Month: December 2015
Bumblefoot video – Little Brother is Watching – fretless tutorial
Ron Thal aka Bumblefoot official music video “Little Brother is Watching” plus we have a video tutorial of just how to play the solo on fretless guitar and a video where Ron explain... Read More
The Reasons To Be Cheerful – Fretless Guitar
Gary Cocoran decorated his nylon fretless classical guitar with the lyrics to Ian Dury and the Blockheads number “Reasons to be Cheerful – Part 3” citing that there were too many m... Read More
Joe Meek’s Bold Techniques 2nd Edition – book review
Well its not often we review a book that is not about music theory or relevant to the Fretless Guitar, but this is a worthwhile exception as it details the techniques of a music recording pioneer, Joe... Read More
Barend Tromp – Artist’s Profile
“Guitar player, bass player and sitar player Barend Tromp is hard to pigeon-hole as a musician. Elements from world music and fusion are combined with influences from guitar players like Frank Zappa... Read More
Ned Evett plays Peavey Composite Acoustics Fretless Carbon Fiber Cargo Guitar
This actually looks like a fretted guitar, and it once was, until luthier Dave Boelke ground down the stainless steel frets into the carbon fiber fingerboard. That must have been quite a task. Ned men... Read More
Two Tales of Titanium (fretless guitars)
New fingerboard material – Titanium Just when you thought the types of fingerboard for a fretless guitar had just about been exhausted, all types of wood, glass, copper, aluminium, steel, brass,... Read More
Fernando Perez Signature Model Guitar by Jose de Prados Guitars
It is not often that a guitar comes along that can be fretted and then converted to fretless in a few seconds, making it usable on stage, just as quick as swapping guitars. Fernando Perez has designed... Read More
Si Hayden – Don’t Fret – Album Review
Si Hayden is from Coventry, UK and recorded his first solo album in 1998. Since then, he has produced many recordings of guitar music exploring jazz, folk, rock and blues forms. In 2012 he released Do... Read More