On Wed, 2 May 2007 06:10:07 -0400, "RCE" wrote:

Right now I am trying to learn the bass.

I've always approached the bass guitar as a real guitar missing two
strings. :)

I can play one decently, but I never quite got the hang of being able
to really "play" it.

You want a real challenge, try a lute. Mrs. Wave has a collegue who
is a virtuoso lute player and has a 14 course lute tuned in d-minor.
She plays in some big time baroque quartets. It took me six months to
learn just a simple little tune on a 6 course lute which is tuned like
a tenor viol da gamba - intervals are perfect fourths between all the
courses except the 3rd and 4th, which differ by a major third.

It's a really interesting sound though.