Chuck, I will be putting flats on it this weekend, I promise. I just spent the last two hours playing the thing and it needs flats to be truly mine.
Also, the setup was PERFECT last Friday, but heat and whatever else the poor thing had to endure in THE TRUCK conspired to really screw up whatever Jon did to it, but hey, I have a screwdriver and I'm not afraid to use it. It's almost back to where it should be.
Now I get to change the strings and start all over again! Frankly, I like the process, so no one should feel sorry for me.
So are you gonna play it out in the world or hang it on the wall?
Oh, Father Gino, my outlook is - it's a bass. If I don't play it, it's art. Well, okay, with this one, it's both, but believe me, I couldn't leave a bass this cool at home. My guitar player saw photos of it and said, "Oh! A Cowpilot Bongo, finally!" Yeah, well, maybe, but in any case, it's my bass and it will surely be seen in public. Otherwise, where's the fun?