I'm not really a guitarist (drummer by trade and my second place instrument is
probably piano/keyboards)... however...

I have a Squire 20th anniversary P-Bass I picked up for $80 on craiglist. It's
my first bass, but immediately replaced the strings and did my own setup and
intonation. It's been a great player.

My daughter started bass this year in middle school jazz band (also drum set,
her preference), so I picked her up a used Squire Bronco (short scale) for
$100. It's okay. Much better after I replaced the strings and set it up. Thy're
$150 brand new at GC, but this one was basically brand new. There are much
better short scales (e.g. Mustang), but this was a good starter bass.

I also have an SX strat ($100), which really gets rarely played. But I figured
for $100, it'd be nice to have a guitar around for when friends (righties at
least) visit and want to jam.

The real find this summer was a Peavey TKO 160, for $120. They just don't make
electronics like this anymore. Thing is like 30 years old and sounds great,
bass and guitar.

Anyway, add the assortment of pedals that I hardly use, outboard gear and
mixers and mics and you get the picture: I'm a drummer. :-)

                                            digital man

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Rob's alias "digital man" was inspired by a song on Rush's 1982 "Signals"
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