Author: Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
CEO Unfretted, producer of "Village of the Unfretted" double CD.
Author of the book "Fretless Guitar - The Definitive Guide"
Musician & Performer.
Fretless Guitar News – August 2018
Hey, time for the eighth edition of Fretless Guitar News, published monthly. As usual the newsletter will be updated as the month goes on, please send me your news! The Forum If you want to join the... Read More
Converting an Acoustic Guitar to a Fretless Guitar
Introduction It’s been about 12 years since I wrote “Converting an electric guitar to a Fretless Guitar” for Unfretted and an update is long overdue. Removing frets and filling the s... Read More
Madmen & Sinners perform Tim Donahue’s THE CAGE opening track
We have a video of the first track from Tim Donahue’s Metal Opera THE CAGE, a full DVD of the concert is released in just a few short week’s time. The first full performance of THE CAGE ... Read More
Gizmotron 2.0 and the Fretless Guitar
I’ve waited over 40 years to get a Gizmotron, I used to visit the local music shop weekly and ask if they had the Gizmotron in stock, as you may know it never made it into mass production back t... Read More
Fretless Guitar News – July 2018
Here it is the seventh edition of Fretless Guitar News, published monthly. As usual the newsletter will be updated as the month goes on, please send me your news! The Forum The Unfretted Forum is no l... Read More
Bryce Fretless Guitar – Review & Setup
Inspired by the FaceBook page “Awesome Cheap Guitars” I decided to take the plunge and see if you could get a reasonably playable fretless guitar for less than $500. There was a Bryce Fret... Read More
Sponge Bo(b) Diddley Emmentaler double neck Fretted / Fretless Guitar
This beautifully crafted Double Neck Guitar from JESTE MAÏSTORNIK. We asked the creator about its history and the guy that commissioned it, Rambo Amadeus. In his own words….. About me My name i... Read More
Fretless Guitar, Sound and Colour – Daley Yakoweshen
This article is written by Daley Yakoweshen and proposes using colours on the fingerboard to indicate different pitches of sound. The image below shows a theoretical guitar in NST (New Standard Tunin... Read More