I have been and gone and purchased a Yamaha RBX270F in green. That'll be my Christmas from everyone. It's a lovely fretless bass guitar, which means it can sound a bit more like a double bass for playing jazz-like stuff.
I was thinking of buying a big f***-off amplifier too, but the man in the shop embarrassed me out of it by saying "oh, are you gigging then?" to which I had to answer no.
