He's not a bass player, he admits it every Thursday, and that's a problem. He makes guitars sound their best and show their real character, especially Tele's and ES330's which are his favorites (Keith factor), and with basses it's the opposite - he sometimes makes great vintage basses sound like crap. Fretted Americana had Phil X demo guitars only, and a real bass player demo basses - he's not a character like Phil X but you get to hear the bass.