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Gizmotron fitted

Gizmotron 2.0 revisited on Fretless Guitar

Posted on 23rd August 20183rd September 2018 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
  Well I finally mounted the Gizmotron permanently on my Crop Circle guitar. It works really well but takes some getting used to, like having to play a small keyboard instead of using a pick. As ... Read More
clamping

Converting an Acoustic Guitar to a Fretless Guitar

Posted on 24th July 2018 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
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
Cheese Guitar 1

Sponge Bo(b) Diddley Emmentaler double neck Fretted / Fretless Guitar

Posted on 29th June 201829th June 2018 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
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
killick walrus

Killick’s Fretless “Walrus” Guitar with Video

Posted on 23rd September 201725th September 2017 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Killick’s Walrus guitar is both a fretless and a fretted guitar featuring exchangeable aluminium necks, one fretted, one fretless. Changing the necks takes less than ten minutes. Killick with th... Read More
Acoustic fretless harp guitar side

Acoustic Fretless Harp Guitar – Jonathan Pickard

Posted on 12th June 201712th June 2017 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Well most of us will be familiar with Tim Donahue’s Fretless Harp Guitars but this is the first acoustic fretless harp guitar that we have seen. UK based Jonathan Pickard sent us pics and detai... Read More
Kaleidophon

David Vorhaus’ Kaleidophon, an early electronic Unfretted instrument

Posted on 1st February 2017 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
David Vorhaus has been involved in electronic music since the late sixties after meeting with and later working with Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Classically t... Read More
fretless fibreglass guitar

Fretless Fibreglass Acoustic Guitar by Chadelz Petzer

Posted on 13th January 201713th January 2017 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Chadelz Petzer is from South Africa and has designed a fretless acoustic guitar that is made from carbon fibre in the same way that traditional guitars are made. The carbon fibre really helps with the... Read More
Glass capo fitted

Making a Glass Capo for Fretless Guitar

Posted on 28th October 201611th November 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
The idea that you could use a Glass Capo on a Fretless Guitar has the ring of “Chocolate Teapot” about it. Yet Ned Evett made one and used it extensively on his “Glass Guitar (Vol 1)... Read More
Killick navigation wheel

Fretless Acoustic Guitar fitted with a Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesis device

Posted on 1st August 20161st August 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Back in February 2014, Killick Hinds of Athens, Georgia, USA picked up his new Fretless Acoustic from the Vo Innovations factory. This was a Wes Lambe fretless guitar fitted with a Vo-96 Acoustic Synt... Read More
Lava Headstock

Lava Fretless Guitars – Kickstarter Campaign

Posted on 21st June 201621st June 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Lava Guitars have just launched a new Kickstarter campaign in order to show the precision, innovation and exclusivity of Lava guitars. They have three different new models for a discounted price as p... Read More
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