Just an odd observation

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Today when I was playing along with a CD and got sick of the lightswitch dimmer noise i shut off the lights. My intonation on my fretless went to pot for the first few bars, then shaped up even better than it usually is.

Just goes to show... ifn ya wanna play better, listen better!

Just sharing :)
 
Here we go again.... :d

(I think we're in the middle of an epidemic.
We need an official Sarah Brightman thread.)
 
Good point GC, but I think that would scare me a lot, and I wont be able to play a single note :-)
On the other hand I think I should give fretless bass one more chance.
 
Hmm - Here is an idea. On lots of firearms now, their sites are not only "glow in the dark" but they are always glowing. IE, they dont need to soak up light for an hour or even a second to glow. Some sort of radiation or something. What if on the fretless, warwick used this material for the top fret markers? Then when the lights are dim, people can still see. And thus adding another TOP quality feature to warwick :)
 
Going back to the original post... I've mentioned this before, so at the risk of being boring...
I practise fretless in the dark quite a lot... after my first fretless gig when I found I couldn't always see the side dot markers under stage lights. So I did it for practical reasons, but still improves your ears... and it's feel as well as your ears.
 
... and the glow in the dark fret markers are a good idea, if you can't afford LEDs. Even a large white (non-glowing) dot would help. I've never tried it, but I think a lot of these things just rub off during a gig. Practising in the dark is a better insurance, and good for the soul!
 
Yeah practising in the dark is a good idea (not sure how i would manage with a fretless) cause you'll find you can spend more time looking around when your playing live instead of looking at your neck, which apparently makes you look more confident!
 
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