What a difference a bass makes

I am speaking, of course, about the instrument not the fish.  Bad one and I had the distinct pleasure of playing music with Tony on sunday.  We played for over three hours and came very close to finishing two songs.  We then spent an hour listening to snippets of it.  To all our surprise it is amazing.  Really really good.  For being the first of many we are all in agreement that this shit just got real.