I had never played a bass before my first gig. I learned all my bass lines on a Fender Acoustic guitar. I had one hour before the gig to master a '62 Precision that a mate lent me. It didn't go too well. I was 15 at the time. My own first bass was a Jedson short scale Telecaster copy. It went in the bin when I got my '72 Rickenbacker fretless at the age of 17.