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I was trawling about the interweb thingy today for some concise info on setting up a fretless neck and came upon this site which deals with the Gary Willis Ibanez, but can be applied to others as well.

http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassma ... anual.html

I used Loctite Super Glue Liquid Professional, heres a link:

http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/4/2/sg ... sional.htm

Your string choice really depends on what sound you want. I've got round wound Everly bass Rockers on the Lightwave at the moment, but have ordered some Tomastik Infeld (the best string in the world IMHO) flat wounds as I want more of a double bass vibe happening in the jazz band. To help you decide...

Well, after reading all the posts I could find on the internet, I decided the risk was worth it and ordered a Lightwave VL5 Fretless. It arrived on Christmas Eve, and I've had time to get used to it and play a gig. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/kiwi60/015.jpg Ok then, what do I think of it?...

I'm considering a new fretless bass and one that has caught my eye is the Lightwave Sabre VL 5 string. As these aren't available in New Zealand, so I need some input from members who have had access to them. What I'm looking for is the moderm mwahh but the ability to achieve an almost double bass vi...

G'day from New Zealand, I've been visiting the fretlessbass.com site for a year or so and thought it was high time that I made myself known. I've been interested in fretless basses for a long time (decades), and finally got round to de-fretting an el'cheapo jazz bass copy a couple of years ago. I th...