Members natasmi Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Lemmy may play mostly power chords but in the context of the band that is the bass line and it would not be motorhead with out them. Plus, HE'S LEMMY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yanktar Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 The main difference for me is in how the groove is approached.When playing bass, you are CREATING time and how it feels with the drummer. You create and command the pocket for the rest of the band to deal with. When pushing and/or pulling to make the pocket sit right, the WHOLE SHEBANG moves.When you play guitar, you play INSIDE the time the rhythm section lays down. If you push or pull, nothing should move. You just are creating tension/energy (push) or a a laid back feel (pull). Everyone knows me as a guitarist but I do get calls to play bass. And I HATE playing guitar at bass gigs. It is about keeping that GROOVE mindset. Time, time, time..... That's like poetry! Thanks, I learned a lot from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stingray5 Posted October 26, 2011 Members Share Posted October 26, 2011 There are a few Bass players that over play but personally i don't think they are impressing anyone except there own ego! What gets me unglued is keyboard players playing Bass lines. If your thinking about playing Bass go back and listen to some old James brown tunes to get you in the Bass frame of mind, now that is grovin!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted November 2, 2011 Members Share Posted November 2, 2011 Many of the best came to it from guitar. Noel Redding was a guitarist who switched over to bass to play with Jimi. The guitar informed the way he played, and it worked very well indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PowderToastMan Posted November 2, 2011 Members Share Posted November 2, 2011 I am a guitar player who picked up bass almost entirely because of JPJ on Led Zeppelin II. So I hope not to fall into the annoying category However I think it's actually kind of cool, and a little different from the norm, to throw a nice tasteful bass solo in here and there. And my previous group would have me play bass solos fairly often simply because we didn't have another guitar to fill in the solo breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members perrydabassman Posted November 2, 2011 Members Share Posted November 2, 2011 I'll usually wank out a bit during long crescendo's at the end of songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members georgestrings Posted November 3, 2011 Members Share Posted November 3, 2011 IIRC, Geddy Lee was also a changeover... - georgestrings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimi Hendrix Posted November 5, 2011 Members Share Posted November 5, 2011 IIRC, Geddy Lee was also a changeover... - georgestrings I don't know how I didn't know that! Paul McCartney is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldivor Posted November 13, 2011 Members Share Posted November 13, 2011 Lemmy may play mostly power chords but in the context of the band that is the bass line and it would not be motorhead with out them. Plus, HE'S LEMMY! I was about to mention Lemmy. IT works in some bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted November 13, 2011 Members Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'm mainly a guitarist, but have played bass a few times in live situations. I really enjoy it and in fact like providing part of the rhythm section, with some occasional licks that sound through nicely, but without being out front in the same way. I find it to be a more physical instrument somehow - you have to put more elbow into it, for want of a better expression. I like that. In fact constantly struggling with my bassist over who is going to play the bass parts on some songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miter Gauge Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 You're very right. There's nothing more annoying than tapping bass. I'm an electric guitarist. I don't have much opportunity to play bass, but when I do mess around with it I find it extremely enjoyable in a totally different way than guitar, because of it's use as a tool. Also from a mixing and producing music standpoint few non-bassists realize how important it is to the overall sound dynamic of a studio recording. Yeah, you should probably tell this guy not to play so "guitar like" and to quit annoying us with his tapping :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iqi616 Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 There are a few Bass players that over play but personally i don't think they are impressing anyone except there own ego! What gets me unglued is keyboard players playing Bass lines. If your thinking about playing Bass go back and listen to some old James brown tunes to get you in the Bass frame of mind, now that is grovin!!! There's nothing worse than being in a band where the keyboard player is "telling" you what to play with their left-hand - usually it is purely harmonically derived and doesn't groove - just like the auto-accompaniment on a cheap home organ. I don't think I ever met a keyboardist who knew how to lock with the drummer let alone rock with the drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 I've always felt like I was the opposite..... I played guitar up until a few years ago, then I realized I was playing guitar like a bass player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Derek5272 Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 I don't really think there's "playing like a guitar player" or "playing like a bass player." There's playing what works for the situation, and playing what doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted November 18, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 18, 2011 I don't really think there's "playing like a guitar player" or "playing like a bass player." There's playing what works for the situation, and playing what doesn't. True, but what might work on guitar and what works on bass can be rather different in the same situation. I think what we're talking about here is a guy playing, on bass, what would work if he were playing it on guitar, but doesn't work on bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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