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Have you tried restringing? Maybe it got twisted?

One thing I do is use an old Mackie mixer - that way I can play along with CDs or mp3s. When I do, I put my bass through a preamp before going into the mixer. Have you experimented with doing that at all? Might sound good! I used to practice unamplified, but realized I was playing too hard. I...

Congrats! That's a beauty, and knowing the saga I hope it's that much more satisfying. There's a green one at my local store again (Bananas At Large in San Rafael, CA) - I'm not in the market but it's a sweet looking instrument. Like @Minnesota Flats I'll enjoy your vicariously! Or maybe...

I like the blue 1-pickup version that's showing up when I go to the website. Lakland had some interesting basses with Dark Stars way back when (15-20 years ago? Back in the Dude Pit days?), so this makes total sense. I think I'd go for a 1 pickup version myself, but I'm not in the market...

1. For me, I'll always use flatwounds on my fretlesses (fretlessi?) To me that was common knowledge, but recently I have seen people assert that roundwounds are fine. One voice I respect in that department is Tony Franklin, who played in The Firm with Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers and also in Blue...

Found this today - been listening to '71-'74 Dead lately, was wondering which bass(es) I was hearing (according to this, most likely it was Big Brown!) Phil Lesh basses

It looks factory to me - in fact, the fretless JS pictured in one of the ads helped, it was cool to see another early one. And of course I forgot to post the pic... Fretless M-85 II (eBay pictures from auction where I purchased it) (And post-Alembicization, mainly so you can see the whole...

All I can offer is my fretless M-85 II (seen here in the state that I bought it in). The Vintage Guitar & Bass website has a page with vintage Guild advertisements - there are several fretless JS basses (including one that is both fretless & long-scale I believe) but those are the only ones I...

That thing is bee-yoo-tee-ful! And I say that as a fellow M-85 owner. I really like that color - mine is just "red" (it's a 1971) - but I have a couple of non-Guilds in a similar color palette, but yours is classier looking!

Hopefully he has just been busy - hope the trade works out!

I guess I should have said "I forget what NS means" - are they new? Is there somewhere on here where the various designations are explained? (Sorry to be a pain!)

I saw one at one of my local music stores (Bananas at Large in San Rafael) but it disappeared pretty quick. (If you're talking about the new ones - I forget what NS stands for)

It certainly helps that I'm playing along with masters of the jam!

"Action satisfaction" - great term! My tolerance is definitely high for higher action - it has to be noticeably bad for me to try and make adjustments beyond saddle height.

Doing it live with a band is another thing altogether! It was fun figuring it out - and of course it's only one possible interpretation - I actually know several people who have absorbed his influence deeply. I actually play pretty hard, both with pick and fingers. I've backed off a bit, but...

In the signal chain was my CAE V-Comp tube compressor, and either Alembic F-2B preamp or Boss PQ-3B parametric eq. It's also fun that it's fretless (though listening back now I'm kind of embarrassed by the intonation) - no worry about fret clank! Though actually, it isn't much of a problem for...

Not a Starfire but still a Guild (Alembicized M-85 II): I'm using a Telefunken graphite pick that @edwin turned me on to. Nice even tone, thin but not too flexible. I usually use heavier picks, like 1.14 mm Dunlop Tortex (purple) or maybe the lighter one (blue), but I also like the Adamas 2...

I loved reading "Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music" - he produced the Doobie Bros., Van Halen, and lots of others, as well as being a musician early on (Harpers Bizarre)

Hey I think those are my two main hobbies too! Can I include "synths" with bass? I definitely frequent various forums for both bass & synths, but it never occurred to me to look at beer forums - look what you've done!