A 5 string fretless bass is a bass without frets. It operates in the same manner as most other stringed instruments and traditional guitars, but does not have any frets to act as the lower end point (node) of the vibrating string. On a fretless guitar, the vibrating string length runs from the bridge,
where the strings are attached, all the way up to the point where the
fingertip presses the string down on the fingerboard. Fretless guitars
are fairly uncommon in most forms of western music and generally
limited to the electrified instruments due to decreased acoustic volume
and sustain in fretless instruments. However, the fretless bass guitar
has gained fairly widespread popularity and many models of bass guitar
can also be found in fretless varieties. Fretless Electric Bass is
particularly popular among Jazz, Funk and R&B players due to the similarity in feel and sound to the acoustic double bass.
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NEW Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray 5 String Fretless BassThis
NEW Music Man Bass Stingray 5 bass w/ factory case has that solid,
snappy MM sound, but w/ the new Humbucker/Single pickup
configuration. It's also fretless so you get that great fretless
"talk-ey" sound as well. This will come to you NEW W/ WARRANTY, NOT AS A SECOND &
of course has the highest playability you'd expect from MusicMan. It
features a 34" scale maple neck & Pau Ferro fretboard, natural
headstock, 1 5/8" nut, Schaller BM tuners, adjustable truss rod that's
accessible without removing any compartments, 3 band active preamp
(Volume, Treble/Mid/Bass), single pickup & MM humbucker with hum cancelling phantom coil, and it's done up in their Natural finish w/ Black pickguard.
