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FretLessSince68, NickBass - thanks for the responses and advice. Since you both have been playing Bass much longer than I have I have a comment and question. I get the impression that URB players think of the root note as the tonal center and move above and below that root, while bass guitar players...

Thank you very much for the help and advice. I'm going to see if I can adapt "Essential Elements for Stings, Double Bass" to fretless bass guitar. I see learning fretless, even with a lined fingerboard, as learning a completely different instrument than a fretted bass. Part of that quest is caused b...

I've been looking a P-Bass pickups and found some reviews online. Some said the Lindy Fralin P-Bass pickup has excellent tone even with the tone knob all on treble. http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass+Pickup/product/Lindy+Fralin/P-Bass/10/1 I also am interested in the DiMarzion ...

Another question while I wait for my fretless to wind its way to me in Fedex trucks - Do you have ways to find one or more "home" positions on the fingerboard? I've read that the best way to practice intonation is to play in a dark room. How do you find say a closed G-scale without looking? I'm imag...

Thank you NickBass & FretLessSince68 for the information and advice. Saturday I had my first URB lesson with my Palatino EUB. The teacher starts all beginners with the bow. I was not aware of the complexity of the art and technique of tone production with a bow. So now that I've actually started upr...

Is there a bass method for fretless BG that starts with learning the positions, shifting positions - especially descending, and intonation? From videos, etc, I get the impression the URB uses very different positions than fretted BG. It looks like an URB position includes placing the 1 & 4 fingers o...