I have a b206 and it just feels solid. Plays great sounds great.
Thought about a b206 fretless but need to get rid of some basses first. Good choice imo
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Lovely looking bass @autumnsdad1990
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I was going to get that one with the satin paint and neck finish, but went another route and get the Lack Placid blue with white binding neck and laurel fretboard. I wish I have room for both.
Since itās not here yet Iād hold off on the pic, lol.
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Gorgeous @autumnsdad1990. Love the body finish and the neck. Looks like a proper Mawh machine.
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Huzzah!
(on a side note-iām digging that goldish vs chromeish feel you have going on with this one)
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Youād still slap at the same place toward the neck heel but instead of popping right below the neck heel, youād pop the string below the pickup. Itās not bad really just more space. You just have to take it slow the first few times and avoid over hooking the fingertip. A few hours of that you wonāt even notice it anymore, itās all muscle memory.
When I switch between my Stingray H and HH it happened naturally. until I watched the video I noticed how low toward the middle I popped the string, lol. That said sometimes I found enough room to squeeze a pop between the neck pickup and neck heel.
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So where do you pop on the HH? In between pickups?
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Iām going to put down my natural dislike of fender and admit that youāve chosen a nice bass there. Good eye.
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I agree, @autumnsdad1990.
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Yes sometimes but the last video I did I pop at the heel above the neck pick up. I donāt think about the right hand any more unless I hear the note at the wrong value I know it hook too deep. It happens when I pop the string somewhere in the middle lol.
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Wasnāt real easy to walk away from the 1982 peavey foundation in tobacco brown that looked almost new for 599.00 in the music store todayā¦
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The tobacco brown was ahmaaaazzzing on those. I wasnāt a fan of the look of the headstocks , although I LOVED the feel of where the pegs wereāreally well-thought-out. I disliked how every one of the ones I ever played had issues with the lighter strings. Either they never held intonation or had so much gap between the string and fretboard that Iād get worn out trying to play the upper lines. So. that last reason alone kept me away from them. Fair warning though, the Ibanez soon after those sorted that problem out. (LOOK AWAY!!!) Thatās why I was a sucker for Ibanez (and Washburn, and Fender, and maybe a Ricky or two) in the early 2000s.
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That thing was pretty. I didnāt play it, but it did call out to me pretty good. Think ten-year old boys and puppies-kinda like that.
As for the Ibanez stuff, Iām a sucker for a nice Ibanez all day long! That was my first real gear upgrade. When i decided that i was going to continue learning to play and be serious about it, i got myself an es300-and Iāve not regretted that decision once since. They make an awful nice bass for under 400 bucks. Mine is actually still here, itās my bedroom practice bass when i donāt feel like going to the garage.
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I donāt think I could have walked away. OTOH, I am a Peavey fan through and through. Though I prefer their 1980s offerings to their later ones.
I have an '85 Patriot and a '94 Foundation (last year they were made in 'Murica). The difference in build quality is staggering, despite the fact that the Foundation is overall in much better shape.
Also, the early (pre-87) Foundations often had the split 2-piece neck same as the Patriot, 1.65" across the nut. This is the best bass neck, bar none. Even better then on my Steve Harris P-bass, though that one is fantabulous as well. If you ever get a chance to try one, make sure you do. Ivthink youāll be duly impressed.
Peavey fanboy rant off.
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Well i really, really like the new esp fretless. It has a lovely sound, plays really well and feels great.
Couple minor drawbacks.
First, it requires dead-bang accuracy. I mean, it sounds good just playing it-but if you want to sound right you gotta pay attention. ( well, i do anyway)
Even my lame ears can really hear it. If Iām not right on point, i can hear the tonality difference. Itās definitively not as forgiving as a fretted bass.
Second, the pickups are gonna need changed out. These are very good, but the output isnāt really high. Figure as Iām gonna want something a little hotter.
All in all, Iām really glad i made the decision to get it. If Iāve got to focus more on being accurate with my play that only means Iāll learn more about playing. As for the low output? Thatās what volume control is for. New pickups arenāt hard, but Iāll wait a minute and make sure i really want them. With the sound capability of the fretless, i may very well decide they are the right for me after all.
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Are you sure they are adjusted high enough and correct? My six string b206 has plenty of output. That said, it is an active bass. Is the fretless active as well?
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Buy a louder amp 
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Yes, it is active. First thing i tried was switching out to a new 9v battery. That didnāt help, so i tried another just in case it wasnāt a good one. Next was to adjust pickup height. Iām at about 5/16" now. This improved it a little, but it was probably only a .060-.075 adjustment, they were pretty close already in my severely limited estimation.
It has an incredibly good sustain. Almost as good as any of my fretted basses. I donāt see it as an issue, because again-volume control.
Iām gonna wait a bit and see how i like them over the course of time. If i find i want something different those Seymour Duncans i was looking at are always available.
When i looked at a few reviews for this particular bass, low output off the pickups was mentioned a few times, it could actually be a thing. or conversely, i may have very, very little experience to base my judgements on.
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I dig your style, @Barney 
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