Early Birthday Present

I have such a hard time waiting for a birthday once I have someone's birthday gift. I just have to give it to them right away.
Such was the case with my older daughter Cassie's birthday present. A new electric bass guitar, amp, case, and the whole kit. Which is exactly what she wanted.
She's been a skilled bass player (the big upright orchestra kind) for the last two years, and she's signed on for orchestra again next year in high school. But the bass she uses during the school year belongs to the school, so her teacher reclaimed it for the summer.
Then one day we visited a guitar store, and she fell in love with the electric bass guitars.
The strings on the bass guitars are same as the orchestral bass, so she can still play the same songs, read the sheet music, etc. She just has to get used to holding it different and playing without a bow. No big deal. She's got it mostly down already.
We have been making preparations for Cassie's birthday party, which is coming up very soon.
Cassie will be taking her new electric bass guitar with her on our trip out west to visit my husband's family. She even gave her guitar a name: Benjamin. Because he's a boy guitar, I guess, and Benjamin is a pun. Ben jamin. Get it?