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Pink Floyd "High Hopes" by David Glimour, from the album "The Division Bell" : This tells the tragic story of Roger Waters who kicked himself from the band in fit of megalomania, by which he was slowly consumed entirely.

And by the way, I got a 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass as well, also 28.6" scale length, which I have strung with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings as well, of the gauges .080 - .062 - .046 - .036 - .026, and tuned to G standard tuning, that is the 3 half steps above the upper 5 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning. Never really played it much, cause I didn't like the tone that the 2 stock J pickups gave me, trying to wire them both in series, directly to the output jack socket, to remedy it, which did help some, but still it didn't quite sound right. That is until I discovered that the neck pickup was faulty, having a really weak magnetic field at the lower strings part, which messed with the tone. So I disconnected the neck pickup, and instead wired the bridge pickup directly to the output jack socket, and now the bass actually sounds pretty awesome, really resonant and clear, with exceptional sustain. And it's a quite growly beast, whereas my 4 strung Mikro is more of a snappy beast. Though I do plan to swap that stock bridge J pickup for a Gemini Pickups Mountain Lightning J bridge pickup at some point : https://www.geminipickups.co.uk/bass/jazz-bass/mountain-lightning It also had perfectly leveled frets right from factory. Here it is, Poplar body, Maple neck, with a Jatoba fretboard (this is an old picture, the fretboard has turned less red, to a darker and more brown hue since, as Jatoba tends to do over time), named "Mr. Growley - The Noodlemancer" :

Whatever they might identify as they are named Hagar and got boobs. I am not sure why that is a problem though, or what that has to do with the 70's for that matter.

So I got a 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass that I haven't played much, but I just picked it up and discovered that it is actually a great instrument that I want to play more (I have it tuned to G standard tuning, as in 3 half steps higher than the 5 upper strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, as the scale length is just 28.6", and I actually enjoy this tuning, lending itself more to melodic play and chord work). The frets were perfectly leveled right from factory, despite this being a cheap budget instrument, and I can get as low action as I prefer without any fret buzz whatsoever (and could easily go lower if I wanted without any issues), even with a really minimal neck relief. However the fret ends are slightly protruding from the sides of the neck/fret board, I guess what you call sharp fret ends/edges, causing it to be a bit unpleasant to move the fretting hand up and down the neck, unless careful. So question is now, how would I go about fixing this (filing/sanding whatever is the best approach), without ruining neither the frets, fretboard or neck? And what tools would I need to do this properly?

2, unless it is time to clean the freboard, then 1.

Well the B3, B1on and B1Xon, and the Multi Stomps that utilizes the same generation of Zoom effect models, as far as I am concerned are superior in just about every way to the newer generation B3n, B1 Four and B1X Four. I do agree though that in the 90's the Zoom multi effects were garbage, far behind similar Boss and Line 6 offerings.

Are you suggesting that OP simply should paint their cab and be done with it, or what are you on about here? Also that doesn't mean that everything sounds the same, or equally good, that personal preferences and taste isn't a thing, or that everyone (or anyone for that matter) listen purely with their eyes!

Letterbox - They Might Be Giants

They are not though, the P pickup is a pretty exact copy of the original P pickup in Bobby Vega's 1960 P Bass, with some modern improvements, such as being internally shielded, and who knows what the split humbucking J pickup in the Geezer P/J set is based on.' Regardless though they do sound amazing.

I can't speak of J pickups, but I know for a fact that there is quite a difference in character between a Fender 60's era P pickup and a 70's era P pickup. That said, as someone else suggested, I can warmly recommend the EMG Geezer Butler P/J pickup set. The P is modeled after an original Fender 1960 P pickup, and it sounds no short of amazing. Also the pickups are shielded internally and feature shielded wiring as well, that is the ground running as a braided shield all along the insulated hot wire, so even installed in a bass that otherwise hasn't been properly shielded the pickups will be dead quiet. And the solder free connections makes this set very easy and fast to install as well.

The Rip - Portishead

That looks gorgeous. I'd probably had it tuned to C standard tuning, and used it as a tenor baritone guitar.

We Hate Everyone - Type O Negative Too late, so: French Tickler - Sonic Youth

I prefer the body shape of these to the real deal, I even quite like it. I do however agree with the people who pointed out that 42mm nut width is too wide, and that the headstock looks weird, ugly even. I would have preferred a 38mm nut and a 2+2 headstock. I know the real Stingrays got 3+1 headstocks, but even though I never liked that configuration either they at least do look better. Also I fail to see the point with copying that detail. Sure the idea is to have a Stingray sounding budget bass alternative on the market, rather than a fake Stingray lookalike, cause if the latter is the case then they failed miserably on other points.

Work Hard / Play Hard - Palace Music (Will Oldham)

My main instrument of choice, a lowly, but very much beloved, Ibanez Mikro Bass : Though admittedly with the stock pickups, which I wasn't exactly a big fan of, pulled out and replaced with an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup, which took the bass from decent to amazing sounding (had a DiMarzio Model P pickup installed at some point too, but while that actually also sounded pretty amazing, I just personally prefer the more open, less compressed, tone of the Geezer, and I think it compliments the natural inherent sound of the bass better). The neck is extremely stable, and had as good as perfect fretwork from factory, with no fret buzz whatsoever, even with low action and minimal neck relief. Also I do ponder installing the J pickup, from the EMG Geezer P/J set that the P pickup is from, to a separate jack output socket, utilizing one of the redundant pot holes, as the current P pickup is wired directly to the output jack socket, as well as I also ponder on installing mono rail bridge pieces, milled from solid brass, and doing so reducing the string spacing from the current standard 19mm to 17mm too.

Yes, use the DI Out, as you suggest yourself to connect the amp to your audio interface. This!: Obviously you won't get the coloration of your cab on the recordings this way, but that is what amp simulation/IR loader VST effects are for.

What a great interview. Chris Wood is one of my absolute favorite bass players.

Indeed 60's Fender P pickups are hotter and more mid focused than the 70's ones. But I haven't got any idea either if this goes for the J pickups as well. However I am quite certain that the respective pickups doesn't necessarily sound better in the corresponding basses. It's very much a matter of the specific individual instruments and personal preferences.

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Yeah, don't have the speaker disconnected while the amp is turned on, the output transformer won't like it, and you could potentially risk ruining the amp.

I quite like how they look, and I am a big fan of typical bartione guitar scale length basses too. If I had the money I wouldn't mind the 28" scale fretless one. Quite reasonable priced too. Edit!: Reading up on the experience some people have had with this builder, I think I'd pass, even if I had the money. What an absolute mess.

Gigantic - Pixies