Doctor J

Almost. Don't forget your Arias 😉

Surely a pro bass is any bass used by a pro? The player maketh the instrument, not the other way around, just as an Alembic or Fodera will not turn a fumblefingers into Johnny Talented.

Got a link?

Can you repost the link? I'm getting an "Oops, we couldn't find that track" message.

AC/DC - It's A Long Way Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Bon singing about life on the road, bagpipes and, mostly, Mal in the left speaker preaching the only gospel worth hearing. If you're not up for it after that, you're in the wrong job.

Actually, Dan Smith said they didn't have any QC at all in the early 80's.

This is true but, let's be honest, that's not a very high bar.

Well... it ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire, I suppose.

Read the whole thread.

He was referring to it being the other way, with the fretless part near the nut and the frets from the 12 fret onwards.

To a point, but nowhere near what it would be like with the fretless section at the nut. With the frets towards the dusty end of the neck, the fretless part would be mostly useless as there would effectively be a large step between where your finger holds the string down and the witness point of the bridge. The closer to the frets you would play, the higher the action would need to be to clear the fret. If you can't visualise it, try put a coin lying on your 12th fret and try hold the string down at the 7th fret and see if the string clears it 😉

The action would have to be insanely high for the strings not to make contact with the frets when you were playing fretless.

Flametop?

Cronos went fretless from the 12th fret on many of his basses in the 80's

That used to be not quite popular, but not totally unheard of in the late 80's/early 90's. I saw a couple of bands who had that fretted/fretless setup.

Toastocaster?

All the time. I started out with a country lick and am now waist deep in thick disco soup. I am trying to source a midi controller so I can add the synth wierdness this country lick simply needs 😁

The EHBs are fat on the treble side, they're more like a wedge shape, no?

Some gratuitous pics of the SB trying to show how they slimmed out the body 🙂

No, Peavey know how to make an amp. They were sold to Gibson and that's when it started to go south (surprise surprise). Peavey only own distribution rights in Northern America.

Imagine how busy the Fender Returns department would have been towards the end of the 70's 😂

If you're talking about the whispered, breathy sheeeite so in vogue these days, you're pointing the finger at the wrong doggie.

The hue of the side dots is due to the colour of the tinted finish and surely supposed to be like that? Both those necks have wood of the same colour, just one is sprayed with an orange tinted gloss to give it the... well... classic vibe you paid for. There's nothing there which would bother me but if you feel you must return it, go for it.