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Not the most polished performance (in either this or the JS Bach rendition) but impressive nonetheless. I think that this performance is much better He seems to have a bit of a problem with intonation on a fretless. As for his enthusiasm when he plays... I'm glad to see it :) It's good to see...

3:06 onwards for a good and masterful example and heres about as good of an explanation as you'll get

Rick Danko played a fretless on some Band tracks

Just watched The Last Waltz a week ago and figured the best specialized in the third with the requisite disregard for the second

Negan and BB King have something in common, don't they? Anyways, I'm reading Wheels of Fire, Levon Helm's biography. After that I'm going to pick through a book about Lenny Breau (what a tragic story. I feel sad just saying his name.).

On second thought, this (meaning that which jhbi was referring to, can't quite do embedded quotes and I'm already procrastinating too much to want to learn!) seems like the best option. Maybe show him TB and how to search around, and allow him to do his own research on what bass would suit his...

get an MIJ?

Not sure how many of you have heard this... I'm assuming a lot! Anyways, it's new to me, so I wanted to share. I knew there was a connection between the members of The Band and Jaco through Joni Mitchell, but to actually hear them play together is something else. Rick calls Jaco up to the...

One difference is the colour of the hardware; Elites have all gold hardware whereas BnG is only part gold on the bridge

just buy an MIJ or something

The dude from Dave's World (the youtube luthier channel) only does it part-time. He looks pretty successful and sought after :)

Jaco Pastorius's self-titled classic

Thanks to the wonders of Youtubes algorithm, I discovered this excellent Japanese band. The bassist, Akira Okazawa is apparently pretty well-known in the Japanese jazz scene, having played with quite a few artists as a session musician and even with Wayne Shorter at a show in Japan. He does a...

Did you profit off of the vintage?

So I was messing around with the truss rod 94 MIJ Fender P Bass and, being an idiot, thought I had to remove the pickguard before removing the neck, also thinking that it's necessary to remove the knobs. Anyways, I didn't realize the knobs were screw-on so I got a screwdriver, stuck it under my...