A most surprising fretless bass sound, considering who’s behind it. That would be Felix Pastorius , whose late father – fretless master Jaco Pastorius — casts one of the deepest shadows in jazz.

Numerous DX7 presets were great for house bass, from the faux bass guitar sounds of the fretless bass presets through the ‘hollow’, ‘dark’ digital bass sounds. Due to the fiddly nature of FM synthesis ...

Fretless bass plugins aren’t common, but Toontrack have recently released Fretless EBX, a sample-based plugin with an assortment of bass sounds, plus a MIDI library of ready-to-use bass parts and ...

The three musicians previously worked together on Coolwater’s EP, which in retrospect looks like a trial run for Total Blue. Their debut album takes similar sounds and influences—fretless bass ...

Best for fretless thrills: Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazz Bass Fretless - £389, Fender Best for five strings: Yamaha BB735A - £1,221, Amazon Best for a short-scale bass: Gretsch G2220B ...

Buy Best of: Fat Larry's Band on Amazon. Fleetwood Mac – The Chain. Most people will of course know this one and if you're not sure, skip to 3 minutes to confirm or deny. John McVie (the Mac in ...

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the most fiddle-y of holidays, hear music from the Fretless, a supergroup fiddle quartet. ... Laurel Parks is a host for Sound Currents on 91.9 Classical KC.

Kumalo’s bassline on The Boy In The Bubble showcases the instrument's unique sonority with particular clarity. As noted engineer Roy Halee remarked in Sound On Sound magazine, “Oh, man – that bassline ...