I've honestly never seen or heard of them before, so I figured they weren't that common. Mind posting a picture, or information?
http://www.samash.com/catalog/categ...=183&departmentid=2&sourcetype=categorysearch They're pretty much just acoustic guitars with bass strings, more or less.
OKAY. So acoustic basses are neither rare, nor uber expensive? That's the bottom line? I need a bottom line =[ I need to pick either guitar or bass. Hell, maybe I'll just go for drums, but no. Stupid me and my wanting to do everything at once.
Just pace yourself, try to get a good understanding of one instrument before you move on to the next. If you give yourself some time, I'm sure you'll be a kick-ass guitar and/or bass player.
What he said. Else you'll remind me of Homer when he tried to do his one man band and got attacked by a jealous monkey.