I took 18 months off bass playing to learn to play drums. I had an itch.
I didn't really think I could do justice to learning the drums without giving it 100% and I just put my bass away and took weekly drum lessons and ... well ... just played and played.
I've enjoyed every moment of it.
But over the last few weeks I've felt a calling back to the bass and this evening have had a reunion with my 4 stringed buddy like a long lost lover returning from oversea, and I realised that nothing feels quite like it.
So here's my question - do you feel that you are born a bassist? Do you think that even though you might scratch an itch and learn to play other (lesser?) instruments, that you'll probably always return to the bass? Just like I feel now?
I admit, I've had a few ales officer, but perhaps I'm at my most honest and clear thinking when I've had an ale or two and pick up my old friend?
So - are we born bassists, or is it just a romantic dream?