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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on April 5, 2013 at 10:57pm

I reckon a lot of the 'only playing slide' on a fretless gutiar is simply because lots people make them with the action WAY too high. Get the action right and they are easy to play with your fingers as well as a slide, and you get that cool 'nasal' quality to the tone, much like on a fretless bass, and it also becomes feasible to play chords reasonably in tune. Here's my quick take on a classic Cannonball Adderley number..all fingered playing on a fretless, and a few chords thrown in.

http://youtu.be/RKNKM-0gqCY

Permalink Reply by Patrick Curley on April 5, 2013 at 11:22pm

...nice!

Permalink Reply by Kevin M. Kraft on April 6, 2013 at 1:10pm

I seldom if ever finger the fret board, so high action is simply the rule for me. I'm a slider who doesn't fret! :)

Permalink Reply by Nigel McTrustry on May 21, 2013 at 10:30am

Check out some of my vids here on the nation and youtube and see if they help.

Also checkout playcigarboxguitar.com

and 

learntoplaycigarboxguitar.com

I only play slide.

Regards

Nigel

Permalink Reply by OWDO on November 30, 2013 at 4:33pm

WoW! Fine websites!  Thx.

 

Permalink Reply by Pete Turner on December 4, 2013 at 2:54am

I've made several CBG's all 3 string & fretless. They're fun to play, but I'd like to move on to some finger picking. There's discussion on setting the action low. By action I assume you mean the height of the strings from the fret board. The question is how high/low do I set the action?

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