Year started playing: 1982
Number of basses: 10
Music theory: 3 **
Technique: 4
Groove: 8
(** I did give myself a 1 originally, but then I realised that I can follow a chart quite well even if I can't actually read the notes.)
Without wanting to derail anything, OldGit's Shuker 5-string P was utterly gorgeous. I played a whole gig with it once and the thing was just alive in my hands.
When he had it built, there was no such thing as an off-the-peg 5-string P.
Back in the 90s I auditioned for a band in Swindon... it quickly became apparent that their original material was utterly dire, so I slapped my way through one of the songs in an attempt to deliberately fail the audition it seemed to work