Balance Quote by Nathan East

The Bassbone works great in the studio or on the live stage. Throw it in your gig bag and take it wherever you go.

— Victor Wooten

You can do all kinds of things with your instrument outside of its surface purpose. My bass is my crutch, but the best crutch…

— Thundercat

At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a…

— Eberhard Weber

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

— Eddie Van Halen

I don't look at my instrument as having one specific role; I was raised to go as far as you can. But Raphael Saadiq…

— Thundercat

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.

— Trevor Dunn

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed…

— Billy Sheehan

I think I've been playing bass for as long as I've played guitar, and I love them both.

— Devin Townsend

If you're using live bass versus orchestral bass, you've got to make sure that you're not stepping on the toes of the other elements,…

— Serj Tankian

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

— Tina Weymouth

I'm a bass player and I love the bass.

— Tim Commerford

I love playing bass. It's mostly what I play in Divine Fits.

— Britt Daniel