Fretless Bass with Reverb & Double Stops 

Really appreciate the kind words Taras! Thanks for dropping by!

I would love to know if you have any special technique for making it sound as though you’ve got .21-fret range instead of just 20, Remco.

@@Shred_The_Weapon I think just cause he’s already playing decently high up on the fretboard so when he ever so often goes up to very high notes it makes them sound higher than they are, at least that’s what I think

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Ha, would love to see that

Hearing that means a lot to me you know :) Thanks for telling me, let me know if you'll ever need some advice on the fretless Ricky, I'd gladly help you out! Cheers!

Remco do you think you can make a video about you coating your fretless so you can put roundwounds on it and show the whole process?

Same here! I could even hear the waves...

+MrKredski wow. i thought i was the only one getting that vibes.

Definitely not. :)

Harmonics from the double stops give that Hawaiian feeling, like the Beach Boys.

It is like a pedal steel performance down an octave.

Thanks a lot Tomas! Glad you're digging it :)

***** I always enjoy your vids man :)

Thanks a lot man! Yeah I dialed in some gain on the compressor, the bass has some growl from itself as well :) Cheers for stopping by!

A Espejel Does have long fingers doesnt he !

Hey Alberto! I'm not in a fixed band at the moment, just doing freelance gigs. Any serious offer is welcome, I'm willing to travel :) Here's a link to some band stuff on bandcamp: jacuzzisunset.bandcamp.com/album/liquid-dreams

it is simply because of lack of frets without the fret being there you get the mwah by just doing slight vibratos which takes the note a bit higher and also a bit lower

I second what James said & like to add that the tone & vibration coming from just your fingertips as opposed to a fret, generates different physics as well, even when using no vibrato at all. Frets give different dynamics, with it's pros & cons, it's better for bending & tapping & for example trills aren't even possible without frets. But the abscence of frets open up a lot of great possibilities like vibrato, clean slides (also with harmonics!), the emotional depth that "mwah" can give & basically just the total freedom of expression which I've come to love so much on this instrument :) Thanks for dropping by guys!

Yes it's in standard tuning, thanks!

+Mr Jamshack root and 3rd or flat 3rd on top

Yeah the action is pretty low on this bass, when I pluck a bit more fierce it gives that bite to the tone :) The coating on the fingerboard in combination with roundwound strings helps to get that vibration as well. Thanks for dropping by Vin!

+Remco's Groove Lab won't roundwound strings eat at the fretless fingerboard though?

Alek Baublis Not Remco but I use roundwounds on my fretless (without fingerboard coating, bare rosewood) and yes you will be able to see the marks after only a week of playing but until you will actually have to do the first sanding will take many months of heavy playing (definitely more than a year). Because the strings will eat more into the wood if you don't have coating, you get a bit more "mwah" but less (sitar like) overtones and treble (like in this video).

***** Thanks for the info. What sound do you get on that bass when you play the strings more "traditionally"? So digging into the string and landing on the one above it instead of plucking away from the strings

When playing regular fingerstyle I get a standard, clean J bass sound. I've set the action on the verge of total clean vibration of the strings when playing at the bridge pickup or more gently at the neck pup & when I dig in a bit deeper I can get that attack of the strings resonating against the fingerboard. Most of my basses are set up this way action-wise, so I can switch the tone & attack with the intensity of the plucking hand :)

Nevermind on audio software, read the description after I asked

I use a JVC Everio camera. Yeah I record in Cubase, my audio interface is a Focusrite Saffire pro 24 & I usually record the bass with an EBS Microbass II DI straight into the Focusrite. I do the mastering in Cubase as well with iZotope Ozone 4. Thanks for dropping by!

Standard tuning :)

That's because Jaco did Bright Sized Life.

I'm using Ernie Ball super slinkys.

Rounds or flats?

Rounds :)

Thanks for answering! Great jam by the way! :)

Jorgicio I did!