And it works as "installation art" too!

[Happy Jack]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-GDR-MADE-PRECISION-BASS-BY-MARLIN-EAST-GERMANY-WITH-FULL-BODY-ARTWORK-NASH-/130842692600?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e76d50bf8

No sarcasm intended - I like this, I like it a lot.

Whether or not it actually plays well is almost irrelevant, I'd be perfectly happy to hang this on my wall as an alternative to a twee print or a bunch of aging holiday photos.

[Silvia Bluejay]

The horrid scrachplate ruins it all.

[alyctes]

If you got bored, you could turn it round for a month or two

[leftyhook]

Give me your bass and i can make it look a lot more pleasing to the eye than that...!