Just started getting into this Trogly chap's channel. It's mostly guit*r, but he does the occasional bass thing, especially the MIJ oddities.
Check it out:
And, while where at it, here's his take on the Katana.
When I went fretless, I didn't think about it too much. I just picked it up and played it.*
*Important note: I'm not trying to cop Jaco parts or owt like that. Had that been the case, I suspect the transition would have been less successful.
Is that a generalisation based on a single bass?
I’ve played some pre-CBS dogs, and own(ed) some CBS beauties. There are dogs and diamonds in every era.
Always makes me smile when people tar 70s Fenders with one big crappy brush, as if something deeply disturbing happened at the Fender plant on the stroke of midnight on Dec 31, 1969. Still, I guess it helps keep the prices down a little 😄
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As per Leszek’s recommendation, I bought Electro Harmonix 12AX7’s from Watford Valves. Even though only one had failed, he told me swap them all out at the same time.