Talk:Fretless guitar

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[edit] Fretless bass guitar

Jaco Pastorius was not the first fretless bass player? Most of music magazines that I read from 1984 to 1994, reported that Pastorius invented the fretless bass guitar.Brian Wilson 15:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

"* Marshall Jones (bassist of Ohio Players) was an early user of a homemade defretted of an electric bass.(REFERENCE PLEASE!)"

I deleted "reference please" remark, that does not belong on the main page, but the talk page.Xproudfoot 02:42, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Gibson had a fretless bass guitar in 1938: http://www.usd.edu/smm/GiftShop/Postcards4x6/GibsonBass.html

That's a fretless electric bass guitar. Elderly has more info in this instrument.

John Deacon of Queen also played fretless bass, I believe, on "Radio Ga-Ga." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.48.52.250 (talk) 11:50, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

The 1938 Gibson instrument had a 42" scale length and was more like an electric upright, or electric mandobass than a bass guitar. Dinobass 04:23, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More pics

Some months ago I uploaded two pictures on Commons :

Feel free to use them. jd 19:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of fretless players

Is it me, or is this list getting too cumbersome and should either be pared down to a few notable examples or be split off into a separate article? ---- WebHamster 14:03, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Very much so. I posted a cleanup link and immediately removed anyone where they or their band did not have an article. I am not a bassist or a guitarist, but i suggest that to be on the list, the musician must have consistently played fretless. i.e, Geddy Lee using a fretless bass on one instrumental does not make him a notable fretless bass player, just a notable bass player that has played fretless. --Evan Seeds (talk)(contrib.) 23:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, whoever deleted Tim Donahue and Ned Evett from the "Fretless Guitarist" list must not know much about fretless guitars or the artists who play them because a few people were left on there who barley even touch them. The fretless guitar is the future of the guitar, and it would nice to give credit where credit is due. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.143.132.104 (talk) 17:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

It seems the rationale Metalcore424 is using is that a player doesn't have a wiki entry. This seems to be a particularly flawed and narrow viewpoint as it has resulted in several notable players being removed and the continued inclusion of players who have little more a wiki stub. I would urge Metalcore424 to use a slightly more objective method of selection - or at least check out more information on the players and events before simply removing them. Dinobass (talk) 06:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC)