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Crimping was the solution for first moon flights, too. You can solder Al, but it is complicated because of oxidization et al. Still crimping is considered superior to other solutions.

Excellent and slightly different in a very good way. Me like! (and I love a dark neck with no dots)

If you know the notes of chords, you can walk. First you should learn two beat (two half notes per bar, I and V), and then four beat (quarters, play I I V III). Say you see a C7, you play C E G Bb (I III V VII upwards) or C Bb G E (I VII V III downwards). The next chord gives you the first note, and the position in the fretboard suggests the direction, up or down. Then you can modify the walk by octaves, triplets and other melodic, and rhythmic ideas. Do not forget two, and four beat here. Start with a slow version of Autumn leaves. Listen to it a couple of times. Find the chords and start playing. Make it slow, starting from two beat, and you'll amaze yourself.

I don't care about the clothing CBS offered in 1977, but there seems to be one of the first headless basses. How many were sold? (And the coat...)

Steve Rodby is one of those super annoying bassists that play only the right notes at the right time. Sarcasm aside, I'd love to be able to play that way, to make the instrument sing.

After seeing his work so far, it seems nothing is impossible for him. I would say: very custom!

I suppose you know a Quantum with a 34" scale is a 26 fret model and quite novel? I do not remember if there are models from the 80's that are Quantum AND 34"? During 90's everything in the Q SPi range was 35". (TBX may have been whatever, because as its name states: through body experimental, but I do not consider that they belong to the family of bolt-on Qs.)

Molded plugs usually have crimped or welded connections. I think crimping is the most popular way because it is fast, cheap, and reliable.

I've seen welded, but never soldered cables. Tinning copper makes it brittle, which can lead to scary end results.

Now that's a lovely present! Any bass is a journey of a lifetime. I see you have many songbooks made out of glass, the start is most likely pretty easy.

@TKenrick, like your approach. Want to add a small thing here: I like to play the song changes. When the song ends, I like to feel the change from tempo and scale to the next one.

I think unicorn rapcore is waiting to be found in the very near future. Snap, crackle and pop is already so last season.

@Rob MacKillop: that looks so easy and sounds good. Well done. You just have to do the same with basses, too. Middle section with a fretless?

Sorry, these sets were made with 440 Hz tuning! If want to do baroque tunings, too, there's need for a total of 4 basses! (Where is my coat?)

Using the D'Addario chart, and CGDA tuning instead of EADG, we get (here I use D = .060 ProSteel RW long scale string as a reference): A .040 @ 42.6 lbs. D .060 @ 45.2 lbs. G .090 @ 43.5 lbs. C .145 @ 41.9 lbs. G .040 @ 37.6 lbs. (or .045 @ 45.7 lbs.) D .060 @ 45.2 lbs. A .080 @ 43.7 lbs. E .105 @ 41.5 lbs. (or .110 @ 46.0 lbs.) There you go. By the way: Now you need two new basses that you assign to 5ths tuning. Do not forget the fretless.

Many fibres are more than functional with resin: wood, glass, carbon... even paper (phenolic resin fretboards).

https://www.daddario.com/globalassets/pdfs/accessories/tension_chart_13934.pdf

If you want to try anything on top of a clean bass, use a X-over and push the higher frequencies with some dirt pedal(s).

You can try ozone. The units are pretty cheap especially 2nd hand. Find a closet that is not in your apartment, and ozonize the case for few hours. After vacuuming, of course. If you can get a cardboard or plastic box that is slightly bigger than the case, the treatment is more efficient. Repeat once or twice.

Yes, (No) this is a special construction where the neck extends to the bridge (which is NOT attached to the body, thank you for the correction). This isn't a neck through body, nor a bolt on neck as we usually understand it.

What has the body shape to do with the definition, if the pickup and its placement is the thing soundwise? Would an Adam Clayton gilt Warwick not be a P, because of the shape? (OK, the pickup is reversed, but still?)

AI "music" is very clean down to perfection. There's no "fear" in the music anymore and it becomes muzak. If I could contaminate the material, I most probably would do it.

A friend of mine has a 300 W Dynacord combo that I have tried to buy from him many, many times during the years. Excellent sound, a true workhorse. Has been in use since 90's!

I would like to ask, whether it is the bass or the pickup? There seems to be lots of discussion about particular basses, although many of them share similar pickups (even in the same positions). This discussion is about the bass, although this could be about the pickup with basic hi-Z electronics (VT). Otherwise we may have to talk about the bass body, and neck specs, do we?