Does he who doesn't collect for fins collect for pickup placement?
He who withstood the garish lure of collecting for fins is currently without space for ze colleckshün (it's been in storage for a year now) and hasn't touched a bass string for the last half year due to the breakup of his last band. I'm in bass menopause and totally frustrated about it.
If you're 61, don't want to play covers or be a tribute, but do your own stuff in a vein that is somewhere between Be-Bop Deluxe, The Cars and Tin Machine, you're royally f***ed in Germany.