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My preference on an unlined board is dots at fret positions 3, 5, etc. I have three two unlined fretlesses like that and one lined fretless that I had the in-between dots removed and markers put in at the fret positions instead. Added: I also have one unlined fretless with little position markers at the fret positions and dots where they'd be on a fretted bass. I prefer it without the little markers and with the dots on fret positions 3, 5, etc.

No, a search on Atrics on the forum generally shows mentions of them being on Ebay from around 2005 and also being branded H&S.

I'd got a song that I've got a couple of verses and a chorus for, and I input it to ChatGPT and asked for another verse or two. It gave me a couple of verses and a chorus which were somewhat banale and I certainly wouldn't use verbatim, but may have stimulated me into finishing it. Sometime.

If the "carpet" on the base does pull away, here's what I used to replace it: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334573958726

I've got two of those. I've just had to remove the "carpeting" on the big one (and the rubber lining under it) and replace it with a sheet of loop material. The small one is about to get some pedals put into it, the whole layout is going to be dry-run before putting it into place when the patch cables arrive.

Paranoid: "SOS you hear these words, telling you now of my fate". Actual: "And so as you hear these words..." I discovered the truth a year or so ago, so it lasted even longer than "dark star chasm" in Another Brick in the Wall.

I had an Atrics double neck some time ago. I had a feeling they were Chinese rather than Korean. @Burns-bass had one up for sale recently, and I remember there was a thread about another bass but it was misspelt "Artics" so you could search for that.

McDonalds customer service is very variable. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-66933961

The bukkake song?

Damage or a reflection?

It took a year for my previous band to notice.

Slab bodied set neck Thumb copy. I think there's some good basses coming out of China but it's very much pot luck.

Try switching the cabs off. They seem to absorb an awful lot of effect - using the 70s chorus, it was completely inaudible with a couple of Ampeg cabs in but became nicely audible when I switched the cabs off.

There's a couple on Ebay. One fewer now.

If you really want lightweight, there's the GR Bass AT500 Cube or AT800 Cube, under 10kg for a 500W combo which in the case of the AT800 can have a further 8 ohm cab added for the full 800W.

No Facebook activity since 2021 and the website doesn't exist. Doesn't look promising.

I've got an MS-50G, two MS-60Bs, and an MS-70CDR. Would have had the MS-100BT (I think it was) if Zoom had had the sense to create an Android app for it, instead of restricting it to iOS. I'm looking at making a mini pedalboard with a Line 6 G50, TC Spectracomp, Vong-Filterung HPF/LPF, MS-60B, and MS-70CDR, plus an up/down patch switch for the MS-60B.

Haven't had a Crafter bass but I do have a Crafter acoustic - excellent guitar, quality well above its price point.

Thinking about it, I wonder how many viola and violin players have it in for my former bandmate who plays a 5-string electric viola.

My apologies for my part in that.

No they couldn't, unless you want to be particularly perverse about interpretation. Are you sure it's not you being argumentative for argument's sake? Welcome to my very short ignore list.

I'm not attempting to change you from your appointed course, I just don't want other people who might be tempted to try 5-strings and find that they benefit from using them to be put off from doing so in the first place.

Still, addressing your other point - it's not compulsory to use the B string all the time, and the top 4 strings of a 5-string tuned B upwards are in the same places as the four strings of a 4-string, so the width is only of consequence when playing the B. So that also addresses the fretboard issue.

You do know that it's possible to address just one point within a post, don't you?

Did you know that you're allowed to move around the fretboard on a 5 as much as on a 4, if you so desire? But with a 4 you're restricted to that, while with a 5 you can do either (which is much more fun than being restricted to moving up and down).