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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
a la Mr. Pastorius
It's Also important to note that most fretless have side markers on the neck and some even have fretboard inlays so its not like your completely fumbling around in the dark.
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good point but it's also important to note that those markers are only guides. the higher you go on the neck and the greater variance there is between the position of the marker indicating a specific note and where that note actually is on the string, especially the higher ones.
consider the 12th fret, should be an octave right? the position of the octave on the highest string will be slightly further up ahead on the neck than the position of the octave on the lowest string (maybe by as much as the width of a finger once you get really high on the neck). it's not quite a straight line like a fretted instrument. which can lead to a bit of hassle if you get the kind that has fret lines marked all over the board.
and Mr. Pastorius is definitely one of
The Mans when it comes to the bass