Fretless??? mmmm??? interesting

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bandurria

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Joined: Feb. 24 2013

Fretless??? mmmm??? interesting

Hello everyone, does anyone here owns or has played a fretless guitar? I can only imagine a fretless flamenco guitar, play flamenco and incorporate the Maqams, (what would be the equivalent to scales in western music) would this put flamenco in a different "dimension"? mmmmm???? just wondering....

What do you think.

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Leñador

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Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

RE: Fretless??? mmmm??? interesting (in reply to bandurria)

I played a fretless electric, didn't really like it, might be good for some genre's like jazz but it was a pain to play metal on. I would think it'd be a pain for flamenco too......

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C. Vega

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Joined: Jan. 16 2004

RE: Fretless??? mmmm??? interesting (in reply to bandurria)

I have an old fretless gut-strung five string banjo.

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Flamencito

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Joined: Oct. 31 2012
From: The Netherlands

RE: Fretless??? mmmm??? interesting (in reply to bandurria)

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play flamenco and incorporate the Maqams

I had been thinking about that too and think it could be an interesting experiment, some Maqams might fit really well. But learning those Arab scales (Maqams) is not something easily to learn i would say...

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britguy

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Joined: Dec. 26 2010
From: Ontario, Canada

RE: Fretless??? mmmm??? interesting (in reply to bandurria)

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does anyone here owns or has played a fretless guitar?

No, but some local chap I know had a custom-built fretless bass.

Sounded fine by itself, but when he tried to play with groups - ouch!!!

He eventually had it fretted. . .

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Elie

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RE: Fretless??? mmmm??? interesting (in reply to bandurria)

I have a friend who uses a fret-less guitar to achieve a sound like the eastern oud i.e to achieve half-flat and half-sharp notes

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