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You what?! You want to Les Claypool? Are you mad? Is that even possible? He's not human, you know.

Hey. So they lost the compass that month. So what?

MusicMan are not scared of a "divisive" scratchplate. I mean, they pioneered the toilet-seat look...

Great take - thanks!

Well really now!! Good grief!

No I'm really flipping not! I HAVE sold a bass through these guys (they got me a very good price - can't fault them) but no. Not guilty.

I think ergonomics are much more important - a nice feeling neck, body, contours that suit you, but I can be lit up by the look of an instrument. It can definitely inspire my imagination, especially something beaten up that's been used in anger.

I've got a Dingwall combustion 5 and it's got 4 different settings for its 3 pickups and I use each one of them - they all fulfil a role so for me it's far more helpful but I do admire people who can carefully dial in something from a versatile bass with loads of different controls.

Well, being fair, I did post an opinion so it's fair game for people to disagree. I like a vintage Precision as much as the next person but I do like basses that stand out from the crowd and I love it when a manufacturer has a go at something new. It honestly never occurred to me that people would think it was horrible but it's been quite funny finding out how divisive this thing is.

Good lord!

I have NO idea. I'm so intreagued I think I'm going to have to go down there and give one a whirl... I've got a couple of basses that need a good setup anyway so they'll get some of my monies...

really? Well, I'm not in the market for a new bass so it's not important but damn I'd love try one

May have to start a poll...

Oh come on, look at the neck!

This is something else: https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/music-man-big-al-5-special-edition ... I may make a pilgrimage there to try the thing out. Looks AMAZING!!!!