So you all likely know my propensity to modify or tweak what I buy. This thread follows my tendency in that...   I recent years, I have found that a lot more is about the player than the instrument (to a large degree, anyway), so I might as well buy a cheaper instrument and tweak it to my liking than hack up an expensive bass. Though I do own expensive instruments, increasingly I am getting a lot of joy from cheaper ones.    Now. I became quite entranced with the sound of the