Baloney Balderdash

Try rather than striking, plucking or pulling the strings to just stroke them with the outmost tip of your fingers in a slight inwards slapping motion. That's what I do, and beside me much preferring the tone I get from this, your fingers won't get caught on the strings this way. It does take some practice though, as it requires accuracy to hit the string consistently with just the outmost tip of your fingers. And while you are at it, do yourself a favor and learn how to use the floating thumb technique, which gives you so much more freedom and makes it so much easier to mute, to prevent unwanted strings from ringing, than if you anchor your thumb.

So after I posted this I decided that I would try to experiment a bit with the strap length to see if I could possibly get a better result, and what I've found was that just moving down to the next strap hole in line, which would make the strap 129cm from strap button to strap button, my wrists actually is almost perfectly straight when fretting with my elbow at just about a 90 degree angle, and playing at the upper end of the fretboard, beyond 12th fret, feels significantly less circumstantial and cramped. Also my bass in general balanced better on my fat belly, now resting more on the middle of it, rather than sitting halfway on top of it. So for now I'll keep the strap at 129cm. (Edit!!!: 126.5cm hole to hole, currently. This also seems to be pretty much spot on where my bass would naturally be if I sat with it.)

My beloved Ibanez GSRM20 neck + GSRM20B body Mikro Bass "Dud Bottomfeeder" :

You do realize that loosening the truss rod will result in more relief, as in a greater bow, whereas tightening the truss rod will result in less release, as in less bow, right? Also a crack in the fretboard is a really bad sign.

The Wraiths and Strays of Paris - Coil

Dark/deep metallic purple, like this, maybe? : Or, as someone else suggested, buy an adhesive skin, covering the whole body of the bass, in just about whatever color or pattern you should wish, for example purple paisley, here for instance: https://www.skinyourskunk.com/ Just to get an idea of what is possible, try to take a look on these to start with: https://www.skinyourskunk.com/pattern-guitar-skins.php

What is the best pick for metal? On a more serious note: No! I even tend to use the round corners of regular teardrop shaped picks. As does Bobby Vega, who got to be the absolute master of pick playing on bass. That said it is completely down to personal preferences, as is pick material and gauge. If there really was only one ultimate pick for bass and one ultimate pick for guitar, regardless of individual/personal physics, preferences, style, pickups, string choice, amp, cab, and song, everyone would be playing just that, and it would be the only 2 different picks on the market.

Is Mirkwood a great tonewood?

I've seen this guy before, and that is just silly. I guess the only reason why he didn't have it even lower is that the output jack plug from the bass would then be hitting the ground.

And yet another:

117cm, and I am 6'4'' (192cm) tall. It matches so that the bass is at about the same location as it would have been if sitting down playing it without a strap. (Edit!!!: 126.5cm hole to hole, currently. This also seems to be pretty much spot on where my bass would naturally be if I sat with it.)

Hang On To Your Ego - Frank Black (originally Brian Wilson)

We Want A Rock - They Might Be Giants

Love Is... - Dinosaur Jr. Damn, wrong page Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax

Hack-poet Guild - "Birds of Harmony"

The Commercials, doing covers of various TV commercial tunes/jingles.

SWR Redhead combo?

Get a ball and chain around your foot instead... Problem solved!

Get the ring tattooed on instead! Problem solved!

This astonishing beautiful song (avantgarde pop?):

I love the look of bases and guitars in green finish, however unfortunately I don't own any myself, but would love to see yours.

No, but if not then what are you actually speaking about/what is your point? Also I posted my reply a bit premature, which I unfortunately have a really bad habit with, before I had made sure I actually said all I wanted to say, I apologize for that, but please read it again in the edited updated version.

That might be, but does it reflect in the actual music industry, and musical underground as well, that is the actual music released, and do they all really do all styles equally well? Just because you are trained in something doesn't mean you are good at it. And I am certain different people will naturally have more talent in some styles over others, as well as I would think there is still something to be said for specializing over being a jack of all trades.

I don't think that claim is in line with actual reality. Also seems like an odd analogy that to me doesn't really seem to actually work as an analogy here. Can't tell if you are joking.