Nice site.
In the early ’70s I bought a Futurama 6-string bass from a junk shop in Oldham – I thought it was a guitar – if not an extremely heavy one. Anyway it was missing the top “E” string so i went to a music shop in Deansgate with a piece of string the length of the “E” string and the only one they could match it with was cello string! Can’t see a pic of it in your Archive but wish I still had it.
Phil.