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Lay them side by side and run your finger over them side to side, probably feel something better than seeing it

I think the concept of The Inevitable Teaspoons is not to have a concept... or a plan, or a clue

Don't feel bad, I'm on my third...

Quite a few people de-plate their JCs. Nothing wrong with that, looks good either way to my eyes. I guess because mine is the 20th Anniversary one, I kinda feel a little obligation to keep it stock. Is that silly?

Take comfort, @AndyTravis - I checked back and last year someone was out on the 2nd Jan...

Just counted them now - yup, all twelve fingers are still there. What?

Keeping my wedding ring on must be the reason I don't have hundreds of people wanting a piece of me at/after gigs. Surely got nothing to do with the bass, or my face...

I don't think the thickness of ring will make much difference - they all sit much and such in the same place so it'll either hit something or it won't and it appears to be entirely dependent upon one's technique.

It's (70s) Gibson, so who knows/probably/maybe/nae sure? My gut tells me they didn't get into factory fretlesses until the Ripper, and the EB was already in the twilight of its first run by then, but I could be wrong.

Mine doesn't bother me, it's nowhere near the pads of my fingers and I don't cradle the neck when I'm playing therefore it never touches anything except the finger it's on.

Hey, I've helped create some of that music. The unpop music, that is...

I do wonder how many people here moaning about how rubbish it all is would turn down the opportunity to appear in a playing capacity on the Hootenanny...

So quick, I hadn't even added your name to the list of participants! My bad - editing now. EDIT - ahh, you said you weren't playing at the start of the thread. Tough, I'm recording this anyway, seeing as you announced your departure

Saw it last time I was down there (start of December) so it's been hanging around for at least a month now. I didn't have a go of it because it's a shortie and I was in no position to buy it so would just be wasting their time. To be honest, while I think the slot headstock EBs are interesting and certainly pretty, they're a bit goofy in other respects - the 19 fret fingerboard makes my teeth itch a little and it's going to be mud city with the pickup jammed up at the neck heel. If was ever to get an EB, it'd have to be a later one ('73 onwards with three point bridge and pickup moved south a little) and preferably an EB4(L), just because the pickup is interesting (multi coil - one per pole piece). But would take an EB-0L. Bridge pickups be damned!

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/487539-2024-gear-abstinence-thread/?do=findComment&comment=5107738

Four coats of lacquer on. That'll do, it's not a piano. I'll let it cure for a bit before doing velcro tape.

In that case, I think a bow is gear, the hair isn't. That's my 2p, other opinions welcome (please do - I'm not the sole arbiter of this whole charade!)

Holy effing hell, I had a look at double bass bows and nearly fainted at the price of some of them! I bloody hope they're not consumables!

I'm gonna say that I think that falls under replacing something that's broken, and seems like a reasonable like for like replacement. I reckon you're still in. Careful with those pedal dalliances though!

I guess they wear out ergo are consumables. Can you get them replenished, or do you just get another one? I have no idea - never played bowed instruments. I've seen violin bows with hairs hanging out of them before...

Faulty how? What machine heads are you replacing and what are you replacing them with?

Is that you signing up with some fighting talk?

Not really, the pickup was moved back for every EB bass post 1971 until its discontinuation in 1979. The OP's one will be late '71 - early '73 due to the two point bridge - the dreaded, much maligned three pointer was introduced in 1973.

Oh, sorry, NE Scotland colloquialism/dialect. A "rake" means a "rummage" or "look around for something". "Can I borrow your compressor pedal?" "Ach, I'm nae sure far I pit it, I'll hae a rake and let you know"

Well, I managed to get off my butt and spray a couple of coats of clear lacquer on it today. Also ordered some low profile rubber feet. I contemplated going to have a rake at B&Q but found exactly what I was wanting (18mm diameter, 5mm high, screw in rubber feet) on eBay so I just pounced on them. Pics later when the lacquer's touch dry.