I remember my dad had a LP of a japanese band from the 60s, named The Wild Ones, and the bass player was holding one of those in the cover of the LP, and I always thought it was very cool when I was a little kid.
I dont really remember, but my mom told me that at one time I cut a piece of cardboard with the shape of that bass and then I kept asking my dad to play his guitar so I could pretend that I was the one playing.
In 2005 I was in Japan, and almost bought one of the reissues, a used yellow one the store was asking about 180 us dollars. But ended up buying an 96 Epi Rivoli RI for 200 and never looked back.
