On Saturday I humored Dan, going to a couple of different guitar shops that he never gets to go to, since they tend to be closed when we are in the area. He has been lusting over the Taylor Solid body guitar’s and it just makes me nervous. Great instruments for sure, but how many to we really need.

I feel guilty for my bass contribution to the problem because I don’t play well, or that often. I have my dream bass, a MusicMan Sterling in a gorgeous blue. I also have an American Fender P-bass that I got at a great deal used, a total surprise, but too good a deal to turn away from. Dan and I also share a Vertigo that we had custom painted, cause it’s cool and rare in the states. And I have a Nomad, a travel bass with a built-in speaker, which is short scale. I loved the nomad at first, because of the short scale, but because I have an aversion to playing bass loud enough for anyone but me to hear, I never use the speaker, and it doesn’t “fit” my body that well.

So I was kinda happy that Dan didn’t fall in love with the Taylor’s that he saw in the first guitar shop. When he asked to stop in the other shop, I was a bit worried, but agreed. I actually played with my iPhone in the acoustic room while he looked around. He came back and said that there was some basses he wanted me to see. I followed him and saw the great stick-style upright basses. They were cool and so out my ability and price range. I looked over and saw some cute metallic flake guitars in with some basses, but they looked odd. And then it hit me, they were basses. Adorable basses. I picked up the blue one and Dan quipped “Way to say I’m a girl bassist and proud of it.” They were obviously made for the Hannah Montana set, but I love it. I made Dan play it, because even though it felt good to me, I didn’t want to miss an obvious flaw. Dan plugged it in and tried it. It sounded really good, and it was extra surprising since it was on sale for $159. Insanely cheap.

So, it’s mine. And it’s replacing the Nomad, that will soon be on ebay or some such place. The nice thing is the Nomad isn’t made anymore so it should more than cost the cost of the new bass. Here is a link to Dan’s blog, since he already wrote up all the techy info on the bass. I have already spend quite a bit of time playing it, and it feels really good.

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