So I took it all apart
removed the frets
And added some of the parts from a junk hollow-body electric guitar, the end-pin from a classic bass, and some marine hardware.
The clip highlights how well the bass serves sitting on the lap or Standin’ Up -the way that he imagined playing it right from the start.
Once he put it on the floor, he played it that way for the rest of the set. I really like the way Standin’Up allows Robert to access certain nuances in his experiences with a classic bass which don’t come all the way through when he is playing with the neck horizontal.