My favorite color is blue. My favorite instrument is the acoustic guitar. High-pitched instruments like the fiddle or mandolin start to grate on my ears after a while, but, I've never been particularly drawn to the deeper tones of the bass or cello. The in-the-middle range of the guitar suits my ears to a tee. It can also be played in a variety of ways (strummed, flat-picked, fingerpicked) and can be tuned a zillion ways besides plain old EBGDAE.

And, not no prejudice your research or anything, but everybody knows fiddlers like red and bass players always wear black. :-)