Okay, gotcha.
 
What, pray tell, is a "real bass"? Do you mean an "acoustic" or "upright" bass?
 
 

No, just a normal bass, probably a five string starting with a low B.  The bass Robert Smith of the Cure used was a Fender VI which was a six-string bass that he used to use the higher strings a lot for many of their songs.  It had some interesting electronics that you wouldn't find on a (normal) bass guitar.

And here I was, thinking that an "acoustic" bass WAS "the" normal bass and all other basses (electric, synth, washtub, etc.) needed a modifier to delineate them from a (normal) (acoustic) "bass".
 
Glad I asked.
 
Your blue guitar was beautiful as well. I that wish saxophones looked cool when you changed their color. Mostly, they just look cheap. Old, gnarly-looking saxes are best. The best ones are a mix of scratches, worn-off patches, and deep golden lacquer. They look authoritative and often (if they were taken care of) play better as well as there is less lacquer inhibiting the natural resonance of the metal. 
 
 

 
Enjoy your guit-fiddle!

Well, you know that they say there's a big difference in the saxes... 

craigb
Well, you know that they say there's a big difference in the saxes... 

One night, a man who just wanted to relax while watching a sitcom turned on his television. As he surfed the channels, he stopped on one and noticed that it featured a retrospective on the life of John Coltrane. Continuing on, he found the Chicago Symphony playing Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 (the "Pastoral Symphony") and the "Surprise Symphony" (No. 94) by Haydn. On another channel, the Kronos Quartet was playing  arrangements of some Jimi Hendrix tunes. Still another channel offered a video of Sonny Rollins in solo concert. The next offered the New York Philharmonic playing Debussy's "La Mer". The final channel offered a college saxophone quartet attempting to negotiate a harmonized transcription of Michael Brecker's unaccompanied solo on "Naima".
 
                           In disgust, the gentleman threw his remote against the wall, uttering those words which one hears so often now:
 
                                                      "Sax and violins! Sax and violins! That's all anyone sees on the television nowadays!"
 
 
                                                                                 
 
 
 
 

jamesg1213
Congrats Craig, onwards and upwards!

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craigb
Well, you know that they say there's a big difference in the saxes... 

One night, a man who just wanted to relax while watching a sitcom turned on his television. As he surfed the channels, he stopped on one and noticed that it featured a retrospective on the life of John Coltrane. Continuing on, he found the Chicago Symphony playing Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 (the "Pastoral Symphony") and the "Surprise Symphony" (No. 94) by Haydn. On another channel, the Kronos Quartet was playing  arrangements of some Jimi Hendrix tunes. Still another channel offered a video of Sonny Rollins in solo concert. The next offered the New York Philharmonic playing Debussy's "La Mer". The final channel offered a college saxophone quartet attempting to negotiate a harmonized transcription of Michael Brecker's unaccompanied solo on "Naima".
 
                           In disgust, the gentleman threw his remote against the wall, uttering those words which one hears so often now:
 
                                                      "Sax and violins! Sax and violins! That's all anyone sees on the television nowadays!"
 
 
                                                                                 
 
 
 
 

Purdy guits Craig!
 
I like the purple sax too ...

Good stuff Craig, a real beauty

I got to play my roommate's PRS Friday night for about 15-20 minutes (first time playing an electric in a few years!).  Yikes!  It's going to be a while for my fingers to get their flexibility back - and for me to remember most of what I used to know!  LOL.
 
BTW - His PRS is one sweet guitar as well!