RE: [tuning] Re: microtones infiltrate the masses by sheer accid ent

Jason Yust wrote,

>I doubt it, personally, unless someone comes up with a new design, or a new
>type of strings, or something. The damping on the fretless severly weakens
>the sound, especially on the high strings.

You obviously haven't hear Jon Catler play lately!

Paul H. Erlich wrote,

> You obviously haven't hear Jon Catler play lately!

I'd offer Ned Evett as a better example; as he's one of the very few
players who's solely committed to the fretless guitar... in fact, many
of his pieces have no other sound source, just heapin multitracked
piles of creative, user-friendly fretless guitar.

--Dan Stearns

"D.Stearns" wrote:
>
> Paul H. Erlich wrote,
>
> > You obviously haven't hear Jon Catler play lately!
>
> I'd offer Ned Evett as a better example; as he's one of the very few
> players who's solely committed to the fretless guitar... in fact, many
> of his pieces have no other sound source, just heapin multitracked
> piles of creative, user-friendly fretless guitar.

An example of someone who is using a glass fingerboard.

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