You have to be much more accurate with your finger placement, with a fretted instrument you always aim for close to the fret, but it doesn't matter too much where you put the fingertip. With no frets every note you play is going to be flat or sharp unless you get it spot on, lines or no lines. I...
They look less fiddly to use than normal headless bass tuners. I wonder if the extra string length contributes to tone, even though the scale length is the same?
I can't read music, but you can do a hell of a lot with the guitar chords.
I was listening to some Foo Fighters recently, Nate Mendell comes through pretty clearly.
Longer scale length and lower tuning than a baritone guitar, but closer string spacing and higher tuning than a normal 6 string bass. Kind of a hybrid instrument, doesn't fit neatly into any category.
Wanted one of them ever since listening to Jack Bruce out soloing Eric Clapton on one.
Owning one wouldn't turn me into JB though, I'd just have two extra strings to fluff basic bass parts on.
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