My first bass was a solid black Lotus with P & J style pickups. I live in a small town in rural southwest Georgia. This was in 1989 and one of the only things for kids to do was to ride our bikes into “town” and play 1 of 2 video games at the tiny grocery store. One day I was riding my bike past the little pawnshop and saw the bass hanging in the window. I’m not sure why, but I knew I had to have it. I was too young for a job but I noticed they had lots of Native American arrowheads on display. I knew of a place right along a creek just outside of town where some land had been cleared and I had found several arrowheads there. I worked out a deal where I could pay for the bass with arrowheads I found. So I made a sifter out of an old washing machine tub and some poles off an old swing set and started digging/sifting. Over the next few weeks I probably gave them $10,000 worth of arrowheads for that cheap bass! They were always happy to see me come in! But I loved it and knew I was supposed to have it and learn to play. Being young I took it apart and pulled the frets out and various other things until it ended up in pieces. I eventually got other bases and lost track of the Lotus pieces so I threw away what was left. Id love to find another one someday.
I really like this single pickup model. The inlays are cool too. What were you thinking? 
