having commissioned a bass that took 15 months to build, i read your post with heart in throat.

lesson to all who own a custom axe...get a custom case to go with it. mine is rated and hermetically sealed. those firemen deserve an award ceremony.

i loved the comments about music. i've played polkas at a polish wedding for free just to be involved with music and it's irreplaceable role in the happiest of times in the lives of complete strangers who became like my family after one set.

it's great to sweep the technical aspects aside and just close your eyes and...listen.