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Author Message tmoney61092 Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 688 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 5:55 pm:    very nice bass, some aftermarket hardware but helps lower the price :p. I'd be all over this if i hadn't just bought a bass. http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Precision-Fretless-Bass-/320668071548?pt=Guitar&hash=item4aa94e767c ~Taylor jack Advanced Member Username: jack Post Number: 281 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011 - 6:20 am:    Ooh! A maple fretboard is pretty rare on a fretless (at least as far as I've seen), I wonder how it sounds. Anyone care to weigh in on the the pros/cons of a maple board? (Message edited by jack on March 11, 2011) sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1678 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011 - 6:54 am:    I have an old 72 Fender Fretless maple neck / finger board on a custom solid walnut body in the stable that I picked up in 92 . I rarely play that one anymore but I can tell you that mine looks like it has a factory finish on it and therefore is completely sealed. I have always just used flat wounds on it and kept it clean. I have considered installing Alembic pick ups in it. tmoney61092 Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 689 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011 - 7:44 am:    I know that John Paul Jones used a fretelss p-bass with a maple board on In My Time Of Dying live with Zeppelin, and the bassist for the band MuteMath uses one on a song called Obsolete which is an instrumental that's worth checking out. ~Taylor jack Advanced Member Username: jack Post Number: 285 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Monday, March 14, 2011 - 1:32 pm:    Went for $777.77. Probably a good price, having not seen the actual bass. And a neat number.