Members 50calexplorer Posted January 30, 2006 Members Posted January 30, 2006 Well I went through a period in my band where I was playing rythm guitar and occasional slide work, but after continual fights with our bass player, we fired him and I'm going back to the low end, I shouldn't have left anyhow, as I am a better bass player than guitarist anyhow. (In the words of my woman "I'm a bass player who CAN play guitar.) I just got back form the music shop that I buy most of my gear and they still have my Mesa 400+ that I traded to them! Happy days are here!
Members Adrenochrome Posted January 30, 2006 Members Posted January 30, 2006 I think there's quite a few of us who can play guitar but deep down know that we'll always be bass players to the core. In one of my previous bands we only had 1 guitar player, I occasionally filled in on 2nd guitar if the song needed 2 guitars and our singer could handle the bass part.
Members 50calexplorer Posted January 30, 2006 Author Members Posted January 30, 2006 This is going to sound really arrogant and I really don't mean it to, but bass playing comes naturally to me, I very rarely practice, unless it's some weird Jazz stuff (Jaco, Wooten, or Rush). Guitar I put time in on, but in my head it never just flows like the bass does.
Members Monkabutt Posted January 30, 2006 Members Posted January 30, 2006 I tried to be a guitar player at one time. I think I can safely say that I was the Lug of the guitar world.
Members 4string Posted January 30, 2006 Members Posted January 30, 2006 Same here, I just traded my Strat in for a Warwick Fretless. It's nice to know you can fill in when needed on six strings, but the low end is where I enjoy playing.
Members SoundwaveLove Posted January 30, 2006 Members Posted January 30, 2006 Both bass and guitar are my wives. I love them both very much. The drums are my mistress, she does things i would never ask my wives to do, cause i mean hey, they kiss my children with that mouth. the synthizer is my children......now i'm lost in my own methphor....
Members 50calexplorer Posted January 30, 2006 Author Members Posted January 30, 2006 Originally posted by SoundwaveLove Both bass and guitar are my wives. I love them both very much. The drums are my mistress, she does things i would never ask my wives to do, cause i mean hey, they kiss my children with that mouth.the synthizer is my children......now i'm lost in my own methphor.... I can't play the drums to save my life. I'm HORRID at drumming.
Members bigby Posted January 30, 2006 Members Posted January 30, 2006 Originally posted by Adrenochrome I think there's quite a few of us who can play guitar but deep down know that we'll always be bass players to the core. I have a beautiful Martin acoustic that I play almost on a daily basis and over the years I've become a fairly decent player; however, I always consider myself a bass player first. I love to break out the acoustic and jam with friends, at parties or occasional acoustic sets at a club, but for me, nothing beat the thunderous roar of plugging in my MM Stingray 5 and knocking down the house. I just get goosebumps locking in with a good drummer and pounding out rythyms. I think having the ability to switch back and forth has helped me keep my interest in both instruments and avoiding any sort of burn-out. I'm thinking about a banjo next...
Members Thumper Posted January 31, 2006 Members Posted January 31, 2006 Welcome back. (removes Fitty Cal's name from the Book of Iniquity) I still pick up my guitar when no one is looking...or listening...
Members georgestrings Posted January 31, 2006 Members Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by 50calexplorer This is going to sound really arrogant and I really don't mean it to, but bass playing comes naturally to me, I very rarely practice, unless it's some weird Jazz stuff (Jaco, Wooten, or Rush). Guitar I put time in on, but in my head it never just flows like the bass does. I know what you mean - I find I have to work harder at the guitar than on the bass - on the other hand, it's easier to play guitar and sing, than to play bass and sing(atleast for me, anyways)... Lately, I've been doing an acoustic guitar thing with our singer - and that's opened a couple of doors for the 2 of us - the REALLY cool move is when people come up to us afterwards, and I tell 'em "I'm just the bass player in the band" - trips 'em out... I can't imagine dropping either instrument, to be honest... Anyways, welcome back - and in the future, keep in mind that selling gear to swap instruments will usually bite you in the ass... - georgestrings
Members lug Posted January 31, 2006 Members Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by Monkabutt I tried to be a guitar player at one time. I think I can safely say that I was the Lug of the guitar world. It's no great challenge to Suck on guitar. I've heard hundreds...no thousands of people Suck on guitar, most quite unintentionally, too.
Members JacieFB Posted January 31, 2006 Members Posted January 31, 2006 I think I fall into the category of bassist who can play guitar pretty well. If you're a songwriter, it's very helpful to have a guitar (or perhaps piano/keyboard) at your disposal. I have written a lot of the basics of songs on the bass, but I hear a lot more layers in my head. Sometimes, I like to let the guitarist work with that, but sometimes, I have specific things I hear that I want the guitarist to do, and they don't necessarily translate that from a bass part very well. Welcome back to bass, by the way. On a different note, wanna buy your bass back? I haven't really found too much of a use for it. I was thinking about de-fretting it, but my wife about had a fit and said I should buy a fretless instead of de-valuing the instrument. I had my pop buff out those scratches on the back. It looks fantastic on both sides, now. I'm may sell it before too much longer.
Members 50calexplorer Posted January 31, 2006 Author Members Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by JacieFB I think I fall into the category of bassist who can play guitar pretty well. If you're a songwriter, it's very helpful to have a guitar (or perhaps piano/keyboard) at your disposal. I have written a lot of the basics of songs on the bass, but I hear a lot more layers in my head. Sometimes, I like to let the guitarist work with that, but sometimes, I have specific things I hear that I want the guitarist to do, and they don't necessarily translate that from a bass part very well.Welcome back to bass, by the way. On a different note, wanna buy your bass back? I haven't really found too much of a use for it. I was thinking about de-fretting it, but my wife about had a fit and said I should buy a fretless instead of de-valuing the instrument. I had my pop buff out those scratches on the back. It looks fantastic on both sides, now. I'm may sell it before too much longer. I PM'ed you on the bass. I totally know what you mean about the songwriting angle, I'm the chief songwriter in the band, usually in practice I'm jamming on guitar and fleshing out the songs, then after the vocals are in place and the structure is pretty much set then I run through a couple time and come up with my bass parts. It seems to work well for us.
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