As a teenager I was a big rock fan, so I started on drums, but moved to guitar then bass. I discovered fusion, and that is how I ended up listening to jazz. I wanted to move on to acoustic bass in high school but I didn’t have the guts – so I played fretless instead! I eventually attended McGill University where, a few months short of my 20th birthday, I started on acoustic bass as they did not allow electric. I was fine with it and has become my main instrument.
My first bass guitar was a copy of a Fender Precision. I don’t remember the brand, but it came with a small practice amp. On electric, I’ve played mostly Fender Jazz basses, Japanese or the then-current American models. I was a fretless player and had a Sterling Music Man and a Washburn acoustic-electric. Nowadays I have a 2008 P-Bass, which is the first Precision I ever played that I loved; a fretless Moollon, which is basically a very good Sixties Jazz copy; and a five-string Yamaha TRB-5P. On acoustic I’ve been playing my 1930s-era Juzek since 2000. I also have a 1950s Kay, the one with the rounded corners. Before that I played a stock German bass with a baseball bat of a neck.