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Banged around on a drum at about age 10, but bass was my first serious instrument, keyboard right behind. I considered myself a bassist/keyboardist for the next 40 years or so, until I gave some serious effort to DADGAD tuned guitar starting a couple of years ago. My latest obsession is the...

That's an Ortega that Donna Lee is playing, with Thundergut strings. I love the little lizard laser cuts around the sound hole. I've been very satisfied with mine. Nice to know it's capable of that kind if playing, even if it'll never get there while I own it.

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I play folk acoustic with my wife and we swap around instruments a lot, so we carry anywhere from 4-7 instruments to a gig for the two of us. (2 guitars, 2 dulcimers, violin, octave mando, u-bass). Plus PA if there's no house sound. I downsized from a Taylor Mini bass to an Ortega Lizzy and...

Most of us are on here because we're all guitar/bass geeks at some level, so of course we notice stuff like that. I have to wonder if, at least for the typical bar band, the people having their drinks and conversation and listening in the background have any clue at all. You might have one or...

Dude, have you SEEN the Rolling Stones lately? There is no too old. Besides, if you play gospel you know how old some of those artists are. When they started out Methusaleh was in the youth group. Seriously, go for it. I'm 58 and recently remarried and started playing folk music with my...

Never owned a Fender, but have played a few and have a great respect for them. My first bass was a Harmony H-22 that I wish I still had (who knew they'd be classics back then?). For decades my only bass was a Peavey T40 that my parents gave me. (I do still have that one.) Last few years I've...

I remember Peavey's big selling point for the T-40 and T-60 was the fact the bodies were shaped on CNC machines, a big deal back then and an innovation for musical instruments at the time. I'd say there must have been a bug in the software the day this one was made.

Just sold my Taylor GS Mini Bass. Loved it. I like playing short scale, and I liked the size and portability. It was just loud enough for practice/songwriting alongside one guitar, but of course it had to be amped for any kind of jam or gig. That's just the nature of bass, unless you want to...

A bass is "unnecessary" to a band in the same way a windshield is "unnecessary" to a car. That is, you can operate without one, but the experience with one is far superior. I have played bass for over 40 years. I also play keyboards and various stringed instruments and am a vocalist by...