"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Anyway, if I were starting over, I'd go for a solid body. Don't fall in
love with the wood. Get something that's really comfortable.


Not a bass, but ...

The other day I was talking to one of my dock neighbors. He and his wife
are full-time liveaboards, and are really good folks. (Here's their
"yacht")

http://www.eisboch.com/yachtclub.jpg

While we were yaking I happened to notice a guitar on his houseboat. Turns
out it's a late 50's vintage Guild 12 string and his pride and joy. He's a
country music type, but we plan to get together and hum and strum this
winter, serenading the fish.

Eisboch