[Birdbrain]

... it plays effortlessly, even bending strings, because it has a 28-inch scale. Plays like a guitar, with a little stretch. It's an Ibanez Mikro, a solidbody made of undistinguished planks of wood with no ornamentation, befitting it's below-$200 price tag. I'm having a ball with it, fingerpicking it like a guitar. From the first night, I could play for hours- and my hands are neither large or strong.

For that reason alone, I'd always thought the bass just wasn't an option for me. What a nice 65th birthday present for myself, proving that wrong.