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Am I invisible or something? You could make it a little less obvious that no-one reads my posts

Tune to the lowest tuning you need for that song and just learn it in that tuning?

Has he confused the words "educate" and "berate" maybe?

Or: it's a collusion between bass manufacturers and opticians/glasses manufacturers to drive up the sale of spectacles.

Indeed they have. It's those blocks, damn their eyes!

Oh dear. Sounds like someone who is trying to be funny, but doesn't really know how to do it properly or where the lines/social norms are. I could make a joke like that to a good friend, but definitely not to a prospective customer. Also, maybe you should buy a proper... ahh, nearly had you going there

OK, I'll bite (and prepare myself to be schooled). I thought the whole point of a 5 string was to avoid having to use bodges like a detuner/bass xtender. I thought the whole point of being a famous player was to be in a position to own multiples of the same bass tuned to different tunings and a roadie/tech on hand to swap them for you.

It really bothers some folk, doesn't it? I haven't noticed it very often. In my experience a wide and grippy strap (ie. one which isn't as slippery as Lord Lucan) will sort out most ills of this type.

Came into this thread expecting to see the solution is "don't buy a Gibson"

Of course they exist - you don't make any mention of budget or anything so for non Precision, single pickup, passive, available new basses: Epiphone Jack Casady G&L Kiloton (Tribute version also available) G&L CLF L-1000 You also don't mention scale, so shorties include Fender Mustang G&L Fallout (Tribute version also available) Guild Starfire I Gibson Les Paul JR DC which you already mentioned. There are bound to be countless others.

You know there's not a prize at the end of this, right?

I'm considering swapping out the pickup in my G&L Tribute LB-100 because the stock sound isn't exciting me, I want more. I was going to keep it in the family and put a G&L MFD split P in there but I've become aware of the DiMarzio Relentless pickup (https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/standard-bass/relentless-middle). I like the idea of the shaping like a ramp/rounding off corners and in theory it's the highly regarded Model P but with a bit more poke in the lows and mids so should have the requirement for a more exciting sound covered. Has anyone got any experience with this pickup that they'd like to share with me? I had a search but couldn't find anything beyond passing mentions of it.

Heh. I love the aesthetics of these small bodied, long necked beasties. The later "oversized" variants made a little sick in my mouth. I never found my Epiphone to be ergonomically challenging either.

The Les Paul Triumph is the bass partner of the Les Paul Recording guitar. The name "Recording" was only applied to the guitar. https://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/gibson/catalogues/1971_low_impedence_index.php

So the Gibson equivalent of this, yeah?

I'm intrigued but you're going to have to be more specific than that, as a 15+ year old Gibson Les Paul bass could be... Les Paul bass (original, short scale) Les Paul Triumph (short scale) Les Paul (small body, regular scale) Les Paul Double Cut/Money (regular scale) Les Paul Oversized (regular scale) I'm not going to count the Les Paul Signature (the one the Epiphone Jack Casady evolved from). You say 15 years ago so I think that predates the ES Les Paul (hollow body, short scale) and obviously predates the Les Paul Junior Tribute (short scale) Not at all like Gibson to be fuzzy and unfocused when it comes to nomenclature, eh? FWIW, I kind of miss my LP Double Cut, but not as much as I miss my 1978 G-3.

Argyle overload!

Yes, but how many sock players are there?

If you're asking, then no, it's not worth it

Call that creative? Not even trying

Out of all the companies in the world making basses, Gibson probably give the least number of Fs what you wish for Just join the queue - people want a single pickup Thunderbird, an EB-2 (or even for Epiphone to reissue a Rivoli), or for them to return to their wacky days of the 70s/80s without sending out abortive half arsed attempts at it (like the Grabber 3 70's Tribute, the Moogless RD they did, the "posh" Grabber 2 that missed the whole point of the Grabber (that it was a quality, but inexpensive instrument).

A fair point. But even that refinement of parameters which I outlined has curbed my bass wanderlust significantly.

I'd say no. Nothing's perfect. All I've managed to do in around 15 years of playing is narrow down my parameters to 4 string only (the time to learn and get used to 5 string has come and gone) No skinny necks No Jazz basses No short scales Prefer humbucker over single coil Prefer passive over active Not upset if there's no bridge pickup (never use the thing anyway) That allows me to separate out wheat from chaff, but still gives me plenty to go "ooh" at. I kind of hope that I don't find a "perfect" bass, I quite enjoy shopping around and trying new stuff out even within the parameters specified.

It's a combination of the wee body and the bridge being set relatively far in from the edge of the body to give that extra reach to the first fret.

I think it depends upon what it is. Some things like links, prices, availability of things will be woefully out of date or long gone but resurrecting a thread dealing with hard facts or principles I don't have an issue with. The resurrection of a long dormant wanted post with someone having the thing the person wanted leading to a deal is a beautiful thing. I've been known to utter a "holy thread resurrection, Batman" in the past, but I don't mean any malice in it - I am genuinely surprised at the elapsed time. I usually follow it up with a tempering of expectations for the thread resurrector where appropriate.