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Indeed, and I've been looking for a project to justify a bit more regular bass practice 🙂

Raining Sound - Mike Keneally Band (with Bryan Beller laying it down, reggae fusion style)

New Pork Dolls

Dolly Farton

It's important enough to say it twice - do NOT use your truss rod as a means to control string height/action. That it has a small effect upon string height when you're adjusting at it is neither here nor there. It's there to control neck relief, to keep the neck straight (or with a very slight concave bow in it) to counteract the forces being placed on it by the strings.

Look. I started a whole thread in irrational prejudices... I just can't stop thinking of it as wall paper, you know? Anyway. It's fine. It probably looks great from the audience. Better than my custom Dingwall!

Polly Parton

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Willie Eilish Talking Herds Shitney Houston

Utterly pointless to try and grade art and artists. Just sit back and enjoy.

Me again, no real info to add unfortunately but if anyone's interested, I used mine in one of our band's music videos - gives an idea of the size of it at least! On Crash Sunday - Satellites

Many thanks for your views, Russ. Some food for thought. I have thought about one of the more premium SR's however I bought a 4 string one a few years back. I couldn't get on with it so moved it on. That's why I thought I might try a BTB

Another Holland tune, the beautiful 'Equality' from the 1996 Quartet album, 'Dream Of The Elders'. The tune features the moody vocals of Cassandra Wilson and the poetry of Maya Angelou. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/equality-vocal-version-dave-holland-quartet/

I sold Tom a bag, he was a pleasure to deal with all the way.

His playing on Jimmy Smith's Root Down live album is pretty damn great too. I would say for me Joseph 'Lucky' Scott from Curtis Mayfield's band and George Murray from Bowie's classic 70s era would just edge Wilton for two of my picks for greatest bassists of the 70s. That is if we're talking less well known, less acclaimed players of that decade. So, not the guys who would regularly top Bass Player magazine polls for best bassists - Geddy, Jaco, Anthony Jackson, John Paul Jones and the like.

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Guts n Roses

I spent the 80s, and 90s playing my XL2, and if it had 2 more strings, I still would be. This. Unless you're tying to do an aesthetically authentic tribute band for a group that you need to look like, eg KISS, Beatles, then no one in the audience will notice or care what you're playing providing it's not too out there, eg Bootsy star bass in the Beatles band.

Joel just sent me a case, all as he said it was, easy as you like. Thanks Joel

Hi, @W-1Pro - hope all good with you! It's been a long time Remember: - the truss rod is not there to change the action height. It's there to keep the neck straight. My strong advice is to loosen it back to where it was ASAP so it doesn't break something. When I get a moment tomorrow I'll post some simple instructions how to set the truss rod at the right tension - especially seeing that this is a sort of bolt-on-neck, almost certainly the neck needs a shim in the body side of the neck pocket. We are not talking anything of significant thickness...put in the right place, a thin shim can make a HUGE difference to action height

Doesn't Ca have a law in effect that unless property above $950 in value is stolen then the Police won't act on it? If it came from the dumpster then one could argue it was junk and of no value, even IF the Police were willing to do something. Which they won't be as they have far bigger issues on their plates. In the UK however, if the dumpster diver then made a FB post where someone's feelings were hurt... Remember what today's date is and what happened to Guido.