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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask theBuddha, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Yeah, they're just there for reference points. It's a creative idea. I kinda want to play one. I do love me a fretless bass, but I have to do some warm up before I can play one very well.

It's not my usual five minute warm up that lets me adjust to differences between guitars, like scale length and fretboard radius. It's more like 15 to 20 minutes to really adjust and ensure I'm in the right spot on the fretboard.

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I was thinking without those marks on there it would be more difficult to hit the right note at the right moment, especially if you were having to make a 7 fret move

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I can play without the marks "just fine". By "just fine" it means I did some warming up first and got my fingers used to the length of the fretboard. Once I adjust to that, I can play it just fine.

It's not much different than playing in the dark or with your eyes closed. I can play behind my back, so adjusting to a fretless guitar (or bass) isn't too bad. Give me 15 or 20 minutes (ahead of time, if it's a show) and my fingers will remember. If I play fretless consistently, I don't need the lead time to practice.

I have multiple fretless instruments.

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Yeah your ears will tell you if you are not hitting the note.

I have never played a fretless guitar. My brother had a fretless bass that fucked around on a very little bit but that's it.

I would think a fretless guitar would make hitting all the notes of a chord properly very difficult, depending on the chord