Absolutely. In a royal court back then, a page was a young boy of noble birth who served as an apprentice in the household of a prince or nobleman.
Today, TV network studios have pages who perform many duties for execs, staff and onscreen talent.
Here’s Kenneth the page from 30 Rock.
I took and interest because the strings are fatter than guitar strings! I’ve been mechanician on things my whole life, I’m 62. I tried guitar but to me, my fingers seem too big, and a bass is just right!
I’ve played piano most of my life. I love playing with other people, but that opportunity is very rare as a pianist if you’re not doing it for a living. So, bass seemed the best choice since people are always looking for bass players to jam with. (I literally mentioned to my neighbor in passing that I was learning bass and now he wants to jam). Plus, if you have the funk, it’s lots easier to get funky on a bass than a piano! 
For me it was the bass in music that I always loved and when I was young I had a desire to reproduce that sound myself. But life and time commitments prevented that. Fast forward to age 60 and the desire was still there so I had to make it become a reality. Bass is a feeling not just a sound.
B2B was an excellent way to begin the journey.
I had been playing guitar for a few years (for about the 3rd time) and just wasn’t loving it like many of my friends. One day I was on amazon and i saw a Yamaha trbx174 cheap on amazon warehouse deals so i decided to buy it!
It didn’t take long for me to discover that i really loved playing bass and it’s my thing. I’ve played many instruments over my life and the bass instruments were the ones I enjoyed the most. I have short stubby fingers and the tip of my left ring finger was cut off and reattached when i was a child and that makes it really difficult to play some chords on guitar… the wider string spacing on bass makes it much easier.
I also love percussion, i did rhythmic tap for a few years and loved that so bass also fits in with that. I find that bass is much better for learning theory and improvisation than most instruments, piano is probably the only one that’s better for theory.
The right instrument is really a personal thing and depends a lot on your personality and what role you like to play.
I started with a triangle. But then I started modding it and had a thread about it on TriangleBuzz.com. Many comments were very frustrating (“send it back”, etc.).
So I switched to bass, mainly cause I like to learn new stuff, always loved bass in music (be it bass guitar or synthesizer) … and looked something for “meditative” to stop my thinking machine.
Bass gave me peace of mind … and much more I did not expect (modding, theory, discovering new music etc.).
It changed my life…
I play bass because it’s the backbone of the band, providing both rhythm and harmony. It connects with the drummer and drives the groove. Plus, it has a unique, satisfying role in music that I really enjoy. Everyone’s journey is different, but for me, the bass’s role in shaping a song’s foundation is what makes it special.
I have been playing guitar but my son played sweet child o mine’s solo in front of my eyes after 2-3 months of practice, than I started to play bass.
Now I’m falling in love with it, and if I see my son near it, I’ll destroy the bass guitar on his neck.
I like rhythm , and always have been attracted to the low end of the sound spectrum, always listening to the bass and drum of a song… Personally I don’t need or want be in the spotlight, I want to be part of the fundamental force that is the rhythm section 
I’m to broken down from all my past hobbies and needed something easy. Everyone plays guitar, going back to drums would get me divorced and I sing like shit so decided on bass.
During the pandemic shutdown my wife bought me an ukulele to help cure my boredom. Took to it rather quickly and learned quite a few songs. Bought myself a U-Bass and instantly realized that is what my musical heart beat to. Bought an electric bass soon after and haven’t played my ukuleles ever since.
I was also wanting to play with others, but there aren’t many hard rock ukulele bands out there to join. So much easier to find others to jam with since changing to bass.
https://forum.bassbuzz.com/t/why-do-you-play-bass-guitar/60631/31?u=uncletoad
@jeffw I would be interested to find how you like the desktop drum pads. Had to look up theremin. Turns out even Guitar Center sells them!
So far so good with the drum pads. They simulate a basic kit: snare, 3 toms, ride and crash, hi hat and kick drum operated by pedals. There are 50 drumkit presets and the pads are individually programable to make customised kits. So a lot of fun! Jimmy Page used a modified Theremin on live versions of Whole Lotta Love! And Frank Zappa used one and wrote music for the Theremin.
https://forum.bassbuzz.com/t/why-do-you-play-bass-guitar/60631/49?u=uncletoad
Fasinating! Thank you!
How much room does it take up and is it really designed to be on a desktop?
If I were young again I think I would learn drums to start and develop a solid sense of rhythm, then bass. Great technology 60 years to late for me (or maybe I might look into a desktop set rather than another bass guitar).
Apologies to @UncleToad, @joergkutter and @JoshFossgreen!
It’s like the bat signal went up, and batman showed up and took care of everything, and saved the day…
And then Robin showed up 3 days later and #$%*ed everything up again.
Ta daaaa!!
Well, we’re merged.
I’ll unmerge if it matters (and I can find out how to undo things).
In the meantime, welcome to the new thread:
The Thread That Should Not Be
(For you metal heads out there)
It’s all good, @Gio. All’s well that ends.
I picked up a bass in high school because a bunch of my friends wanted to form a band, i.e. be Duran Duran. And I just fell in love with being in the pocket. I moved to keys within a couple of years- then put it all down for 25 years when I had kids. Fast forward- the church band needed a bassist- I saw Josh and B2B- and the rest is history. Honestly, without Josh, no way I’d be near as functional or a serviceable bassist at all. I freaked a lot of folks out by being ready-to-play so quickly (thank you @JoshFossgreen ) I’m over doing Scale Essentials now at Talking Bass. It’s also better to have money to GAS with as an old man- my Dingwall arrived a few weeks ago!
The triangle became a square, or a circle?
I hope it was a Thomann triangle!!
Blimey, I’ve just looked. There appears to be about 200 different triangles on their site……..GAS time!!!
