Doctor J

Or a fretted piano?

I'd design it in such a way that you could take it apart easily to make one 3-string and three 4-string basses out of it.

I'd go for string-tree functionality over adhering to aesthetic tradition any day. On the 54 style I built, there was never a doubt I would use a 3-string tree to have continuity over the break angle across all the strings. The only people who would notice are a moniority of bassists and they're the ones you wouldn't want to be stuck in a lift with 😉

The amount of basses not on a settee in this thread... puts the number of apostrophe police arrests to shame.

Do they have a red wire going to each pickup? If so, they're active. It's possible the preamp in the pickup took a shit and died, I've seen it enough times in EMGs. MECs tend to have a gold logo for active and silver logo for passive, or at least they used to. I suspect they're active ones in that bass, so you'll need a like for like replacement. The Warwick serial number decoder is usually very good at giving you the specifics of your instrument and Hans Peter is excellent for replying to questions.

Why not just buy something good and not upgrade anything?

I've a lot of time for Free Peace Sweet, excellent album which still holds up well. The first two were patchy, it must be said.

I wonder did Janek pay to licence the Gran Turismo image.

I'm the only person I know who still buys CDs. If you like having loads of CDs in the boot of your car, go for it. If not, spend the time and money in online promotion of your gigs and streaming links.

I believe it was 1966 when Jaco first recoiled in horror, pointing at his bass -four stringed, naturally - and shouted "BAD VIBES, MAAAAAAAN!" as he struggled with the emotion of tone-sucking shonkiness of his original, rare and future vintage, but not yet, Jazz bass. He tried to kill the crappy bridge with a butter knife, as legend has it, but slipped on a stray banana skin, missed, and inadvertently invented the first electric fretless bass and Jazz Fusion, all on a rainy Wednesday.

What else do you expect Mojo toneworms to survive on?

Randy R Nicklas II is poor shadow of the first and, many would say, greatest of the Randy R Nicklas' to grace the oul three stringer. David Pastorius, of course, only needed two strings.

Whine mildly on social media Against The Machine

Each hole is perfectly sized to attract and provide a habitat for wild Mojos.

Glitter Band - I'm the Leader of the Team Blondie - Ghosted on the Social Media Bee Gees - We All Win Again

You can see it's stamped Taiwan on the back of the headstock. I think 85 or 86 was the last year for Japanese ones.

AI Jaco only needed three strings, that's why.

Bananatrauma

Living In A Box... ehhh, alrady done

Haircut 100% APR

Depressed Mode

Hotel Rwanda

The (Evangelical) Christians Diversity Killed the Cat Killing Woke

Reverb has been fine for me. Have used it several times and never failed yet. Like ebay, amazon and others, it's just a means for you to engage with a mix of independent private and commercial sellers. I never had any trouble, studying feedback and past sales always pays off. To this day, the worst packed thing I ever bought was from here, the hardcase with a single strip of brown packing tape around it, bass inside, no other packaging material at all. I still love this place, though 🙂