I am a guitar player but I am working at becoming a bass player, too. I have a beautiful Martin Acoustic bass guitar that I bring to my favorite sessions. I warn the others at the session that I am learning to play bass at their expense (and I hope this is a joke). I have learned a lot, on the instrument, and have begun introducing it to some of the songs I do with others in performance. I have jokingly played a quick finger picked, full chords version of Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" and Townes Van Zandt's "Caroline" - the sound is something you call, acoustic folk punk!