Great video and tips. Especially the third one with the 5ths and octaves that sounds like chorus is a killer advice. Thumbs up, mate!

@GregsBassShed

4 жыл бұрын

Zafbass thanks, glad you found the lesson useful. Doubling up with 5ths or octaves really up’d my fretless playing.

Good stuff

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

Cheers John

Mick Karn is my favourite fretless bassist;sadly missed

@GregsBassShed

4 жыл бұрын

Jon Swift great choice. I must dig out my Japan albums again!

@nunofernandes4501

11 ай бұрын

Karn was like a god to me when I started on the bass. Of course it was a fretless.

Thanks bro.

@GregsBassShed

5 ай бұрын

Welcome!

Thanks for the outstanding video.

@GregsBassShed

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like it!

Thank you young man for the great instruction

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Drew

This advice is gold

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Amazing 👏

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😄

Thank you for introducing John Gablin. Really like the song looking on

@GregsBassShed

3 жыл бұрын

He is great isn't he!

Thanks Greg, 20+ years playing bass, I just bought my first fretless. This was the inspiration I needed to get started.

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome Mike! Good luck with the fretless.

Excellent work, sir! Great video!

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

Cheers. I must make some full length lesson on some of the John Giblin bass lines. I love them!

@BrooksysBassCorner

Жыл бұрын

@@GregsBassShed Do it!

Excellent advice, Greg, I just got myself a pre-owned ibanez 370f fretless to do my best to play the sort of stuff you demonstrate here and I'm really grateful for your help. As it happens, I've been a fan of John Martyn for..oh my is it really near 50 years! Grace and Danger was the third or fourth album (vinyl of course) that I bought and I totally agree with you about the bass on it. Anyhoo, keep up the good work 👍

@GregsBassShed

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video and great to find a fellow John Martyn fan! Good luck with the fretless!

Great tip on John Giblin - I'm looking for more fretless inspirations. Great vid - thanks!

@GregsBassShed

2 жыл бұрын

No no worries Tom. I couldn’t believe it when I first heard John Giblin. Happy to spread the word!

Well hell's bells! A lesson even I can grasp. Well done. Subbed and liked

@GregsBassShed

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub and glad you got into the lesson!

Hi Greg, I'm a 65 yr.old player and I finally got the courage to take up fretless about 7 months ago after decades of fretted,and I'm loving it.Though it's not easy I wish I did it years ago.Very nice site so I subbed.I didn't know who the bassist for Kate was and I'll look for more of John Giblin.

@GregsBassShed

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kev Mac, great you’ve got round to trying fretless. Great instrument isn’t it?! It is tricky playing one at first, I found that locking in a really uniform left hand technique helps with tuning. You might also like my lesson on Pino Palladino that I released yesterday. Good luck with your fretless playing and let me know if you have any questions.

@michaelanthony9068

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kev Mac, I’m 64 and just got my 1st fretless last week, and it also happens to be my 1st 5-string (Ibanez GWB205) so I’m confounded on multiple levels ! I see your post is a year old so I wonder how you’re coming along. I’m learning to sight read as well so trying to read AND get proper intonation is BRUTAL. Best of luck to both of us !

@kevmac1230

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelanthony9068 Better late than never eh? The fretless is such a beautiful sounding instrument.(in the right hands) lol. All we can do is plug along and stay at it.It is a challenge but one that rewards hard work.Your intonation will improve.You are probably doing better than you realize.I know I'm my own worst critic. Good luck also!

@Skorpp13

Жыл бұрын

Funny, 60-ish seems to be the turning point towards fretless, the same here, I'm 63 and turned fretless about a year ago :)

Thanks a lot 🙏

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

No problem, glad you like it.

I like to do hammer-ons and pull-offs on fretless to get a slide sound.

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

They sound great on the fretless. You'll get a slightly different sound with a slide but it's great to have all these techniques at your fingertips.

thanks!

@GregsBassShed

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

I use .040 GHS Pressurewounds on my fretless. They are smooth to the touch as not to damage the fingerboard but sound almost as lively as roundwounds. I love them.

@GregsBassShed

11 ай бұрын

Hey Nuno, I've never heard of Pressurewounds but I'm going to check them out for sure!

@nunofernandes4501

11 ай бұрын

@@GregsBassShed if you do try them out, tell us what you think. All the best.

Good video, Greg. I have a fretless but simply don't use it as much as I should. Thanks for the suggestion about another bass player to listen to; haven't heard of him before. But, of course, Pino plays fretless that is so recognizable on many people's albums.

@GregsBassShed

4 жыл бұрын

Ron Mollinga thanks, let me know what you think of John Giblin. I think he’s on some of Kate Bush’s albums too.

Thanks, I enjoyed this. One thing though... mwah and vibrato are two different things.

@GregsBassShed

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Brad, glad you liked the video. Yes I would definitely make a difference between that 'mwah' sound and a full-on vibrato, but for me using a subtle vibrato helps to bring out that mwah so I look at them as very much connected. That what I was trying to get across in the video, maybe not 100% successfully!

Check out Dave Sturt. He plays his fretless beautifully and lyrically on Jade Warrior’s 1993 Album, “Breathing the Storm.”

What a wonderfull bass,is it a status??? Very good vid, in terms of basics. If you listen, to all the fretles beasts out there :mark egan, michael manring, eric czar,jaco p.,etc, the list is long.

@GregsBassShed

10 ай бұрын

Yes that's my Status that I got custom made for me back in 2004. I love it so much and so impressed by how much warmth the graphite neck gives.

Two sets of tuners?....I think I need another cup of coffee..

@blacktincrow2495

3 жыл бұрын

Forget it...I thought the saddles were headless tuners...lol

@GregsBassShed

3 жыл бұрын

@@blacktincrow2495 I was confused for a minute with your first comment 😀 I see what you thought, as the bridges on the Status basses look a little unusual!

Ah, but was it John Giblin or Pino who played on 'Lady in Red?' :o The story is that each is honor bound to blame the other. :) Of course another good source of Giblin fretless stuff is Kate Bush. :)

@GregsBassShed

4 жыл бұрын

Simon Bowkett didn’t know that story about Lady In Red. I’ll have to have a proper listen and see if I can pin it down! Good call with Kate Bush for more John Giblin lines.

tip #4 and a very important one.. watch all the Tony Franklin videos you can.. THE fretless bassist

@GregsBassShed

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good tip with Tony Franklin.

@Bigstrat2

2 жыл бұрын

@@GregsBassShed I forgot to say that you play very well also .. !!

@GregsBassShed

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bigstrat2 thanks!

Percy Jones

@GregsBassShed

2 жыл бұрын

Good call!

@beadgc23

2 жыл бұрын

@@GregsBassShed Percy is a monster…but very difficult to play along with! Another excellent player in the same zone as John Goblin is John Martyn’s other long term sideman, Alan Thompson. And let’s not forget Danny Thompson who’s just a world class player!

Just discovered your channel. Good job on the lesson! Might I suggest slightly better mic work? It would sound a bit more professional if you were speaking into a closet mic.

@GregsBassShed

4 жыл бұрын

drumsnbass thanks, good suggestion, I’ve been working on sorting my speaking voice out, so hopefully this should improve in a few videos time. I’m using a condenser mic, and I am now placing it closer and working on EQ-ing it too. Appreciate the feedback and glad you are enjoying the videos.

Or you could close yer eyes.

@GregsBassShed

Жыл бұрын

Yes Derek, that's always an option when playing if you're feeling this way inclined!