Thanks Mica for chiming in.  
 
Can this new Toma_Hawk fretless be made?
 
If so, will I have to pay the injury tax?  
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-

Completely unrelated (sorry Hal), but if you want a serious bass lesson check out Chuck Israels playing on Ahmad Jamal's stuff from the Pershing Lounge in '58. Pretty ahead of it's time as far as note choice and voice leading goes.

Great links! From Hal's Prince link with the snaping funk tone  
to James's almost upright tone.  
James' bass is the first one I've seen,
 besides mine, with that particular omega cut.
 His seems to be a bit newer with the solid brass string anchor, multi piece bridge  
and brass truss rod cover plate.  
Suprise to see an SVT with the full refrigerator
 speaker cab for a jazz trio!

Jim's bass is a '77, afaik. He does have an older fretted Series as well.  
 
It's possible that the SVT might have been backline. When I saw him he had a much smaller rig. I don't remember exactly what, but it might have been a Walter Woods or something of that nature. Or now that I think about, he might have been using an F2B.  
 
There is a Bass Player feature from a few years ago that outlines all his gear. One of my heroes, for sure!