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Nicely done @Rich, must admit I hadn't considered slap as a get out of jail free strategy

According to members of a couple of bands I know who've auditioned bassists, not as far from the truth as it should be .....

Good luck finding one (or even it) 👍

Thanks Steve, could you offer it as an option as do Warmoth with their 'standard 4-bolt' screwholes on Precision necks?

I'd be interested in an unlined fretless Precision neck also. What's the likely timescale and, minor as it sounds, will the heel be pre-drilled to accept neck screws (if not it would mean sending to a luthier to do which is something I'd need to factor in).

I do my best mate 👍

Saw this and thought of you Dan 🙂 https://ebay.us/m/udAHJX Not original, might not be kosher, but looks nice 👌

Graceland is on my album gig list, the problem at present is that our singer/guitarist isn't a fan. I'm working on it 👍

I was making the point that you most certainly can slap flats 👍

....or Bakithi Kumalo 👍

If it were 6-months back I'd have been the owner of three fretless basses and no fretted, but the band I'm in now requires a certain amount of the latter, while I tend to think that if you can play it on fretted you can probably play it on a fretless, there are certain bass tones that you'll only get with frets in the mix. I much prefer to play fretless though 👍

Well so far, of 100 respondents, 74% own fretless basses, which allowing for bias (I'd guess you're more likely to be drawn to the thread if you play fretless) surprises me 👍

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Yep I get where you're coming from 👍

You can’t slap flats 🤔

That's exactly what I was thinking, albeit I hadn't quite got to the point at which the attachment and truss rod were essentially one and the same. Headless graphite necks could be bought in a limited number of sizes - specifically heel dimensions and nut width - with the headstock shape being an option at point of sale?

Could go down in history as one of the great insults 🤣

That's good to hear, I understood that supply of the rechargeable battery was the core of the problem, glad John's found a solution. A very elegant piece of design and engineering 👍