[zuzu]

Do you have an instrument that you have played for decades? One you always come back to?

Mine is my Guild B301 bass. Purchased new in 1977, played constantly until 1996, (2 fret jobs) when I started playing banjo for 15 years, then played steadily until 2019, when I started trying some short scale basses, and has been in the case since 2022.

But, it's back! Got a gig Friday and our singer has laryngitis and doesn't think he can do many numbers, if any. That's puts me in the hot seat for vocals. We had a actual rehearsal last night, first time in 3 years, and I knew what to do; call on my "old friend" to help me out. It's like a worn in shoe, a hand in glove. Even after not touching it for 2 years it is so familiar that I can concentrate on singing and not have to position it, or look at it, or consider it at all. It's just there.

Do you have such an "old friend"?