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I still have the JD Thumb, which did get an outing about three years ago. Favourite bass that I use would be my Sei Original 5-string fretless.

I'm not sure why I don't like it but it's probably to do with the straight lines going all over the place and one straight line along the bottom of the top horn going askew where it crosses the neck. Status basses have a fair few straight lines but I find them attractive, probably due to the curvey bits giving relief from the straight lines, and the bottom of the top horn flowing back rather than angling down. I'd be interested to see one without that hideous scratchplate on it.

I've played "Dance the night away" on it. Is that close enough?

Just a minor point - everything after that first "?" is superfluous, although it does tell me what you had for breakfast.

The body would be a lot more attractive without all those drawing pins in it.

Well, it wouldn't be a Fender, and it would have five strings, and it would be natural, or maybe one of @skelf's acrylic impregnated tops, preferably with a nice bit of figuring. I have a lovely Antoniotsai with (IIRC) sycamore facing. The dragon is a bonus.

I got Mrs Zero singing at open mics, with me playing guitar. We haven't done any for some time now but we want to start again. I started out as a guitarist around 50 years ago and use still guitar to write songs.

My name is Mike and I have been tort and burst Precision free for 34 years and two months, ever since I discovered Warwick.

If I used only the guidance on Basschat to inform my buying decisions, I would be playing a 4-string Precision with flatwounds through some valve monstrosity (no effects) into an Ampeg fridge. I'm rather glad I'm independently minded. As regards listening comparisons, I recommend looking for reviews of hi-fi speaker cables and experiments in double-blind listening tests. Even more revealing, look for reviews of digital interconnect cables (USB and HDMI), for example https://www.whathifi.com/vertere/pulse-d-fi/review

Just needs a knob plate on it to give the full post-repair BoD look.

I think it's fugly too. FWIW, the OP did instruct us to look at the instrument (see topic heading) so if I've got to look at it, I think I should be able to express an opinion on it too.

Shouldn't it only require two zero crossings, which could be anything between half a cycle and very very nearly a full cycle?

Yes, it would have cost around £300 for a 5-string though because you can't get the dead cheap AliExpress headless kits in 5-string. Could have done five singles though. Warwick and (IIRC) Kramer both took a similar approach to headless, so it sort of works.

As you've got a UK adaptor, presumably you're using an extension that has a Norwegian plug (beautiful plumage) and a UK socket in order to get the power in in the first place. Is it possible that it's that that is dodgy?

I built a Bluetooth page turner with an ESP32. This is the source: ESP32_page_turner.ino

A handmade headless 6-string, made by the seller, who'd made it for his own purposes but had no further need of it. I didn't ask if he made basses to order though.

Alternatively, chop the headstock off. No problem with dead spots on my headless basses. Headstocks - just say no.

I can't remember how my parents acquired a wind-up gramophone and some 78s, but they did. Among the records was one by a duo called "Flotsam and Jetsam", with a song called "Little Betty Bouncer": A similar theme was explored many years later by Dr Hook, in "Roland the Roadie loves Gertrude the Groupie".

Hermes have got better here. DPD have also improved since my horrendous experience with them a few years ago, when it seemed they'd lost a Warwick Thumb 5. My local Parcelfarce delivery man ("we can lose an elephant and break an anvil") is good - a guitar rack arrived yesterday in an inner box packed in an outer box, which was damaged (not the inner box though), and he took a photo of it in case I needed to make a claim. I've used UPS in the past without problems, and they do good insurance cover. It appears they may have deteriorated since then.

And in the 1950s we had the Ying Tong Song (number 3 in the charts in 1956).

I've played at the Boat Club with a ceilidh band. We also played the Ricoh stadium (well, a suite at the Ricoh stadium). I'd have loved to play at the Railway, Curzon Street (Birmingham), flattened some years ago.

Dave bought a Barefaced One10 from me. Good communications, we sorted out a mutually convenient meeting place, and had a pleasant natter when we met up as well as doing the deal.

The covers band I was gigging with is on hold due to health issues - I did vote for that although at the moment I'm mostly recording with an originals band, but I'm also looking for a gigging band (which the originals band isn't at the moment). I also record solo work at home.

Fortunately, they can also be found on Youtube so no need to sign up to Instagram.

Preferably while the guitarist is in it.