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GTR GYRO: The Far-Out Sounds of the Fretless Guitar

Fretless Fricassee

Fretless Mess

Fretless Sounds

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Slipping and sliding on slinky strings

Take a twenty-something guitarist with time on his hands, a Les Paul copy with frets yanked out (cracks filled with veneer by friend Dennis), lots of effects pedals, and a cassette deck. The result: meandering musical mayhem. GTR GYRO (pronounced "guitar hero") made a lot of these tapes a few decades ago, but this is the only one using the fretless guitar. It was pretty. Covered with blue contact paper. He regrets giving it away. Here is the only documented sound of that guitar, in combination with his beloved pedal board (also lost, thanks to the absent-minded placement of same on the roof of his '84 Honda Civic after a late night rehearsal).

Track list:
See-Saw Riders In The Sky • Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Demented Beeker • Dr. Wilkinson's Pills (My Friend Looks Like A Lamp!) • Unused Musical Cue for "Incredible 2-Headed Transplant" • I Got The No-Frets-Bottleneck-Slide-Simulatin' Blues • Journey To The Center Of A Rosewood Box • Don't Fret