I had a bass about 12 years ago, cause I wanted to try and get decent at playing bass in addition to playing lead/rythym guitar. It was a DR Hartfield(sp?). Anyway, at the time it cost me around $750. My roomate at the time had a friend who quit playing bass. One night, dude picked up my bass and proceeded to blister it. He jammed so hard on it and he had quit playing. I figured, if he had quit playing and he could blow me away, there was no point in my owning a bass. So, I traded it for a lead/rythym 6-string. I wish I still had that bass, though, it looked, played, and sounded awesome.