Judo Chop

Yes it is

He should put something inside the gap to avoid the risk of trapping your hand if the strings break. Perhaps a block of wood. Maybe some more wood surrounding that block of wood attaching to the entire frame of the body to keep it stable. You could then paint that wood in all sorts of cool colours and finishes, and use different types of wood to get different tones.

Hurr hurr, G-string

I'm picturing Scott holding the bass while his clone henchman gently guides him from behind like that scene from Ghost.

Very sad to hear that, he was one of the players that got me interested in learning how to play. This one in particular always stood out to me. What an incredible player he was.

I heard if you say his name three times into a mirror at midnight he appears behind you and fills your inbox with spam

Yes it would. If your band's not racist, I'm not your bassist. (Not actually a racist)

Lots of good tips here especially the ones regarding practicing the song. In my experience I could never stop the nerves beforehand but once I started to play at my first few gigs I realised the audience aren't actually watching me like hawks and scrutinising my every move like I feared. There's other people on the stage too and they're on your side, and with doing just one song it'll be over before you know it! I hope it goes well for you, the first one is daunting so good on you for getting up there nerves or not.

Four string flutes

For me it's the general concept of music

This is the winner, everybody pack up

What a cool room!

Cool, what are those weird looking basses at the back?