I did query that. He muttered something about neck dive. I said, surely just losing the G and its associated tuner and bit of headstock would have been easier? I mean, Jaco only needed 3 strings...
Not really, I don't think anyone would prefer to pay £200 rather than £100 to see Oasis [insert joke here], but some people do enjoy saying, "yes, it's top of the range, cost £4000 but worth every penny" when patronising a Squier owner.
When i attempted fretless, the comment i overheard was "I think something's wrong with whatsisname, the bass player, dyou think it's time to have him put down?"
Yes it would, and likely reduce the power handling of the remaining speaker as it'd have less acoustic suspension and be easier to drive past its maximum allowable excursion.
I fully accept that I may be completely wrong on that one, though I stand by Madonna's version of American Pie.
Until, that is, A.Hitler comes along and says: -opinions are like testicles: everyone's got one.