[quote="dsincjr":rpsiig8f]Hi Nic DB,
Thank you for your input. Why did you change from Z3 to SJ5? Did it have anything to do with going to fretless?[/quote:rpsiig8f]
Sort of, I figured out that the sound I was heading for on my AB was a Jacoesque finger tone, BUT I was also doing a lot of slapping in my other band. I figured that the Z3 would be more of the same in the AB genre so my gut started pushing me toward a fretless SJ to really nail the Jaco sound and keep the fretted AB for the slapping and thumbing. The ideal has really worked out well although I can see a fretted 4 string Z2 in my near future

As far as switching between fretted and fretless, after a few days it is seamless, its just like switching from one bass to another, once used to it your hands just seem to know what to do.
Hope this helps
N