Fretless Fender Bass for Metal?

[Iron Chef of Vag]

Found this at a pawn shop for about 325 mabey a little less

http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-FEN-0146208-LIST

And then i found a b.c rich Warlock bass which doesnt really do it for me but who knows maybe its better? Its about the same price.

http://bass-guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/B.C.-Rich-NT-Warlock-Bass?sku=512652

anybody have any experience with these basses? Should i avoid a Fretless bass for Metal and rock tunes?

 

[Razorjack]

If you can play fretless well then it's great, but if you've not got a natural ear for intonation and pitch then a fretted bass is better - I'm lucky and find fretless just as natural as fretted but some great bass players I know can never play a fretless as well as they can a fretted bass. Of course, a little bit of vibrato goes a long way to cover up for light inaccuracies in pitch.

I'm going to pick up a Warwick Corvette Std fretless 5'er for a few of our tunes (power metal) early next year, strung with flats they have that amazing mwah (think Jaco with even more mids) tone that sounds amazing behind clean guitars. With roundwounds and a heavy right hand technique you can get a nice deep clank (think Steve DiGiorgio)