Nice way to spend the afternoon, I’ve been doing a fair bit of driving this week listening to some albums I haven’t heard for a while, one was Doing it Right by Desi Roots from around 1980, sly and Robbie on this one
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Personally I wouldn’t do anything like that, I’ve been using flats for many years and I like mine worn in ,so if i sell one of my basses I take the flats off and just wipe them down and put them back in the packet for the next bass
I only use bass-lead-amp, I prefer the sound of my amps and basses, and there’s no need for any pedals playing reggae, I occasionally have a play around with my ampeg preamp but that’s just for fun
After all that great work you’ve put in to it I’d maybe just get someone to sort the neck and fret it for you if you don’t want to do it, I wouldn’t worry about the weight, nice work