But the oddest of all electric guitars has to be the fretless. They don’t show up often, but when they do, they tend to make a stir, as did the Bartells fretless guitar from the 1960s.

“Fretless guitar requires constant on-the-fly tuning of chords and melodies, so the ear training and muscle memory involved are very specific. I’ve played fretless exclusively for 30 years.

Some of the strangest metal guitars you'll see– who ever thought to mod an Iceman by taking out the frets? The co-creator of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Ned Evett, “the king of the fretless glass guitar” will be bringing his unique style of guitar-playing to Buffalo next week for a free show at the Revolutio… ...

Latest News The New OBSCURA Record Will Have "Shorter, Catchier Tunes," Fretless Guitar And Strings Oh, and a 15-minute progressive epic with a string section.

In 1966 or 1967, Bartell employee Tom Mitchell suggested creating a fretless guitar. Barth OK’d the plan and a few prototypes were made.

Playing clawhammer fretless guitar is what led to Jeni Jol and, for Stevig and listeners alike, it definitely is a new path. Stevig has played in many larger groups (Klezwoods, Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica, ...

Watch on your mobile device We recently hosted our most exotic Lobby Lounge show to date. You don’t often get to hear music by Chinese pipa and 11-string fretless guitar. But that’s what we ...

Jonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars and guitar culture since 2005, playing them since 1990, and regularly contributes to MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitar World. He uses Jazz III nylon ...

Tickets are now on sale for this year's NYC FretLess Guitar Festival being held on Friday, September 29th and Saturday (ALL DAY), September 30th 2006 at the Knitting Factory in the Tap Bar space.