
Falchion041 2 years ago
Thanks for your comment, Falchion041. In a way, playing it like this is a lot like playing a normal guitar. Real masters are guys like Ron Thal, who use the weird things a fretless can do, and he does it live, in concerts all the time, which is 10000 times harder too!
nickwellings 2 years ago
Wierd things, eh... crap you have no idea how much i like making wierd noise on guitar. :p
Falchion041 2 years ago
can you bend on it?
0EH0 2 years ago
nope! to bend you have to slide to the note instead.
nickwellings 2 years ago
why cant you bend
ANDREWMON22 2 years ago
to bend on a normal guitar, you basically are wiggling a string which is floating in mid air (kind of) it "floats" because it rests on a fret.. If you have no frets, it is impossible to bend normally. To get a feel of how bending on a fretless would feel, get a fretted guitar and fret on the G string, 1st fret. Try and bend the string up a lot...and it is very difficult. That is how it feels all over the neck if you try and bend on a fretless. There are no frets to slide the string up and down.
nickwellings 2 years ago
Try doing bends by bending behind the nut
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elipoop123 2 years ago
O_O Sight reading Perpetual Burn???? And that was a most impressive .... most most most impressive crack at it. I'm in awe, mate 8)
tsumabiken 3 years ago
Thanks, man! I recently cleaned my fretless board...and since then I have found it really hard to play it... :( Re: perpetual burn, yeah...it is a fun song, but really I should be able to play it a bit better after trying for like, 7 years... :| !
nickwellings 3 years ago
whats so good about fretless guitar? first time ive seen iy
funny555 3 years ago
Hiya funny, (how's things??)
Well, fretless is just a lot of fun!! It is harder to play, but you can do some cool things with it. Ron Thal uses it to make crazy sounds, but other people use theirs to do sort of Indian music. In a way, though, a lot of people use them to show off... :D Having said that, check out the youtube user cchhrriissttt who has beautiful examples of fretless playing.
nickwellings 3 years ago
As Ron Thal said there is "so much freedom on a fretless". It is very true, it feels a lot more "free to do what you want". It is of course harder though, but that is part of the fun. thanks for watching, and take care!
nickwellings 3 years ago
oh ok cool :D..well u showed off very well in this one :D....and things are going well..how about you?
funny555 3 years ago
Haha...thanks funny! Going pretty well here I guess, thanks for asking! :)
nickwellings 3 years ago