Getting in to fret(less?) bass
What’s up I’ve been playing guitar for almost 20 years. I notice my timing isn’t on par with my left hand and I already enjoy playing heavy lower register riffs on my 7 string (things like strip the soul, arriving somewhere but not here, blackest eyes etc). I’ve been wanting to try something new and I figured trying to learn bass is enough of a different instrument but some of my techniques and knowledge will transfer. I am debating between going fretless for my first bass, I’ve defretted a old acoustic and I love the sound / feel, I don’t think I’m doing too bad for having no practice but I am constantly worried I’m out of tune and my finger placement is off. Before I spend a bunch of money on a new instrument and then find out I don’t enjoy second guessing every note, especially in quick tight riffs like Sw/Pt, I was wondering if there’s anybody whose made this specific switch or people who switched to fretless and experience the same paranoia or if if it gets better at a steady rate? I can tell when I’m OFF but I’m not sure about like slight microtones…
TLDR:
I’ve played guitar for 20 years and want to learn a new instrument. Is fretless bass a huge jump and does the paranoia around playing in “perfect” tune get better?
(The fully empty fretboards are soooo clean guys idk anymore)