Well, I guess I have to admit it's tuba that got me into bass clef. I was a happy trumpet player in Junior High, but got my growth spurt early. When the band director told me I'd been "selected" as a tuba player, I protested feebly, then went meekly about the business of dealing with a mouthpiece the size of Alaska. However, not all was lost. The tuba led to upright bass, the upright bass led to Bass Guitar and not too much later to Leo Fender's masterpiece, the Precision Bass.
Yes, the venerable P-Bass has been my faithful bass clef companion for aobut 35 years of my bass clef experience. The first one was purchased about 1971 at Manny's music in NYC. Set up at a nearby bass shop with Rotosounds, and I've been round wound ever since. Unfortunately this bass was sold in the late 70's when I 'got out of music' - a self delusive phase that lasted almost 5 years. Fortunately, I found the twin of the original instrument in Cambridge MA.
Happy New Years!
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