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Fretless Guitar, Sound and Colour – Daley Yakoweshen

Posted on 5th June 2018 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
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
Jahloon's baritone fretless guitar

The Role of Fretless Guitar in Ambient Music

Posted on 4th February 20174th February 2017 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Fretless Guitar has become an excellent tool for use in ambient music with its capability to use microtones, long slides and modulated drones. With the advent of guitar synthesisers, MIDI control and ... Read More
Daniele Gottardo Fretless guitar

Classical Music and the Fretless Guitar

Posted on 13th October 201614th October 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
The Fretless Guitar seems to have found its way into many genres; Heavy Metal, Jazz, Turkish, Indian and Arabic music. Not to mention Atonal, Free Improvisation and Ambient, but what about Classical M... Read More
Jim Kimsey's Fretless Super Buzzmaster

Partially Fretless Guitars

Posted on 7th June 201610th June 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
If you thought Fretless Guitars were rare, there is a rarer beast, the Partially Fretless Guitar, which means it has some frets and some fretless sections. These do vary, so let’s take a look at... Read More
Fuze double neck by Turan Guitars

The Evolution of Perdesiz Gitar (Fretless Guitar) in Turkish Music

Posted on 30th March 201631st May 2017 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Perdesiz Gitar In Turkey the Fretless Guitar is called “Perdesiz Gitar” Turkish music is traditionally beyond the scope of instruments with equal temperament tuning, the twelve notes to the octave... Read More
Custom 48 Explorer

The Influence of Fretless Guitar in Heavy Metal Music

Posted on 16th March 201626th November 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Fretless guitar is very well suited to Heavy Metal music as there are many techniques and doom laden sounds that can be made on the fretless that just cannot be done on a standard guitar. Two surprisi... Read More
Yamaha SA 1500 Fretless Guitar

Origins of the Fretless Guitar in the Twentieth Century

Posted on 1st March 201623rd August 2018 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Yamaha SA-1500 Fretless Guitar (1979) Many fretless instruments have existed throughout history and it could be argued some of these are the precursor of the fretless guitar. The fretless guitar is, h... Read More
Ron Thal Bumblefoot doubleneck

Fretless Guitar in Popular Music

Posted on 17th November 201518th March 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Fretless Guitar in popular music Why hasn’t fretless guitar surfaced in modern popular music? Perhaps I had better say what I mean by popular music or perhaps say the genres not included in that... Read More

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