BassTractor

Fantastic post for an LLM. They've really upped their game! 😉

Yeah, very sneaky, and a normal, trusting human can easily be tricked. Me, I'm not normal but still normally trusting. However, my hate for confidence tricksters is such that I actively track new accounts' activities - if and when I have the time.

@SumOne, the post you quoted was highly likely to be from an account made for spamming or scamming. Inane, LLM-written content in necro-threads is one of the methods for making accounts "clean" before the spamming/scamming starts - - either immediately or after some months of hiatus - - the hiatus too adding to the "cleanness". Another forum was virtually "taken over" by these bots/people, so I think it's best to be vigilant about these (but do not know at all whether it helps). BTW, I reported that post, and now see that that account's posts have been deleted. Thanks, mods! best, bert

My bad. Sorry.

Someone has to say it, Daryl: your husband looks very ugly compared to you. 😉 Edit: Oh! I see you've removed the pic. That renders my post defunct.

Aye, and I think you described it well already. Taking "talent" to mean "ability", in the midst of many factors, to me it seems like one of the lesser ones. I've said it before, but I got some upmarket gigs not because of my abilities but because I was deemed "available and dependable".

Indeed. I have the 10-track "J.O.N.5" edition in my collection: 😉

Number of strings, or frets for that matter, doesn't influence me. I always stink:

That's the problem with unclear language. Yes, they are in "use", but remain untouched. They're so-called "sympathetic" strings. I'm sure Wikipedia has an article about these.

... but someone still decided to Photoshop that original photo, probably trying to convince people that Jaco also has been seen playing a 4-string Fender: 😄

Very first thought: Mick Karn - Bestial Cluster

I think there's only one reasonable explanation: Bailerlove9 named the cat Curiosity, and then Curiosity killed the owner this time. (Other than that, many unreasonable explanations exist, like a busy life as you say, or the account was made for future spamming/scamming. I go with busy life.)

Neighbours' cats are called Limp and Bizkit. No resonance though, or music-related theme. 😉

Both my Ps were '50s ones, built roughly 15 years ago. I hear today's CVs might be of slightly lower quality, but I myself am not knowledgeable on the subject, and others can probably help a lot better.

+1 My Squier Classic Vibes (two Ps and two Js) have consistently impressed bass players more than my EBMM StingRays and Bongos (San Luis Obispo ones) have. That of course was also related to their price point.