"Imagewise, I have doubts though whether a short scale SG body bass will make for an as striking appearance with Fräulein Rommel as a TBird. Mark looks tall - certainly for a woman! - and that TBird in his hands together with the drag look will forever echo the late Arthur "Killer" Kane of New York Dolls fame with me. With a stubby little EB I have a hard time getting the mental picture right unless Mark goes through an image change ... Thought about growing a moustache/beard and a fizzled out mullet, Mark"
Uwe, if we went back about 10 years I looked like Slash from G-n-R, except that my hair was a bit longer, did the bandana thing and god knows having that *look* scared the crap out of a lot people, even tho I was the person you guys all know here. And FWIW you're right about the look of an EB on me, I'm 6'0" without platform boots....I need an instrument with some body mass to look right on me.
The idea of getting an EB really is supposed to kinda take me back to my very first bass which was an inexpensive japanese EB copy from the early 70's. Alot of my early influences in rock played Gibsons (Andy Fraser, Jim Lea, Dennis Dunnaway) so when my folks finally relented and put up the $$$ for a beginner bass....well it at least had to*look* like a Gibson
With the Nasty Habits I'll likely always play 'Birds onstage, aside from how wonderful I think they sound, I simply love the look of them and know I don't need to search any further for a *favorite* bass, color is the only question!