Any other lady bassists out there? ...

[sowhat]

Ah... Aitch said somewhere he's gonna post some guitar pics in the bass section, because bass guys post bass pics in guitar threads too often - not a bad idea, IMHO...
This one:

(yep, i know i'm a maniac sorry...)
As far as triola is concerned... that's an instrument for kids, and it looks like this:

It can be pretty unnerving, to be true
And balalaika can also be tuned CEG or something like that... never tried it, to be true...