I am an established bass player...sort of. I love it. The most amazing instrument I've ever picked up. Ug, at my women's retreat, some jerk stole all of our stuff. We were stupid and left everything unlocked because it was a church environment and we were with a ton of other people. He took my leader's car, purse, ipod, laptop, and my ipod too. The person watched her until she left so he could go in and steal her stuff. I'm glad no one got hurt.