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Ken MJ (ロマネスコ/金属恵比須) ‏@KennieMJ Billy, I haven’t seen you doing ‘Awaken’ yet. When playing it, what bass will you choose instead of that 3 neck beast? Billy: I knew that question was coming ! Do I have to answer that? I’m kidding! (laughs). I would find another way to do it, even if I had to have a couple of different basses on stands. I would stick to my own instruments and just figure out a way to make that happen. Further to that, one of the conversations that I had with Chris that was very important, and he understood it and agreed and he even remarked on it was, he didn’t want me imitating him and he didn’t want me coming out there with a Rickenbacker and trying to be Chris Squire and stand on one leg, we had many laughs about it on the phone, I joked with him on the phone when we spoke on this stuff… “Please Chris, can’t I do the flamingo pose just once” (laughs). Chris wanted me to do what I do, which is what I do. So I would be looking at that song and approaching it in a new way. I have the components to make the sounds work, fretless, 8 String etc… so it’s more an ergonomic issue of how to do it… as opposed to putting on that bass because Chris did. The image of that bass on Chris is Squire and him alone !!