Hey, Geoff. I saw Lyle Lovett last night at the Mountain Winery and the bass player, who looked a lot like Santa Claus, except skinny, was playing a very strange looking bass. It was metallic red, had at least 5 strings (maybe 6, couldn't tell from my seat), and had a very strange fret pattern. It looked something like this: \\\\\||||||///////. Any idea what kind it was, and why the strange fret pattern? The guy was amazing on it, by the way. Much in the mold of John Entwistle -- flying fingers but stationary body.