The way I see it, if it makes notes it's an instrument. And I'm not too patucular about what instrumentation people use. I just happened to take a shining to Bass and Guitar and so here I am.

I also think that in a way the instrument is trying to reinvent itself- look past the strings and frets and see what else we can get the little booger to do. Bass has gone from mostly root note eight note basslines to... less boring basslines (you still don't see that many really good bassists yet). So regardless, we're evolving, and evolution is good.

Their will come a time when hardly anybody plays guitar any more, but I really don't think the instrument is important in people's minds. What is important is playing something that sounds good to people and communicates with them. Their is nothing higher than playing a few notes and making everbody in the audience feel what you're feeling. I'm a long way off but that's where I'de like to think I'm walking.