Been playing bass for about 16 years on and off - my current bass is a Fender J-American Deluxe - great buy off of e-bay!
Amps - main rig is SWR Working pro 400 head with matching 4-10 cabinet, also own a G-K micro bass combo
Love Zeppelin, though can't come close to JPJ's playing - Grateful Dead but yet again - Phil is great! All sorts of rock, jazz, anything but hard-core metal. And of course, Jaco.....
Trying to get a band started - slow, but steadily improving. Played in a couple of local bands in the last few years. Played with a local dixieland band for about 5 years.
I'm a high school band director by day, and also by night, and sometimes weekends....