I also have the book on a USB stick, however copyright rules prevent me from sending that to people who might want to copy it to one of their devices before returning it 😉 😉
God No!!
I've seen several Mr Pratt interviews...the content has virtually been the same..."tell us when you tried to smash up a Status live on stage" and "what was it like being in Pink Floyd" (even though nobody other than bass players know who he is).
I can't watch another of his videos.
I didn't get on with fretless for many years but TBH I didn't persevere.
I bought a Yamaha TRB 5iif which was fantastic but traded it for the fretted version.
Now I have "another " fretted bass.
I miss my fretless.
What do you gain? A better ear - with a fretted bass you take being in tune for granted as the frets do the work. With a fretless you have to listen more to what you are actually playing because it's easy to be out of tune.
Even if you never play a fretless in a band situation it's a nice technique to try to develop. Buy wisely and you may not lose any money on selling.
Though the shop closed just before Xmas they still have an online presence. I bought some pickups from them (at a very good price) recently.
Good service too - notified me the day the pickups were being sent out.
GLWTS
I saw this earlier. I'm not sure if this is a good BIN price though.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255912845007?hash=item3b95981ecf:g:BcMAAOSwSE1jtt2E&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoP%2BOoP9jgV7levd%2BIO6ayjOrFFaskNc1GsW6Scsr6fmuiFrxi4KXyjsZYaSe9l8sn8zNtWHhf36bUicwHp1%2B4j8PlG08aWfOR5gjhBJbR5apbFWR6YPgIGSaVtcKzsyUcxzvBJuQgjgf2kIQV5vcYJeIbVMwXhcXI1W%2F8sK4sl%2BCSd0NpKsErkj5PFYYxYyDzBMx5mvyKX28I3KKQyebFn4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9aG153IYQ
Is he available for this years SE Bash usually at Jubilee High School, Surrey, School Lane, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 1TE.
Date yet to be booked but I'm sure Colin ( @Hamster) will be booking the venue in the not too distant..