The Dan Armstong reissue is an ugly looking bass in my opinion - I only bought it for this band. That said, it is a very nicely made bass (they're made in Japan by Fujigen) with a really sweet neck. Ergonomically it sits comfortably, not as heavy as the original plexis - this one weighs around 9.5lbs. In the tone department the bass has a lot of low end authority, however it suffers from uneven volume across the strings, and the bridge saddles are not adjustable at all. The D and G are significantly lower in volume than the other strings. Also, being a single coil (actually a single coil with two taps - and a strange tone control arrangement where you can blend in the two taps) it has pretty nasty 60 cycle hum - as bad as a Jazz bass with one pickup.
Luckily I bought this one used and got a good price, because the sound quality really lets it down for the price they sell for new.
I've got a new wig in the works. I figured with all these gigs coming in I could use some gig money to upgrade from my $15 eBay fancy dress wig. I spent an hour at a custom wig shop yesterday trying on wigs and talking about how one could be customised to look like Bill. These look much more realistic than my cheapo, and I'll have a new wig in a week or so.
