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They have one of the finest T-shirt designs ever. The singer/guitarist is an old mate.

The early Japanese squiers are really good AFAIK

I can only echo - a truly great move by the shop and profoundly sad news about the OP. This bass needs to go to a good home where someone will appreciate its history.

Edit - double post fail. I shall add an irrelevant quote. "Don't believe everything you read on the internet" Abraham Lincoln

I saw them live recently. They were great! Guess which song they saved to the end?

@Grimalkin I know you like to prove a point in here. I'm not going to get sucked into debating with you as it is a pointless waste of time. The OP has stated that he plays by ear. I play by ear. Whether you think that is correct or not is irrelevant to me.

How do you suppose all the many players of unlined bass guitars and upright bass players have managed for so long? The guys in that video aren't looking at their fingers half the time!

Also - to answer the OP. I would not put frets on this lovely bass, I would either find a replacement neck or just use a different bass.

Apologies. Pino. The concept is the same - the intonation is adjusted to where the player feels comfortable, not where the eyes say it should be. I've tried compensating for the angles you look down at the strings at, i also tried compensating for my own poor technique. The upshot is that regardless of how the intonation is set you play by ear and adjust very quickly to any difference (as one should on a fretless)

That depends where you put your fingers. It's a fretless... You seem to be failing to grasp a simple concept - exactly the concept that Jaco employed in your quote.

So by that logic, this bass may well be intonated where the OP wants it. I've experimented with various different ways of intonating a fretless, all have their merits. It may look wrong to you, but that doesn't make it wrong.

Really interesting 👍

Very little to add as I haven't played in a tribute, except to say that in my experience of sound systems; having someone who knows the band well doing FOH is a good move.

Agreed

I'm #18 I'm pretty sure #19 is the very slightly bemused Ms Stubette 🙂

I've met the seller - he has really excellent taste in bass guitars. Definitely worth checking this one out I would say.

A hot meal and an appreciative audience, that's what it all boils down to in the end!

Same I've tried a LOT of them, I'm still not entirely satisfied. I'm currently using a combination of Le Bass, Hot Wax and a Darkglass B3k but am not getting what I want.

Definitely worth contacting @Ashdown Engineering they are really helpful and can usually get you sorted.

Melt Yourself Down have some very bass driven tunes. Excellent stuff 👍

I recently discovered Minnie Marks - she plays guitar and foot drums and has an amazing voice too.

Awesome!