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I have owned a custom shop Jaco bass. It was meh. The neck coating had a slight waxy texture, and the neck was a red pau Ferro. So I made my own neck with CA coating! 6-10 coats, sanding in between, and used a car buffer with 4 levels of grit. Make your own!

Fodera. This would be my signature bass. My baby.

Rounds all the way. I only use flats for Motown and 60s music. You just can’t get the growl with flats. Rounds do require good technique and controlled muting for recording, and I think that is what puts a lot of people off. Flats are so forgiving of fingering mistakes, while rounds will grate...

Sweet! That’s my bass! My baby. She plays like butter. Butter.

The fact that he needed someone else's opinion to decide whether to return it or not tells me he's keeping it. AND . . . he is.

That depends on where you are in life. For me, my Fodera was worth it. It sits perfectly, just about 1 inch shifted to the right of where a Jazz would lay, so the reach to the nut is more comfortable. The neck is perfect. I mean, perfect. The electronics will do almost anything. I can go from...

Pink Floyd is a perfect example of one of the original Prog Rock Bands. People tend to think of Prog rock as virtuosos and complex music, but Prog came out of the Psychedelic era, and the earliest Prog rock bands, which included Pink Floyd, the original Genesis, Jefferson Airplane, Moody Blues...

Definitely my new Fodera. Burned through my Rush playlist. This thing smokes on Anthem!

I made a terrible mistake and bought a dual coil switchable humbucker installed bass. Now I can have whatever I want. PBass Jazz P/J MM Reverse coil Life is better.

I have a 1983 MIJ Fender Jazz. Bought it when I was 14. One refret. I have played the crap out of that bass, and finally relegated it to the back burner for my Fodera. All good things must come to an end!

Sorry to say this, but being consistent and bringing a consistent sound is your responsibility as a musician. The choice should be made at home. Want a different sound? Join a second band!

And I always wondered what a fresh, hot apple pie with ice cream would taste like if you added fajita sauce. Wait, I didn’t. Some things are perfect as they are.

In my years of playing, I never EVER understood the logic of an 8x10 vs a 4x10 plus a 1x15 or even 2 4x10s. There is so much more versatility in the two box setup, after years of seeing sorry dudes humping their 8x10s around, I have come to the conclusion it must be a penis thing.

This beautiful, magical, lyrical, unplayable thing:

This guy.