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If you do not like the Fender Jazz neck, then perhaps a Fender PJ is an option. It is a Precision bass & so has the wider Precision neck. But it combines the classic 'Precision' pickup with a 'Jazz' bridge pickup & comes rather close to the versatility in terms of sound you get from a Jazz Bass...

That would be an equally valid answer for someone aspiring to play in a symphony orchestra: just follow the rules & directions in the score & from the conductor and you'll be fine, because it's someone else who's setting the rules for you to follow. If on the other hand you're in a band and a...

To me that sounds like a superpower as I have afantasia, which means my mind's eye is blind (a more frequent condition in people with autism than in the general population). That said I do have a good sense for the relationships on the neck and within the sounds I hear, and I do feel that I'm...

A pianist I've worked with used to divide musicians into 'players' and 'participants'; his terminology for 'leaders' and 'followers'. I've always considered myself a participant, in that I always felt I need to be given something to latch onto in order to do something with the material. The idea...

I have 3 basses & 3 cellos, each with a different character. Different compass (nr + type of strings), fretted/fretless, different string length - but for any gig I take just one (plus anything needed in case something goes wrong, i.e. strings, cables, batteries, etc). This has been fine for a...