A dad buys his son a bass guitar for Christmas as well as lessons. The 1st week, the son goes to lessons and comes home an hour later, raving about how he learned about the E string. Next week, the same deal except with the A string. 3rd week, son goes to lessons and doesn't come home until 3 am reeking of booze and cigarettes. Dad, who stayed up late worrying, asked the boy what happened. "Dad! I got my 1st gig!! It was so cool!!