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Beginning to look like a Mike Dirnt, but with a more contoured body/ different scratchplate. Can't comment on pickups, mind.

I just don't think that recordings can do justice to every aspect of a performance (or even series of notes) at once. Irrespective of methodology, something gets lost, even without compression, EQ etc. in play. Maybe it's just the shorter signal path. Maybe it's the complication of ADC/transcription/DAC (assuming digital recording) then replay equipment.

Which is infinitely better than sledgehammering a carefully placed (land) mine..

^^^ I have a 5 string (Vigier) Passion... (I've never gigged it- Studio use only!)

Must've missed this one! 🤣 I'll probably never be good enough. I expect to continue improving, even after 30 years, but as bass playing is a leisure activity for me, I'm not going to force the pace of that progression. I find it much more worthwhile when I happen upon something (be it techinique, theory, technical) for myself than when I'm introduced to it by other means. I had lessons briefly, and really didn't like being just shown what to do, although I acknowledge that it probably has stopped me developing some bad habits. I then reflect upon all the things that my tutor didn't really cover that well/ at all that I've learned subsequently (mainly technique related), and find more value in them as a result.

Like trying to bake a cake with lead shot. It always ends up too low in the mix.

Proper flight case. Insure it to the hilt. Just because it's now virtuality indestructible, it's not so large that they can't lose it, nor inadvertently send it to the wrong hemisphere.

It wouldn't put me off. If an instrument feels/sounds good and can be set up to play well, that's (more or less) enough for me. I've owned basses with Phenolic, Maple, Rosewood, Ebony, Pau Ferro and Wenge 'boards. All I've discovered is that I don't seem to be that great a fan of Maple.

https://youtu.be/fNjcunc8U5s I think this sums up Stuart / Big Country rather well. Especially where they pick up again so smoothly.

Vino Palladino?

^^^ If I were retired, I'd be doing that, too. Alas that my work schedule is incompatible with any such activity (another reason that I hate gigging- and work, too) I've been working working for nearly 34 years, and retirement still seems an aeon away. Not wishing to be unduly grim, but Death in Service is looking quite likely. That or medical severance on ill health grounds (I'm fine at the moment!)

Virtually nothing. Not a great fan of Maple 'boards, nor of Gold Hardware. Neither are deal-breakers, though. Edit- I will walk away from poorly set-up instruments in shops if the retailer won't address the issue. I've walked away from a Burns Bison whose strings were all flat to the board at the right tension (!) and a Status Electro fretless that didn't have a 9v battery- shop said they didn't have a spare (!) I just put the basses down and walked out. That says more for the retailers than the instruments, though

Use them as a complimentary pair? And when playing live; Core tone from the bass DI >>>> the desk EQ the amp to compensate for "on stage" sound issues.

Why air freight them at all? Stick them (!) In a container and pop it on a cargo vessel.

When I did gig, it was without exception, late, far from home and I had a car full of gear. I just used to drive home ASAP.

IF I could even rearrange my life to accommodate being in a band, learn all the material and find the money to rehearse and travel to gigs, I'm sure I'd remember why I hate gigging. At the moment, the concept seems marvelous. The reality would be a tired, broke me standing at the back of a stage looking like Wednesday Addams.

Because: Warwick Tuner QC. I've had 1 fail and 3 plus the replacement are all on the way out. Once I have the money, time and inclination, I'll see if I can find some Hipshots or proper Schallers to replace them. I'd imagine the Schallers would be a straight drop-in. Not sure about the Hipshots. I'd rather not have a headstock like Swiss Cheese just because Warwick gave up on the quality of their tuners.

Only once. Turned out OK, but was the first to go when I needed the money. Everything else has been a known quantity- I'd played it or another of its kind.

That's better. Not sure what "comfortability" is. Maybe a portmanteau of comfort and ability? 🤣

Bleugh. 🤮 I don't like tort at the best of times, but binding and inlays? What possessed them? Hopefully this won't become a fashion or I'll have to give up playing altogether in order to avoid ever coming into contact with one.

Last I looked at the Strings and Things site, it looked like it was wholesale only 😔

I found this recently on JoinMyBand. Surely it's a joke? If not, run away!

I think this clarifies some of my instrument choices; I love a bass with a bridge pickup suitably close to the bridge. Suits my playing style and tonal preferences. Hence my owning an SB-2 Tribute as depicted.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record... (regarding capos) Beg, borrow or steal a capo. Get your lightest, best balanced bass. Give it to your daughter and see where she can reach. Place capo there and de-tune it such that its tuned EADG ("open" strings with the capo on) At least she can get a feel for the instrument that way. Definitely not a permanent solution, and it'll throw out any attempts at learning some theory aspects as the dots won't be in the right places etc. Might give you an insight into a comfortable scale length for her, too.

Stingray with roundwounds?