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ectoflanger said:
Thanks Chucky - the same folks offered a discount when I was watching it on eBay. I wrote them and declined because I was going out of town and would not be around for the arrival. They were gracious and kind enough to extend the offer again should I choose to go with it in the future.

I'm still not 100 percent decided though- there's a Sadosky MetroExpress fretless five on Reverb for a little less money that looks beautiful-

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Sadowsky MetroExpress Vintage J/J 5 String Fretless Bass Guitar - Black | Reverb

Sadowsky MetroExpress Vintage J/J 5 String Fretless Bass Guitar - Black. This is brand new in the manufacturer's packaging with manufacturer's warranty. We are a Sadowsky Dealer. This was taken out of the packaging for inspection and pictures.Comes in the gigbag! Ships Free!SPECS:Number of String...
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Not compact but the real reason is because I didn't want to take my boutique fretless five strings on distant trips and sojourns in hotels, one of which is irreplaceable-

What would you do?
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I’d visit that irreplaceable hotel, pronto!

-Grammar Cop
 
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ectoflanger said:
That's when you know you're loved- kind of like when someone tells you when you have food on your face at a restaurant-
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So long as they didn’t just smash a plate of hot food into your face. Then it might (just might) mean something else. Fortunately that’s not the case here!
 
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ectoflanger said:
Thanks Chucky - the same folks offered a discount when I was watching it on eBay. I wrote them and declined because I was going out of town and would not be around for the arrival. They were gracious and kind enough to extend the offer again should I choose to go with it in the future.

I'm still not 100 percent decided though- there's a Sadosky MetroExpress fretless five on Reverb for a little less money that looks beautiful-

reverb.com

Sadowsky MetroExpress Vintage J/J 5 String Fretless Bass Guitar - Black | Reverb

Sadowsky MetroExpress Vintage J/J 5 String Fretless Bass Guitar - Black. This is brand new in the manufacturer's packaging with manufacturer's warranty. We are a Sadowsky Dealer. This was taken out of the packaging for inspection and pictures.Comes in the gigbag! Ships Free!SPECS:Number of String...
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Not compact but the real reason is because I didn't want to take my boutique fretless five strings on distant trips and sojourns in hotels, one of which is irreplaceable-

What would you do?
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I don't play enough fretless to have to consider traveling with one.....that said, my Warmoth P would be perfectly happy anywhere....
 
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GBassNorth said:
Here’s San Marino Blue, a BMW color that can be purchased for Porsche cars as well…
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IMHO it would make a stunning bass body color, even more so on an arch top or some other non slab body where the contours would let the highlights pop.
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Yah, I've seen one lately.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Here’s San Marino Blue, a BMW color that can be purchased for Porsche cars as well…
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IMHO it would make a stunning bass body color, even more so on an arch top or some other non slab body where the contours would let the highlights pop.
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Here’s a Porsche blue I saw today.
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There’s a very cool blue on some Kias lately.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
I don't play enough fretless to have to consider traveling with one.....that said, my Warmoth P would be perfectly happy anywhere....
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Don't believe I've seen that one- unless it was the one that I took for a Fender P. Does it have an unlined maple fingerboard?

I don't play fretless that often either but I am working on a song I wrote that calls for one. But maybe I can use one of my fretted Steinberger XT-25's for working out the bass comp for the song when away from home. I finished the intro and first verses but am in the process of working out the bass comp for the vocal chorus. I wouldn't have to record it, then later I can do a proper recording with a fretless.

But that would undermine the motive to purchase yet another bass guitar :(
 
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Metal Sombreros said:
I had the dreaded finish crack around the bridgepost (my fault) and I am ordering hipshot flush mounted unit to replace the stock 3 point which I think sucks
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The Hipshot Supertone bridge is a big improvement -
 
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ectoflanger said:
It would funny if a band deliberately sang out of key for a bit just to prove that they were truly singing live-

I recall the The Monkees TV episode where Mike Nesmith sabotages Bobby Sherman's lip sync by speeding up and slowing down the record player when they were recording a performance scene for a faux beach movie.
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Johnny Van Zant has mentioned a number of times they refuse to use tracks and clicks, and seems to have said such things to audiences before. He laughed about bands using them once and said something to the effect that when people come to see us, they see us.

We don’t use [backing tracks]. To me, if you’re a musical act, go out there and play.... If you make a mistake, hey, it’s live music. People appreciate that. They know you’re human. We’ve always been a plug-in-and-play band, and we always will be.

What you see is what you get with Skynyrd. There are no tapes running, no hidden keyboard players under the stage, no lip-syncing. If we screw up a part, you're going to hear it. That's a live mistake, and that's the beauty of a real rock show.

A friend said Gene Simmons said something like if you use them, be honest since people are paying $100 or more to see you and 30% of it is a recording. Kind of how food has to be upfront about it's ingredients.
 
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dagrev said:
Johnny Van Zant has mentioned a number of times they refuse to use tracks and clicks, and seems to have said such things to audiences before. He laughed about bands using them once and said something to the effect that when people come to see us, they see us.

We don’t use [backing tracks]. To me, if you’re a musical act, go out there and play.... If you make a mistake, hey, it’s live music. People appreciate that. They know you’re human. We’ve always been a plug-in-and-play band, and we always will be.

What you see is what you get with Skynyrd. There are no tapes running, no hidden keyboard players under the stage, no lip-syncing. If we screw up a part, you're going to hear it. That's a live mistake, and that's the beauty of a real rock show.

A friend said Gene Simmons said something like if you use them, be honest since people are paying $100 or more to see you and 30% of it is a recording. Kind of how food has to be upfront about it's ingredients.
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Bond Girl almost a year ago now held auditions for a new drummer. It came down to two and the second-up one brought up wanting to use a click-track - live. I already liked the other drummer better (who is our drummer presently) but that cinched it for me. I only used a click-track in the recording studio once on a song I composed. I wanted it to be machine-like and the drummer and I locked on it. *

If a band is auditioning drummers - the bass player needs to be listened to - it's a no brainer... can you say rhythm section?

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