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Most inappropriate bass...

I did a butterscotch blonde '51 P build that I play with one of those thin leather straps - suppose it would look out of place for a New Wave revival.

I've long wanted to have a fun, 80s new wave cover band and I could totally see playing that bass.

Incidentally, not the biggest new wave fan, but i think that would be a fun gig...some Cars, B-52s, Blondie, Talking Heads...
 
Take this to church:

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First ones not a bass but this thread brought back memories. We had two guitar players in my high school jazz band. The 1st chair played an ibanez rg. One of the ones that had a pickgaurd and had a somewhat classic look the second played a bc rich very much like the one in the picture. It didn't sound that bad honestly but guitar play 1 let guitar player 2 use his fender strat for most of the concerts. Lol

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Me personally with one other exception, I've always had either black or natural finish basses but my main player these days is a silver sparkle stingray 5. Which in regular lighting looks like
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but with stage light looks pretty cool imo.
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I used this bass on a 9-week run of the truly awful stage musical "The Phantom of the Opry" in late 1991, which is supposed to take place in Nashville in the 1930s, and featured the orchestra on stage complete with jeans and bolo ties:

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The theater went out of business before the end of the run, although I and my bass disavow any responsibility for that.
Sounds more like a case of "Most inappropriate piece of musical theater" to me. You and your bass are both exhonorated.
 
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