EssentialTension

Whatever small difference one might possibly detect, it would be unnoticeable in a band situation.

"Payment: Cash" I don't think so.

As well as their own material, Lake Street Dive are very good at other people's songs.

Bridget Kearney also played with Joy KIlls Sorrow:

The only time I have needed to 're-nut' is when I tuned a bass BEAD with a 125 B string.

Fender Precision, LaBella 760FL strings, foam. NS WAV4 EUB, can't remember what strings. Both straight DI. One overdub on Lakland Skyline Decade, GHS Precision Flats, no foam, also DI'ed

Very nice.

Wouldn't 'My Love' be Denny Laine on bass and McCartney on piano? As for out of tune, I'll have to listen to it. EDIT: The studio version does sound dodgy.

Jimmy $avile tribute?

Gold lamé?

John Lennon, another very effective rhythm player. Also Nile Rogers

Clarinet and/or tuba.

My son's old band had a percussionist who also played melodica, or Jah pipe as they liked to call it. Great sound.

Always one or more of these. Looking wrong is as bad as playing the wrong notes.

I may have several heath isues but, nonetheless, I have come to terms with the fact that I expect to die by scooter on a pavement.

Ivory Embassy with two creamy cousins - all now gone to new homes.

I didn't express myself very clearly. I should have said: Before you set the witness point at the bridge saddle, relax the tension on the string and let it settle before retuning and then setting the witness point. This avoids a twist in the string that will prevent it from ringing properly. That is one way in which a twist can occur. Always wind the machine head and don't twist the string around the tuning peg by hand.

I particularly like the black one.

Adjusting the neck relief, the action, the intonation, the pickup height, i.e. the things you might do more regularly with, say, a new set of strings, are normally quite straightforward. It's difficult to damage a bass doing those adjustments unless you start winding the truss rod like a m*****f****r.

They'll be subsantially more expensive in fifty years time.

Sounds like a result one way or another.

Blonde, you say? No I didn't.

For me, PJB Briefcase is perfect home practice amp.

If anyone is interested in 'compliance' see here: Lutherie Myth/Science: Human Perception of String Tension and Compliance in Stringed Musical Instruments

Well, I'm not a lutherie expert but the rule of thumb (which I get from Lakand's setup video) is suggesting that buzzing at fret positions 7/8/9 means the neck tension needs to increase presumably because the string tension has increased. I imagine this logic applies equally to a fretless bass.