That's quite a similar story to mine - there was a guitar shop near my school, snd we'd pop in during "free" periods. They had a black Jack Bass in the window.
 
	Sadly, I never got to try it out, and I've never actually played one since. 
 
	This would have been around 1997. I try not to think of the Wal Pro that hung on the wall, unwanted and unloved, for £450...