It'll look pretty cool now. But when you're 50 or 60...not so much. Just think, the normal drooping of your old skin mixed with big holes and stretched lobes, you may look like you're melting. :)
I just defretted/refinished an old bass that I hadn't used in years. New pickups and some hard work gave me a great sounding fretless for a dang good price...
Just a thought.
I have the same problem with my dunlops. I was playing a show and didn't realize that the screw had backed out quite a ways. Half way through the show the screw broke and I had to play the rest of the show sitting down.
I've heard that the 3 original members of Metallica purposefully made the bass sound bad/turned the volume down on ...And Justice for All as an 'Initiation' for Jason Newsted.
First bass performance, 15. Middle school talent show. Played 'Feels So Good' by 311.
First gig was an outdoor show a few months later at a small town festival.
I've suffered with anxiety all my life. I'd never had a panic attack until this last winter when I was driving in a particularly bad snow storm. Since then every time I drive in bad weather I feel it coming on. 2 things that have helped me: The Linden Method for anxiety and Panic Away for panic...