Members dZjupp Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 i am seriously considering switching to playing bass in a band, i think its a really fun instrument just laying down the rockin groove. i would still use all my efects on bass as well as different ones, but guitar has kind of gotten boring to me lately. anyone switched to bass or anything like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members covertmusic724 Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I sit in on bass every once in a while at jam nights or if someone needs a fill in for jazz bands(reading real book charts). It's a lot of fun and gives you a different perspective on guitar playing. A couple of years ago MF had a washburn 5 string for $139 so I picked it up. It's great for what I have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I play bass on gigs on occasion. I have a Gibson Ripper bass and a Peavey Combo 300 that get the job done. My wife has a Univox Hi-Flyer bass. But I don't really enjoy playing bass alot. It is just another tool for me to make money with. What I do enjoy playing quite a bit is lap steel in C6 tuning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hoerni Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I primarily play bass. I switched after about 1 year of just playing guitar (that was about 15 years ago) It's a different instrument in how you approach the music, but if you like it, it can be a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NashRawk Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 i love playing bass. if you can play it in a band without feeling like you have to grab someones guitar and finish the solo, i say go for it. i love the sound of a blues driver on bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brooksblues Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have seriously considered moving over to bass, I love the Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten stuff it amazes me the stuff they do on bass that actually sounds good. I have been playing guitar for a while and I wonder if I would have started out on bass how many more opporunities there'd of been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CS Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have played both for 25 years. It's a two edge sword as (in my experience) you get way more gigs on bass and it can get frustrating. I enjoyed it a lot of the time but I 'retired' from playing bass out in 2004. However I havent done much guitar playing either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Cheapo Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I switched over to bass when I was 19 and had been playing guitar for almost 10 years. It was a crisis of confidence. It worked out well enough: I got around on the bass quickly and my years of guitar training let me pick tunes up super fast. And for ten solid years I was never without a gig or a band. Capable bass players are always in demand. That said, I drifted back to guitar and have now re-established myself as a guitar player, much to the dismay of my pals who WANT me to be a bass player.I just finally realized that guitar is my main instrument and now I refuse offers to play bass. But why not do both? Doors to all sorts of opportunities can open up if you are out and playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inscho Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I started playing by playing bass 12 years ago. I did that for a year and then moved to guitar. I still have a bass to piddle around on when I need a break from guitar. I also try to stay fresh on it so I can play decent for recording purposes. It also helps me with new ways to approach the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dZjupp Posted January 11, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 yeah, i am thinking i will still always play both, i just way too much invested into guitar not to do so. but bass is seeming like it might work better for me in songwriting and performing. but i will probably do both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members itstartsstoppin Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 he only time i have considered playing bass is when i was in a band with a bass player who had no rythem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GorillaLover Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 The more adept I get at bass the more logical and clean my guitar playing becomes.. I love playing bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members karmacowboy67 Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I've been playing some 20+ years of guitar and one of the bands I play in has been without a bassplayer for some time now... luckily we cover soul and R&B and a lot of those tunes don't have much guitar, so I've had to play the bass for a couple of practice nights, just until we find a skilled bass player. I love it and I'm GAS'ing for a bass already for crying out loud!?! I'm not considering NOT playing the guitar, but I do want to pick up the bass for real now. I'm gonna go with a cheap OLP 5 string, perhaps their Tony Levin Signature which comes with active electronics. Only effects I can imagine using would be my T-Rex Comp-Nova, BOSS DC-2 and possibly EMMA DiscumBOBulator. But overdrive on bass?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dZjupp Posted January 11, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 i am excited to use a tube zipper, graphic fuzz, get a moog bass murf, and finally a hoax flanger. straight up. what does a whammy sound like on bass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hoerni Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 Originally posted by karmacowboy67 But overdrive on bass?!? Overdrive, Distortion, Fuzz... It's all good in the right settings. I have a DS-1 on my bass board (with about 10 other effects). For a good thick sound I used to use fuzz, chorus and phasing. Lately it's just distortion is some spots, chorus in others, and a couple of EQs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fortytwo Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have on more than one occation thought about playing bass.. I even bought a bass, and I have a set up that can easily be converted into an awesome bass rig.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members psalt_phallow Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I've played bass longer than guitar by about a year, still play both, different beasts but they both have their places in music. I've found musicians are more impressed with the bass playing but laymen and in general women like the guitar playing better no surprises there really guitarists are always touted as the standouts in a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Narcosynthesis Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I bought myself a bass last summer after having a friends sitting about in my house and playing with that for ages, and it was well worth the moneySimilar to guitar, but completely different. Currently I am waiting to find out whether i will end up being a bassist or guitarist in a band I am getting going, and to be honest, I can't decide which I would rather play, guitar to me has much more expression - full chords in all their varietys and lead playing and so on, but bass is just incredibly good fun to play, both in simple playing along with the root and just enjoying yourself and in the more 'busy' style of playingI got a Fender standard Jazz in sunburst, plays really nicely and looks damn cool too David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hoerni Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 Originally posted by dZjupp i am excited to use a tube zipper, graphic fuzz, get a moog bass murf, and finally a hoax flanger. straight up. Limiters and EQs are good for subtle stuff. A lot of the other Bass pedals keep a bit of the un-effected signal in the low end so as not to rob the bass of its bottom. Pretty common for Wahs, distortion and the like. That or you could run a parallel signal chain with effects and straight blended. Or a two amp setup with straight on one and effects on the other (like Tim C. from Audioslave) what does a whammy sound like on bass? Well with an octave up, it could sound like this:It's kinda like playing bass and rhythm guitar at the same time. A completely massive sound. (although not as massive as a 12 string bass of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeamoDave Posted January 11, 2006 Members Share Posted January 11, 2006 I played bass in my buddies band a few years ago and it was a lot of fun. Then last week for New Years, I went to a party at his house and his current band was going to play with extra mikes for the crowd to come up and sing songs from the set list. Three songs into it, his current bass player, out of the blue, says he has to leave (what is it with bass players?). So I filled in for the rest of the set and it was a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terrorizer Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 Originally posted by dZjupp i am seriously considering switching to playing bass in a band, i think its a really fun instrument just laying down the rockin groove. i would still use all my efects on bass as well as different ones, but guitar has kind of gotten boring to me lately. anyone switched to bass or anything like that? Why switch?Just bye a Bass and play both. ;) ;) ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 yup, I switched to bass 3 times and still love to play bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fernmeister Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 i've played 40 odd gigs on bass, enjoyed them but never felt a desire to "switch." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2manband Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 Playing bass will make you a better guitar player and playing guitar will make you a better bass player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joe_lechuza Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 i love the idea of playing bass sometimes, but then i remember i'm left handed so theres no way of doing it cheap for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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