Re: [tuning] G'n'L/FreeNote S-500 ? (was) Wacked Data! Re: Reply to Jacky Ligon

ligonj@northstate.net wrote:
>
> --- In tuning@egroups.com, David Beardsley <xouoxno@v...> wrote:
> >
> > I finally got my fretless G'n'L/FreeNote S-500 earlier
> > this month. I feel that it's more liberating then my 62-just gtr.
> > I really like fretless!
>
> David,
>
> Do you find that it's easy to orientate yourself on the neck?

It depends on what key I'm in. I think I'm doing ok,
I've been playing gtr for 26 years and slide for about
that long and working on my JI slide playing for about 3 years.
I rely on both my ears and my eyes for finding pitches.

> Are
> there any markings?

There's the normal 12tet dots on the side of the neck,
but no fret lines. You can order whatever markings you
want.

> How about the sustain of the instrument?

Just fine, it has a specially treated fingerboard
so it sustains better than a wooden fingerboard.
I have played fretless guitars without this finish
and the difference is like night and day. The density
of this finish makes all the diffence in the world.

> How different is it from a
> fretted instrument in this regard?

Frets are always going to give you more sustain,
consider the mass of all those frets.

db

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--- In tuning@egroups.com, David Beardsley <xouoxno@v...> wrote:

> There's the normal 12tet dots on the side of the neck,
> but no fret lines. You can order whatever markings you
> want.

Really? You mean they can put dots on the side of the neck wherever
you want them, or can they put lines on the neck too? Different
colored lines? . . . I'm definitely gonna order a fretless or 31-tET
G&L soon. My 12-tET G&L S-500 has become my main electric axe . . .
and it's the least expensive guitar I own (I have Gibsons, Ibanezes,
a Martin).