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Check evilBay, there are plenty of these, but avoid inkjet repro decals as they are thicker.

A "Flea kit" is a second hand reliced shell pink jazz bass body and a rosewood fingerboard maple jazz bass neck. 😉

Nothing, so with all the money I've not spent, we would have our house in Tuscany by now.

If you have a lot of money to spend : Alembic...

A Badass II is 2-1/2" by 3-1/4".

Really great looking. 👌 Congratulations !

The neck is indeed round à la Warwick, but not as fat.

Did you meet an Amazon @binky_bass ?

It's not more ugly than a Fender, but it's way more ergonomic and versatile. Try one and you'll understand. 😉

An El Maya Pee-Bass that I sold when I finished my studies : man, I drank all the money, what a happy end for such a sh*tty instrument. And then I started to work and was able to buy a ... bass.

Gear Slot would have made the link. 😎 Don't worry, I wear my coat all day...

A Remark You Made is also my favourite track by Jaco and a delight to play indeed.

He's number 3. Who is number 6 ?

FuseBlower !

Good news anyway, but ask DiMarzio to refund the 30 Euros. 😉

Push on Steve !

That red stain looks really hypnotic. Waiting for the final photos too.

Was about to ask the same question...

Very nice indeed. 👌

I know Jaco by heart, but I hate the worshipping around him, like any other worshipping that is always a kind of bigotry blinding the worshipper himself. We all have influences, that's a form of heritage that we accept. Jaco is the main influence of a lot of bassists, but they don't become bigots because of that, ... well some have. Hatzi, as he's nicknamed, has never been afraid to say that Jaco has been his main influence over a long period, but he integrated this influence in his composing, just like his Greek roots as well as Pygmies (the Aka tribe) music or Indian music and classical music too. The result being his band called Aka Moon. Of course, you'll see lots of videos of him playing Jaco as it's what people retained, but better listen to Aka Moon to hear what they did and if you check recent stuff, you'll notice that he's now playing a fretted bass... He had a tribute band for a one-off in 1999, just after finishing the transcriptions of Jaco's material, but that was to spread Jaco's music and it was a real homage. Nothing more. This summarises more who Jaco the musician and Jaco the man were : To loop a loop, here is Hatzi playing a well known Jimi Hendrix tune, Little Wing, on the ... bouzouki : And here a recent solo piece : As I wrote, it's all about influences. And to end up with this usual derailing, didn't I also wrote that Hatzi can play Jaco better than Jaco, and simply because he has integrated his vocabulary and grammar in his playing and composing. I'll let you seek for Aka Moon music or you can push the ignore button if you don't like my posts. That said, even if it's an interesting feature, I don't use it.

And I forgot to mention the great Biréli Lagrène who can play Jaco perfectly even if he's before all a (real) gipsy acoustic guitar player. He also played, toured and live with Jaco Pastorius. Biréli is an amazing fretless bass player like Hatzi, but they both play their own music, not just a copy-paste of Jaco Pastorius, they are just a step further having fully integrated Jaco's vocabulary and grammar in their playing and compositions. What's bad with this, it's the way music goes.

Listen to Aka Moon @Bilbo and you'll hear that the student has surpassed the master. And don't forget Percy Jones who has always impressed Jaco Pastorius himself. Michel Hatzigeorgiou has all the recognition he deserves by Jaco Pastorius family including all the music scene and he also had this recognition by Jaco Pastorius himself who considered him like his son and as good if not better than him even when he was completely bipolar. Those things happen quite often in fact. There is a before and an after Jaco Pastorius, of course, like for Jimi Hendrix on guitar or Esjbörn Svensson on piano or Jóhan Jóhansson on film score.

Use hairspray and a match. Second best use of hairspray. What a lovely can it is with multiple use. I'm going to buy some !

STOP !!! STOP !!! STOP !!! STOP !!! STOP !!! STOP !!! Are you crazy, Mick ? It's a nitro finish and acetone (or nail varnish remover) will remove it too ! Don't ever do this to a nitro finish !!!