Hi folks,

I'm just now placing an order for a YB-4 fretless bass kit. It won't arrive for a few months, sadly, as it's on the slow boat.

But I'm keen to get into building. I'm going to try a couple of things along the way to customise the look of it and see how we go. I've played piano and saxophone for about 30 years but no string instruments, but this year I've ended up being my 11 year old daughter's bass teacher. It's mostly fine as I can work out what's going on with her band music, but I'm getting towards the point where I need to have some more intimate know-how of technique.

So I figure if I start on a full-scale fretless bass, and she's on her short-scale Hofner violin bass, I'll have to stretch my hands out about as much as she does, plus I'll have a bit of a handicap so I learn a bit slower. More like her pace. (Plus, fretless bass is cool.)

So I'm going to lurk here for a few months before I get into it properly.

Sam.