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    Favorite fictional/made-up/imaginary bassists, anyone?

    I quite liked Les Wickes from Strange Fruit, in the movie Still Crazy (Invalid Link Removed). So cynical and pissed off, running a roofing business because the band crashed after the original singer's death. Great film!
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    Show your Ashdown

    Mine's an Ashdown ABM500 RC EVOIII with 2x ABM 410H's, with the black speaker cones instead of blue. The owner of the shop I bought it all from said that the cabs had once been used by Tony Butler from Big Country for a one-off show somewhere in Scotland, but I don't know whether or not that's...
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    Which 2 bassist had the biggest impact on your style ? V2.0

    Two is too few! ...But I'd have to say Billy Sheehan and John Paul Jones.
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    Fretless - Lined or Unlined?

    This may or may not be helpful, but my old man helped me put together a fretless neck for one of my P-Basses a few years ago, and instead of adding lines or inlays to the fretboard itself, he put tiny dot markers in the edge of the fretboard so they were visible to the player, but the audience...
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    Good bassist, bad tone

    I've always admired Rex's playing, but I have to agree on the tone... way too much scoop. The name I will chuck in the hat is Ben Shepherd from Soundgarden. The guy can play (somehow - his bass height doesn't seem to affect him very much), but IMO his tone on the prime SG albums was often...