That Bass demands finger playing ; )
I was wondering on using different materials for frets on a new project i am doing...
is a 6 strings guitar and i wanted to make curved frets using maybe stain or cooper
as i don't have enought time and experience i will give up on that idea and use regular frets and maybe just the12th fret and the nut i will
consider brass or cooper... BTW i have a guitar and a bass guitar that has brass nuts and they are very cool! Sounded very good too!
Reminds of those big brass blocks they put in Floyd Roses to improve the tone. In that sense, this bass definitely has an interesting tone. It's very percussive.
I am no expert on how different metals affect frets, though I do know that the Kahlers that Kerry King use have got brass rollers and saddles, or something like that.