Playing The Guitar Flatter
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
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Flatter is a revolution in electric guitar and bass modification, A simple and inexpensive way to
convert a standard electric guitar or
bass into a fretless instrument.
The simple, yet ingenious design is easy to install and remove, and requires absolutely no modifications to your valuable instrument. Flatter can be installed by anyone and requires no special tools or technical knowledge. You can be a complete knuckle-dragging beast and still put it on in minutes.
The fretless electric guitar has been used extensively by Middle-Eastern guitarists that require 1/4 tones, or playing “between the frets.” In the pop and rock world however, it’s unexplored territory and has tremendous unleashed potential to expand your palette of sounds and forge your own unique sound. Flatter opens up the world of vibrato, slides, microtonality, and exotic Eastern sounds that can only be explored on fretless instruments.
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I play fretless fuitar for 30 years and I have to say that the sustain in the upper range depends on the technique and strings, provided the guitar is good. So, you really could extend the Flatter to cover all neck. I was planing to buy at least one, to be able to play also my nonfretless guitars as fretless, but I will wait until you come to your senses and make a proper lenght. I NEED whole fretboard. Really !!
This said, I find your Flatter a stroke of genius. PLEASE make a full-lenght model.
Nice song and nice guitar play!
People have historically pulled the higher frets of guitars to make them fretless above the 12th fret because that's where fretless sounds best. This product stops right about where I would want one to begin. Great idea, but that aspect kills it for me...
I am not sure what historical thing you are talking about, there are many fretless instruments in the world which are completely fretless not just the upper range and it definitely does not sound best as the sustain on the upper register is basically non existent especially on a fretless instrument. Have a listen to the music instead of saying irrelevant stuff
@@gershonwaiserfirer7916 it's a common diy approach, another being scalloped frets above the 12th fret. You know what no one has ever seen or wanted? Fretless on the lower register only. Sorry you can't handle criticism!
@@gershonwaiserfirer7916 "The hybrids. Over the years we’ve also seen single-neck instruments designed to produce both sounds. These hybrids sport fretted and fretless areas on a single neck, and there are different ways to accomplish this. One approach is to have seven, 12, or 15 frets, followed by a fretless region beyond that. For example, the first octave on an early-’80s Ibanez Musician AJ-10 Alphonso Johnson signature 4-string was fretted; above the 12th fret, the neck was fretless."
@@jamesprisciandaro3144 They have fretless banjos with only the lower register fretless. Just wanted to throw that in there. You should check out tommy jarrells brass plated fingerboard! he was doing it before the guitar flatter back in the 80s
@@jamesprisciandaro3144 I don't believe scalloped frets will give you a fretless sound. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
Why in God's name did you stop at the 14th fret? Do you make a full length one?
Hi, we had to come up with an optimal solution for playability portability and action issues. We took into consideration that the upper range can hardly sustain at all when playing fretless because of the soft tissue of the finger. Thanks
I agree!
Tough to play in the upper register. And no sustain. I totally understand this choice.
@@guitarflatter1944 Can you make one that goes up to 22 frets?
@@guitarflatter1944 I play fretless fuitar for 30 years and I have to say that the sustain in the upper range depends on the technique and strings, provided the guitar is good. So, you really could extend the Flatter to cover all neck. I was planing to buy at least one, to be able to play also my nonfretless guitars as fretless, but I will wait until you come to your senses and make a proper lenght. I NEED whole fretboard. Really !!
This said, I find your Flatter a stroke of genius. PLEASE make a full-lenght model.
Do you have to raise the action to avoid buzz with this installed?
Hi, if your guitar has average action and the flatter sits snugly on the instrument you probably don’t have to do anything but if the action of your guitar is very low you might need to raise it a bit, while it is on the flatter changes the nature of the instrument, if you don’t like it you can take it off. Cheers
What about left handed guitars?
I play lefty and just ordered one without thinking about that. I'll let you know how it works for me.
I just received my Guitar Flatter and the built-in nut seems to be designed for a right-handed player. I've dealt with that before. The low E might sit high and the high E might sit low, etc, but you can cut and fill as needed, which I've done before on righty nuts that I didn't want to replace or couldn't flip around.
Can it fit on a standard stratocaster?
Hi, the flatter was designed with a gibson style neck in mind but it works on a fender style neck as well, thanks
Hello !! How do you make it fit on a Fender neck ? I tried to put it on a Jazzmaster (42mm nut) and it really didn't fit :( Fits on my Gibson necks though, but if there's a way to do it please let me know !@@guitarflatter1944
PLAY A FEW CHORDS OR NO SALE, peeps!
Chords on a fretless guitar aren't really what shines hehe