It's a fairly substantial Precision bass neck, but certainly not a baseball bat! It doesn't feel as big as the current 50s Classics, or the Roger Waters model.
Me too! Entwistle was responsible for my love of flash and technique, but Bedders and John Deacon planted the seed, without me realising it at the time.
My sister-in-law's ex-boyfriend's grandad played in a jazz band with Spike Milligan.
That's the best I can do...
That's an interesting pair of shoes your great grandfather is wearing!
Agreed. John, I'm Only Dancing was the first full song I learnt to play on bass - only because it happened to be transcribed in the bass magazine I had just bought. An important song for me, still love it.