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Always avoid surgery whenever it's possible and consider it the very last resort. If it's only palm contracture you can try Xiaflex®: https://www.xiaflex.com/ Most of the time, there are softer alternatives, but physicians won't tell it to you, surgery means big money. Furthermore, it's a genetic disease, better enquire in your family if there are precedents, before going any further. And here's how your hand could look just after the surgery, if you are lucky...:

Looks like your pickups are the Seymour Duncan Hot as it's what they are supposed to read. I've got an original 1981 set on my PJ Leduc BD3 and they sound amazing, really!

Indeed @Leonard Smalls, but I doubt The Clash knew they were playing modal music... I think it's called an accident. And to answer the question, a rock guitarist will run away as soon as he sees a partition. Old joke, I know. That said Christophe Godin is a hell of a player and has a terrific knowledge of music and he's always kidding and joking (saw him a few times live). And @bassace I helped him buy the ingredients and cook a tartiflette once by buying the CD's of The Mörglbl Trio when meeting him in a store in Paris, ... well that's what he said. 😂

I'm quite intrigued by the Gear4Music bass body as they are dirt cheap, but look very decent... That said a fretless P-Bass will guide you outside the Jaco tone and it can become very interesting, more into the slow and powerful groove territory.

Nice project too. 😉

Lovely cat. 😍

These tubes are (were, since the Ukrainian war) made in Russia at the EHX facility owned by (the American) Mike Matthews (New Sensor) since 1998 and some brands are simply resurrected names: EH (Gold), Electro-Harmonix, Genalex Gold Lion, Mullard, Sovtek, Svetlana, Tung-Sol. There are the two alternatives to these EHX branded tubes: JJ, formerly Tesla (Slovakia), Western Electric (USA). Then there are these very expensive boutique brands: Elrog (Germany), Emission Labs (Czech Republic), KR Audio (Czech Republic), Sophia Electric (USA or China), Takatsuki (Japan). Then come the Chinese brands made by Shuguang, now more specialised in the very lucrative audiophile market: Golden Dragon, Grant Fidelity, Lenlai, Penta, Primaluna, Psvane (PS Vane), Ruby, Shuguang, Sino, TJ Fullmusic, Valve Art. This is to date all the real brands I know still available today (and I'm deeply sure there are no others), the rest being rebadged Chinese tubes, sorry for those pretending the opposite, even if there are stories about new facilities in China that, when further inquiring, are impossible to locate or suddenly destroyed...

Tube Amp Doctor is the place to look for tubes or valves in the EEC: https://www.tubeampdoctor.com/en/

To me it looks like padauk as it turned brown, because of the oxydation when it should be reddish.

It was after my studies, at 22 years old, in 1987, and the small audience at the pub was as drunk as we were. The ephemere band was called Loss Ethyloss... It says a lot. I really started something interesting in my 30th and it went on until my mid 40th, playing almost every week. And I decided to stop, because I was totally fed up. Now, I'm 57 years old and record and play for my computer. 😂

Ben, did you use a foot rest for that classical position? When yes, you have the explanation to your twist in the back.

Hi Ben, There's this accessory, called the Hopf Dynarette, that will help a lot fighting the weight when playing seated only and also getting that 400+ years proven classical position. Worth give it a go, I bought an Amazon copy the time I found the real deal, but don't make this mistake, the copies are real dire compared to the original Dynarette (which has two heights, the lower working perfectly for me for the classical position playing as I mainly play sixers, so bigger basses). By the way, you have such higher standard basses, that it will be very hard to find your perfect bass...

It's simply maxed in, and an easy trick is to simply put some flat washers under the bullet with some graphite grease to get it work as it should. It's something that happens very often with old Fender necks.

Hi Ben, doesn't your Leduc MP 524 tick all the boxes, except the weight... ?

LocTite ThreadLocker is the correct name and will solve your issue by "blocking" the thread of the screw, no need to replace the bridge at all. I'll recommend the #294, also called Green ThreadLocker, because it's the less powerful one.

The unicorn has a twin... https://www.bassic.de/kleinanzeigen/warwick-rockbass-alien-6-string-bass-2017-case.39535/

Many many thanks @Dood ! 🙏🏻

Just an idea, what about an alphabetical listing?

Keep it this time, Russ. We both made huge mistakes when selling some basses...

Something like that, real Lane Poor pickups (1998) with "neck" pickup at the "sweet spot", Aguilar OBP-2 with active/passive switch and passive tone... A really rare true versatile masterpiece.

Don't forget Le Fay...