Dune

Thanks for the kind words, the purple one is my current favorite as well. Regarding the trem on the old El Toro (which I added): I think they're seldom seen for good reason 🤣 - I quickly discovered that there was little use for one on bass, especially in a Top-40 cover band. From a practical standpoint, the best thing about it was that it was quick release, since I washed my strings daily back then. I had myself convinced that the additional mass - maybe as much as double the original G&L(?) - made a big difference in the sound, but these days I doubt there was any discernable difference. It sure looked cool though. 😎

I've been a musician my entire life. My father was a high school band director and multi-instrumentalist. Started on trombone in the fourth grade, and on bass at 17 (now 62). Gigged full-time from late 1983 until 1998, with around a year and a half off to get my sobriety under my belt. After 20 years of not playing much at all, got back into it around 2018. Seriously into woodworking for some time, I began restoring my 1974 Mustang and putting parts basses together while waiting to have my full shop back up and running out here. I now build basses "from scratch" beginning with "cloning" my early 80's G&L El Toro (on which the neck has been unplayable for more than 20 years) and recently finished up 3 basses fashioned after the classic Stingray, but 5-string with 19mm string spacing.