Baloney Balderdash

"The Rite of Spring Suite: Dances of the Young Girls" by the Danish band The Firebirds :

There isn't such a thing as the one ultimate right way to pluck. Personally I more so stroke the strings lightly, rather than really plucking or pulling the strings, in a slight inward slapping motion, with the outmost tip of my fingers/nails, but that is a not too common plucking technique. Some prefer to pick more aggressively, almost pulling the strings, and that works for them (though one thing to keep in mind that this way you will have less room for dynamics). I also utilize 1 and 3 finger plucking technique, classical guitar finger picking style technique, and flamenco guitar index and/or middle finger (sometimes ring finger too) flicking technique, as well a double thumbing technique, depending. My advice is to experiment to see which technique you personally feel most at home with and which gives you the tone you want, but also be open to incorporate less traditional picking techniques for a broader palette of expression. Also I advice you to learn floating thumb technique, instead of anchoring your thumb on top of the strings, in my opinion this will give you much more freedom, and make muting easier and more effective.

Buttar? Plays like buttar...

Buitar?

The Anal Staircase - Coil (opening track)

I never really got The Who either, but I did like Entwistle's playing, and I for one actually think it suited the songs (as far as I am concerned the only thing interesting about their otherwise pretty boring bland generic rock songs, but in my opinion despite that his playing didn't sound out of place or forced in any possible way).

An argument I had with him on Talk Bass got us both banned (or rather the same argument got him banned, not my contribution in specific to that argument, though I suppose maybe that doesn't really tell much, since they seem quite generous with the ban hammer on that forum).

Yes, why even bother living when it will only be a matter of time before they invent a robot that does it better than you?

Verdine White :

Very ironic title, yes.

That looks absolutely gorgeous! Love these basses, and I regret so much being stupid enough to sell my Jerry Jones Neptune Longhorn Bass (sort of a high end boutique clone of the Danelectro Longhorn Bass that is no longer being made).

There fixed it for you!

I never volunteered, where did you get that idea from? But if I did volunteer I definitely could write, compose and produce a much much better alternative. However I fail how to see how that even is relevant, and I don't get your point, simply not really a valid argument, cause even if I couldn't I can still tell shit from great. If I served a cooked shit to someone would the fact that they can't cook themself make them ineligible to tell me that I served them a cooked shit? Mind I am not saying your OP is shit, I actually do appreciate it, and actually find it both interesting and relevant considering the recent general progress of AI and current popular discussion in the media about its capabilities and short comings. I just think that the song that the AI created for you is shit, and I think AI in general got a long way to go when it comes to being creative and making worthwhile art that isn't just a badly executed cliché. And yes, it is fun idea and funny to listen to, however that doesn't make it any less of a shitty song.

I fear for the future of music too, that is if that really is the future. Absolutely horrible in every possible way. A mix of about 79% pure clichés and 21% pure cheese, complete with absolutely terrible mix and sound quality as well, where everything is mushed together. Toe cringingly bad.

https://www.geminipickups.co.uk/bass/mountain-lightning

I believe this to be true. 5 string basses has been bigger than they are currently, these days 4 string P Basses and 4 string short scale basses are all the fuzz. And it's been like that for quite some time by now. To OP, thought maybe there is a reason why so many is selling their 5 string basses currently, other than because of them being popular? I do believe though, while still very much being a quite a niche instrument, that 6 string basses perhaps are getting slightly more common. That said I personally quite recently converted from an 28.6" scale 4 string Ibanez Mikro Bass (regular standard 19mm string spacing) , tuned in A# standard tuning, as in 1 half step above the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, being my main instrument of choice, to an 28.6" scale 5 string Ibanez Mikro Bass (16.5mm string spacing), tuned in G standard tuning, that is 3 half steps above the upper 5 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning. And I don't see that likely to change anytime soon. For regular bass playing though, that is in regular E standard tuning, I still very much prefer 4 string basses though (regular 30" short scale, preferably).

The Commodore 64's

Fair enough, point taken. Makes me wonder if it could be the old original neck from his main bass that has been transplanted to this new body? (Edit!!!: Guess it is not, since it lacks the Fender decal on the headstock)

As they are all analog, non tube, pedals, it is unlikely that they will draw more than a couple of hundreds of mA, at most (well, guess the tuner is digital, but I am quite certain that won't even draw 100mA, so a couple of 100's of mA is still the likely summed up current draw).