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I have been along this dark path on Basschat before. From five years ago:

At last. We now know what bass is good for metal.

I have a theory about it, but perhaps I'll stick to my intuitions.

There's no need to be unkind to others merely because you are an intellectual powerhouse of immeasurable capability.

I think Dan's point is that how one feels about a situation is no substitute for what one actually does about a situation. Emotions can help or hinder actions, but they cannot make them happen as if by magic. This applies to most aspects of life, but certainly to situations where levels of performance feel like crucial assessments of your worth as a human being -- which, for the most part, they are not. In any case, good luck with any future jams, and try to remember that even Tom Verlaine could have an off night (I saw it and it was excruciating).

Perhaps a Warwick Gnome and whatever suitable cabinet size (or sizes) might work for your particular requirements? I like @itu's suggestions about cabs and speakers, and it is easy to take something like a Gnome or an Elf along for a jaunty musical number in Technicolor testing good candidates.

We are very interested in your expert analysis, and would like you to join our group of insightful opinion-formers from the Cas Vegas area as we take AI to the next level.

Yes, the Höfner Villain bass.

You should open it to the public occasionally anyway, if only for the tax benefits. You won't get where you aren't today by leaving money on the table. Alternatively, I think what you are describing might be satisfactorily accomplished if you simply open a guitar shop. From what I remember of such places when I was a teenager, they were basically exhibition spaces for appealing objects that I could not possibly afford.

There's a very small but pleasant notebook sketch by Constable for sale at the moment (ends tomorrow). Bidding is currently $5500, which won't even get you some new Les Pauls that Knofpler didn't own.

GBP 8.84 million.

That's good. They are doing rather well out of it, after all.

Oh, I don't know if the world is any madder for doing this kind of thing. Some people have more money than others. Some have more talent and renown than others. In this case, the latter is being rewarded by the former, and a couple of charities get a decent chunk of the proceeds. Is that really such a terrible redistribution of values?

I'd want to see the condition report first. If the neck has been repaired, that might diminish the value.

A good auction is excellent entertainment. Going to an auction preview and then the auction itself is worth doing, and if you are not buying it is free. If you are buying, it is very much not free.