Bi's not enough for me :lol:
I started off as a singer, chorister at first, but then around 14 years old I wanted to sing pop/rock stuff.
Obviously, no b@stard was going to accompany me, so I figured I needed to play guitar. I started with acoustic, and that started me writing songs almost immediately.
I switched to electric to play rock/blues. I spent an awful lot of time teaching bass-players bass-lines to my songs, and then when they got any good they wouldn't play the bluddy notes for the harmony I wanted.
Then I ended up with a gig in a church worship band as a bassist for a few years. I thought I'd just sit at the back and keep my head down, but I discovered that bassists are far more important than most of us guitarists are! (don't tell them though, the b@stards :lol:)
Since then, with home recording, I've ended up teaching myself the piano and double-bass.
Piano's the only thing I wouldn't be comfortable playing in a gig situation.
I tried harmonica once, flute, and clarinet for a bit, but I couldn't face the amount of effort it was going to take for what it would give me.
I still want to get a drum-kit one day... :roll:
If anyone asks me though, I'm not a guitarist or a bassist or whatever... I'm a singer-songwriter
Anyway, Dave, I know exactly what you mean about bass - when you get into it as an instrument (rather than "oh we need some bass on this"), it can be a lot more satisfying than the six-string beastie we seem to be sticking so much money into :lol:
