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Defo man. I’ve even taken your advise with the yoga mat!

Yea they were the industry standard through the 70' to 90's but I'm not sure how many people are putting a boss pedal in their top 5's these days. They spawned a whole cottage industry of modders and their short comings were as responsible for industry standards of boutique pedal world as their size and controls.

Almost had a Basil Fawlty type moment, though just about spared beating my Jazz Bass... I play on headphones 100% time at home, and pretty much only use the Jazz to record these days. Been making a tune for the Sept composition comp and though I'd try my Jazz as I've not recorded with it since last year. But on one quiet section where I hold a note, the note fades and the hums steps up. Some Lindy Fralin dual coil would sort it, but then so would selling the bass, I just don't use it enough. Might try the branch beating first though, I quite like the bass.... This isn't a post about shielding, grounding, or getting rid of the hum, it's exacerbated by where I play...this post is just that I've had enough really - anyone else been there?

You’re better off getting a standard short scale bass because then you’ll have a better choice of strings etc. I’d say Squier Bronco is the way to go. I love mine.

Traveler Guitar TB-4P Bass SBT B-Stock – Thomann UK https://www.thomann.co.uk/traveler_guitar_tb_4p_bass_sbt_b_stock.htm I standby these, I think they're excellent.

This is good advice. I kept a short scale bass at work to noodle on a lunchtime, but I found that when I picked up my "regular" bass, it took a bit of acclimatisation. A "cricket bat" bass may be the way forward.

That's looking good. I imagine you will have a lot of fun tweaking things like the knobs (as mentioned) and the control cavity cover. I had a chuckle to myself when I saw how the G string obscures the view of your "deliberate" mistake of leaving out the line in the note's tail. Did I see you had managed to fix it in an earlier image? Why not make a feature of the rotted part? Maybe a bit of faux gold filler to make it stand out. Transparent coloured fillers can look good too. Wire brush the rotten fragment out to leave an interesting texture and wah-hay!

Oh, it has many fans! Me included 😅

I am really happy with my Ibanez Mikro Basses. And the GSRM20B model in Weathered Black finish even look pretty damn amazing: 28.6" scale length, and fits perfectly in a regular guitar gig bag. Current production models features an Okoume body, Maple neck and Purpleheart fretboard. Swap the stock pickups out with a P/J pair of EMG Geezer Butler or DiMarzio Model P/Model J, according to preferences and taste, and you are golden.

Multiple Wows!! Looks great, but I agree you need to swap the control knobs. Black and grey to match the headstock?

The Squier Mini Precision is very nice and fits in any standard strat/tele gigbag.

Left it for a few days, then did a proper flatten and polish - 1500 > 2000 > 2500 grit wet sanding followed by Meguiars Ultimate Compound for the final polish. First time using Meguiars and wow, I'm sold. The compound plus a microfibre cloth and job's a good 'un! Not quite the "sheet of glass", but for a first go by an absolute beginner amateur who has never done anything like this before in his life, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. It looks... intentional? Looks better than this IRL. The camera does lie! So, as you can gather, it's all back together again. Gave the fretboard a drink of lemon oil which it greedily accepted. I can happily proclaim the outcome of my first ever full fret level and crowning to be a success - no high frets, no buzzes, very happy with that! It's playing pretty damn well, took a setup like a champ. Truss rod on this super cheap neck is working great - obviously it was pretty slack from when I was doing the fret level, so when I put a fresh set of D'addario XLs on it it bent like a banana. No matter, a full turn on the truss rod and it was back to straight - actually too straight for my liking so I loosened it about an 1/8 of a turn and then there was a sliver of relief - just how I like it. Nut height feels OK to me - I'm no expert but I'm whizzing around the low frets no bother so I guess it's good. There are only some minor things to sort out now. The rotten bit at the bottom/back of the body. I'm not wedded to these amber speed knobs. I get quite a bit of touch buzz off the pole pieces of the Warman pickup and because it's fully epoxy potted, there's no way to earth them from the back, so unless I've done something wrong in the wiring, I'll have to do the old "lacquer/nail varnish on the pole pieces" trick. And because some of you care about these things, it weighs 3.7kg/8.15lbs on the bathroom scales. It's not a heavy bass by any means, but it has enough heft to keep me happy.

I think they could Lozz, I only use labella myself, I’d say maybe look at the 760FL or if you want a lighter gauge the 760FX, they really aren’t dull and thumpy like some say, there’s lots of mids and brightness to them, i roll mine back for what I play but imo they do the full range , pretty sure Sean Hurley uses the 760FL