Damn Nuhaus - I kinda think you and I may have jammed at the Yale on Granville back in the 80s. Its kinda a blur now (probably caused by the infamous "special-mix" draft at that place), but when I saw your link ... the Yale popped into my head for some reason. Small, small world. Didn't know we were from the same hometown.

The bassist I play with in Beijing is aka Mr Ducati (whom Eric [998S] knows - again, small world), whom, back in the day, I almost convinced to buy a JH600. Whew, that was a close one.

Love the Warwick bass line - real nice manufacturing. Seeing six strings on a bass, though ... I don't know ... something ain't right. Bikes have two wheels, cars have four. Basses have four strings, guitars have six.

Slabo ... singing to oneself definitely puts you "in the groove" ... it is when you start clapping and cheering at your own performance that one thinks you've gone a bit too native! My musical experience in Lebanon was watching polar extremes ... either traditional drums and finger cymbals, or 1,000 watts of synthesized mayhem. Nothing in the middle. Either way, there were always Lebanese women dancing (traditional or modern) ... omg, how I miss that place!

There is some iPhone app that turns your iPhone into a guitar you can "strum". One of my students strummed his iPhone and sang John Denver's "Country Roads" (of course). I gotta say that it was weird, but kinda "talented" in a uniquely Chinese-mobile-phone way. I think there are some Youku and Youtube videos of this iPhone app somewhere, but I can't find them right now.