Happy Jack

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-45672921

No need to translate it, Mick. The photo lower down shows the same bass but with a noticeably different headstock.

Could be a replacement neck, or possibly a badly-remodelled headstock. Take a look at http://www.defil-vintage.pl/2013/12/nowe-rytmy-w-fabryce-defil.html Can't leave Defil alone without pointing you at their ... ahem ... 'take' on the gorgeous Hagstrom Futurama: https://reverb.com/item/40133-defil-lotos-1973-vintage-natural-relict I get the whole Communist era thing, but nobody ever claimed that the Communists weren't very fine engineers. This monstrosity looks like a failed school word & metalwork project.

Cautiously optimistic ...

Without some idea of who actually wrote this, frankly it's pretty meaningless.

I think we should be told.

In truth, I always thought that a "Sonic Maximiser" was what we used to call a Volume knob.

Was any sticky-backed plastic involved, at all?

And the No Sh!t Sherlock moment: as this bass has a 35 inch scale; so even longer than a long-scale 34 inch

Just be glad it's restricted to the noises.

Assuming that you had that ability in the first place.

Not entirely sure why anyone would want to do this anyway.

I'm guessing it's somewhere near Cairo?

Y'see, I always thought it was when Elvis got drafted.

When you carved your name into the body, you spelled it wrong Andy.

I know a drummer who can do this for you too ...

Personally, I rather liked the Page / Hendrix flick-switch ...

There's a well-known blues outfit in London called The Delta Ladies - they're actually two guys in drag playing guitar and fiddle plus a percussionist. The percussionist sits on a stool holding a large djembe under his left arm, and he has his cajon on an angled stand alongside him to his right. He routinely plays the djembe with his left hand + the cajon with his right hand + various bits & pieces with his feet. It doesn't just look good, he's also a top-notch percussionist and his set-up allows him plenty of variety.

Bugger! I was looking forward to catching up, Steve.

Agreed, unless they are on-boarding a shedload of new material in a hurry.

You can almost hear the foam under the strings ...

Too much fun? Well that's news to me, Too much fun? There must be A whole lot of things that I never done ... I ain't never had too much fun. Bill Kirchen

And think of all the time you'd have saved!

Shall we play a game?