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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.

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No, our never system, including our brain, works by exchanging electric impulses.

Paranoid Revolution - Sentridoh (Lou Barlow)

So you bought a bass full of stickers, despite not liking it, just so you could complain about it on the internet? Sounds sensible.

This is amazing!

It would be relatively simple, uninstall the neck and hardware and electronics on/in the body, then screw the neck pocket to a piece of wood and hang it freely somewhere from there, then spray a couple of clear coats all over the body, let it dry and install the neck, hardware and electronics back on the bass. Not that you need it in this case, but might prove useful to know in the future.

*sigh* Very strange backwards perspective. So if labour doesn't have any value, but is just an expense, then why would a company want it? You think they are running a charity or something? The product/service workers are selling is their labour, and they can do that because it has value for the companies. If a companies products increase in value so does the value of the labour of those who actually produced it.

Which I quoted in my initial post, and the whole reason why we are even discussing this.

Yeah, but why is it that it is fair that the workers should pay for this alone?

Well, the thing is as the general prices rises, so does the value of your labour automatically, so you should get a raise. You don't get extra bread either just because the price has risen, same with the value of your labour. Why should labour not follow the general prices as the only product/service. The company you work for too charge more for their products/services, why should that not reflect the wages their workers get for actually providing these for the company? Doesn't seem fair to me.