Carl may been a jerk sometimes but he let me hang at his shop at his house in Brooklyn numerous times. I was 17. He didn't really know me at all. He pulled out a Johnny Smith book first time I came over and put on a record of 'Moonlight in Vermont'. He said here's the transcription bet you don't know those chords or something like that. I immediately picked up a guitar and played it back to him like it was on the record. He left me alone after that. He sold me a guitar finally for pennies. Just gave it to me. I left him alone after that. Haven't seen him since. Cool dude though……if not misunderstood. Ken Smith surely owes some kudos to Carl for "his" so-called neck through bass design. Chuck Corbisiero