Basses come in all shapes and sizes. Generally they have rounded shapes round the body, for the comfort of the player. However, there are some more spiky designs including the BC Rich Warlock. Actually, the instrument which I had a quick go on tonight wasn’t officially a Warlock but the Harlem X from Gear4Music, which has a similar shape (although, I suspect, not enough to allow for a court case!).

Not a bad sounding instrument although I think I’m still happier with more comfortable shapes. It’s been a while since I last did a gig where it would have been the ideal body shape to turn up with although there were a few back in the day when it might have been just the thing. Harlem certainly seems to be the Gear4Music sub-brand to look at for inexpensive but decent instruments with some of the less conventional shapes.