Grahambythesea

The belle of New York- Fred Astaire

2468 motorway Tom Robinson Band

That’s alright mama! Elvis Presley

Long Lankin - Steeleye Span

Lovely. (Why did I ever sell mine ☹️🤔)

The sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel

The reappearance of the Grabber from the Epiphone stable has apparently inspired the “Chibson” makers. There are now several Grabber clones on eBay advertised coming from a Chinese workshop.

Does it weigh a ton like the Gibson version?

When I was playing serious gigs of a reasonable duration I always had a fretless bass for a few numbers and by default a backup should something happen to the fretted, but it never did!

I think one of the issues when switching from 4 to 5 is the string spacing at the bridge end. If your used to Fender style basses with 19mm spacing you may find some 5 s with narrower spacing ( I believe Ibanez have 16 mm) a bit off putting to start with especially if you are swapping between a 4 & a 5 regularly. On the other hand 5 string all wider spaced is quite a handful. My Gibson 5 has 19 mm which I like but then I play finger style. I’d find using a pick on that spacing challenging. if you can find a 2nd hand Spector Legend they are great.

I really can’t see the point of it.

Trevor Barry

The strings will get in the way when you pass the salt or wine.

Mack the knife - Bobby Darin (and dozens of others)

I cant stop loving you - Ray Charles