Au Privave by Charlie Parker on a Rickenbacker 4003 fretless

This is Charlie Parker's "Au Privave" from the Hal Leonard "Jazz Play Along" series. Played on a '95 Rickenbacker 4003 fretless bass with nylon tapewound strings.

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[davidchaulk]

Mind-boggling playing, my friend.

[fretnaught4003]

@davidchaulk thx...and thanks for the additional info on the maple.

[korvexpictures]

Pure awesome :)

[bigdoublem1]

That's some very impresive bass playing, sir. Keep up the good work.

[davidchaulk]

@fretnaught4003 I've build several maple-fingerboarded basses, and I've not had to epoxy them, since I play with flatwound strings. though I do a poly finish, just to keep some dirt off, and keep them easy to clean.

[fretnaught4003]

@tylerwylie ...with "miracle of the internet" you can find several tapewounds on either rounds or flats, but to me it seems there's a few more choices in the flatwound variety...though I've never tried confirming that "scientifically" :)

[tylerwylie]

@fretnaught4003 Most tapewounds are roundwound covered in nylon I thought, only LaBella's are actual flat wounds covered in nylon tape.

[fretnaught4003]

@eddievhfan1984 I like maple too. I haven't had any first hand experience with fretless maple, but the word is that most people end up neeeding to epoxy those as well.

[eddievhfan1984]

@fretnaught4003 I have a love affair with maple. How does that fare?

[fretnaught4003]

@eddievhfan1984 I had a fender jazz bass with a rosewood fretboard that I decided to epoxy and it definitely helped to protect and extend the life of the fingerboard (the rickenbacker fingerboard comes with an epoxy finish). If you have a choice, the best bet is a "hard" wood for the fingerboard like ebony or pau ferro (as opposed to the "soft" rosewood). I have a pau ferro fingerboard on my stingray 5 (strung with roundwounds) and with even heavy use has proven to be very durable.