Jean-Luc Pickguard

The reply "We don't play that song, but the next one has some of the same notes in it" is often acceptable to a punter making an unsolicited request.

Bottoms Up - Van Halen

Acquiring the taste - Gentle Giant

Ain't no one here but us ducks

Jaco only needed four ...ducks for cover

Buy My Album - Harry Nilson

The white one looks rather nice as well

Weird - I just checked on my iPhone and it displays fine

The Bottomless Hole - The Handsome Family

This looks cool https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/fender-fullerton-precision-bass-uke-wn-tspg-3-color-sunburst If I didn't already have a very nice kala which I hardly get the chance to use I'd probably be tempted by one of these.

Shared ownership of gear isn't worth the hassle. I'd look for any solution other than that even if its one person buys a mixer amp and another buy speaker cabs etc. Also if your instrument isn't amplified by the PA, and you don't use a mic for BVs, the PA is not your problem.

Jerkin' Time - The Diplomats

I've Got To Make it On My Own - Spinners

(Captain) Morgan a Woman - Bee Gees

Go Now - Bessie Banks

Am I Expecting Too Much - Allen Toussaint

In 1972 the only colours available for musicmaster basses were white, blue or red. There were no black ones.

Control I'm Ear - Nitzer Ebb

Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan

Pull Out The Pin - Kate Bush

Mirror In the Bathroom - The Beat

Sophisticated Cissy - The Meters

Happiness in Slavery - Nine Inch Nails

My first tiny bass was a black Ashbory, then I got a blue one to keep it company as they're like guinea pigs and get lonely. I grew to dislike the stock latex string which took forever to get in tune and would occasionally snap for no reason when the bass was in the case, so I started using Kala Pahoehoe strings when these became available. Due to the tiny scale length and lack of frets it was not easy to play the ashborys in tune. Then when Thomann first launched their kahuna uke bass (based on a half size acoustic guitar) I ordered one but had to return it due to faults, then I had to return its replacement due to a different fault and I kept the third one for a while. I also used pahoeho strings on this. It was difficult to get a good tone using this bass and it was very prone to feedback. I eventually upgraded to a Kala SMHG-FS ubass - the one with a solid Mahogany top & tortoiseshell binding. I used pahoehoe strings on this for a while, but at the London bass guitar show a few years ago I met Mike Upton (owner of Kala) who was exhibiting various kala models including one that came fitted with Galli flatwound ubass strings which have a nylon core and Chrome steel flat wrap. I bought a set of the strings and Martin at the gallery reshaped the nut slots on my ubass to enable the strings to be used. After many years I was finally happy with my tiny bass.

Nutty - Thelonious Monk