Bubinga Body - Roasted Maple Neck Double $$ Jazz Bass

[BeagJon]

Yep! And if I'm not mistaken, 'handicapping' myself to learn with this much nuance will only enforce better playing?

Yep, it's a fantastic experience. Hearing all of the details of the pick scraping against the round wound strings. All of the ghost notes coming out. Playing through something like that will make you a better player for sure.

And now I'm aware of why Tool has so much extraneous bass noise used... pick scraping etc. I've got the palate now to paint those sounds.