At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.
Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that.
But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.
On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo.
I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise.
I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it.