One of the reasons I've always loved playing bass is that there isn't much you can say about the instrument. Just play the damn thing! While guitarists and drummmers get all excited about their equipment and can discuss its finer points at great length, we can just plug in and go OOM-PAH DOOM-PAH BOIIIIIING!

Never mind tuning it or worrying about strings, just get yourself an Ampeg stack and make some big deep noises