Hellzero

Try Kalium strings, but be patient...

And 88 millimetres to a shortarse.

It could have been worst, I could have been a Mancunian liking gravy pea.

Am I doomed ? My bass has 6 strings and no frets, I like to play loads of notes, double stops and chords, I like to solo, I play very often on the dusty end and I am 182 cm tall. So I'm a bad bass player with the good height. 😎

Stop making such beautiful instruments, please. 😎 Or I'll end up ordering one...

Here is my 32 inches scale translucent blue Alembic Elan IV, but I won't keep it. I'm definitely a 34 inches scale (6 strings fretless) bass player. And it looks like a banjo on me. 🤣

Pitza, then !

Here, you have almost all available Ibanez catalogues from way back to the ... 1960's ! https://www.ibanez.com/usa/support/catalogs/

Stop boiling your fretboards !

Jame'son in the ja', of cou'se and it depends if there's a moon over bourbon street.

Looks like an original Fender strap, no ?

Excellent work, as usual. Makes me want to try one of these SimS pickups... 👌

Don't worry, the server is well protected against leaks.

You don't do the double bass fall trick anymore ?

That drummer, just what I like, and that snare drum placement, wow, I would love to play with him. Thanks for sharing this live @Quatschmacher !

Looping the loop, just in case :

And here something more recent. She's just so talented !

Yep, not the first time there's a thread about her in the bass community. She really enjoys playing and you can see that for sure.

Indeed @Graulges, that's why I have a tendency to prefer non sung tunes, because of the too often dumber than dumb lyrics.

Don't be afraid, just make the "Iron Man" thing for the fun, be yourself and everything will flow.

You can also have a 2 frets neck extension. No big hassle with a shorter than short scale. I've had a few neck made by Christophe LEDUC to some exact specifications with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and the cost was around 500 Euros. I think this is the higher end of the cost bracket and one of these necks was a replacement for an original 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong See-Through guitar (a bit shorter scale than yours and with 6 tuners holes, but also 24 stainless steel frets). I know some luthiers that could make it for half the price, but not with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. So between 250 and 500 Euros is a good guess.

Plunge deep, then !

The Rean should be good as they are a Neutrik (sub) brand.

Why not using an original angled Neutrik instead ?