Waddo Soqable

Top man 👍 But bear in mind.. "an angel dies every time you play gratuitous slap bass" 😁

Snooker Loopy, C&D

For all they know you might be loaded ! Just go for it 👍

Back in the day when we used to go and try stuff all the time, I'd first always pick up a bass ( and occasionally a Git just for a lark) and have a strum on it not plugged in, loads of times you can just go "Nah.." to yourself at that stage, as it immediately doesn't appeal by the feel of it. Obviously if it passes the 'pick it up and twang it a bit' test, you can then ask them to steer you towards an amp and see what it sounds like. Funnily enough despite the fact we always looked like scumbags I don't ever recall being refused to try anything in a music shop. Maybe they didn't want to risk it in case we'd just signed a record deal or something 🤣

Hate & War, Clash

Jet Boy Jet Girl, Damned

We used to ogle all that kind of kit in the Charing Cross Road music shops, and the like, back then, but never had anything like sufficient dosh unfortunately

You'd likely struggle to find anywhere with a G77 & synth unit in stock to go and "try out" tho

These I've thought look fun too

Up the Swanee, A. Jolson

Another would be a Bass Saxophone..

Wobblespring eh, perhaps better not even go there! 😁

Run Baby Run, Newbeats

Purple is the colour of this fella? That'd be your "old fella" would it... 😂

Considering you could be jailed for being gay (until sometime in the 60s) it's not surprising that covert or code "languages" had evolved over the years. I wonder if we'll be needing to develop new ones that AI can't understand...

It'd be fun to go and play about with a double bass..

I remember seeing them prob '79, at some odd venue in London, they had back projection type stuff going on as I recall (rather like the Human Look league used to) Had the single Alphaville / he's Frank at the time.. Interesting band I do remember Mr Warren used to play one of those single pick up Ricks, as I was a rickenbacker fancier myself.

21st Cent Schizoid Man, K. C.

And chop the headstock off for good measure

Another dodge I've used is gluing sandpapers / emery cloth to pieces of scrap wood of various shapes and sizes to use as "files", long true straight pieces are excellent for sanding straight lines, properly flat bits should ensure a flat surface etc, of course various rod or dowel pieces are good on inside curves and the like.

Temple of Love, SoM

Die You Bastard, Motor'ead

Ferry cross the Mersey, that little Scouse bloke

A good fairly rough rasp file is excellent for getting the basic shape close to where you want, good on body contours too.

Interesting, I couldn't leave the front of the headstock painted as my enthusiastic stripping with acetone sloshed on the corners so all had to go.... if leaving the paint on the HS obv. best to sand the edges ( with hindsight!) You clearly just sanded the paint off the body too by the looks, not that I'm particularly thinking of stripping the body or anything at the mo. What oil finish did you use on the neck btw? I might consider doing oil rather than laq. Ideally though it would darken or "vintage" yellow the whole thing a bit as it's very white as is.