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Given your influences, it's probably not all that odd that you have a 1984 20th Anniversary Special Edition Hofner Beatle Bass . . .
Hofner asked me to endorse the Beatles bass, and in the discussion asked what changes might make it appeal to more players. I suggested an adjustable bridge, and they had me meet their production guy, who seemed insulted. He said the bass was "as perfect as a Stradivarius!" They gave me two fancy versions made with decades-aged wood in exchange for me doing an ad for them. I later traded one for a Teac reel-to-reel four-track recorder, but I still have the Anniversary model. It's great for coming up with parts I wouldn't normally gravitate to. It's bubbly. I played a Hofner that belonged to the Cowsills on the Alice Cooper group's second album, Easy Action; "Shoe Salesman" and "Laughing at Me" are bubbly. . . .
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