holy crap. i haven't played my bass in probably 6 months. fortunately, my nice strings were still almost perfectly in tune. unfortunately, my fingers are so weak and not callused anymore... God, I think I played maybe 30 minutes before my hand started cramping up and now my fingers are sore as hell. *sigh* I guess I'd better just get back into the habit of playign all the time until I get my strength back.