Members 4 mild bill Posted October 25, 2005 Members Share Posted October 25, 2005 I've seen bands with 2 drummers and bands with 2 Keyboard players and bands with 2 (or more) vocalists and bands with 2 (or more) guitarists etc., so why not 2 bass players? I mean that the 2 bass players are performing simultaneously for the same piece of music. Help me understand why or why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DanTolen Posted October 25, 2005 Members Share Posted October 25, 2005 If they could play the excact thing perfectly together than it would work. Otherwise one bassist would have to play higher and play something that doesn't interfere with the guitars. The upper bass could also be the rythem guitar. It would work well if there were no guitars in the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members s4001 Posted October 25, 2005 Members Share Posted October 25, 2005 I'd dig being in a band with Funkee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nofret Posted October 25, 2005 Members Share Posted October 25, 2005 It's been done. James Brown used to use 2 bassists, Miles Davis had two for a while (Fieldy on lead bass) and guys like Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke usually have a second bassist. I've also seen bands with two bassists that switch off - Zap Mama and Ziggy Marley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prime8 Posted October 25, 2005 Members Share Posted October 25, 2005 Not to mention that Spinal Tap had THREE bassists at one time (at least on Big Bottom)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j powell Posted October 25, 2005 Members Share Posted October 25, 2005 a couple more bands w/ 2 bassists: ned's atomic dustbin, and if i'm not mistaken, copshootcop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Picker Posted October 25, 2005 Members Share Posted October 25, 2005 Yeah.... I've seen it. A college buddy of mind had a band for a while that had two bassists. Sounded killer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted October 26, 2005 Members Share Posted October 26, 2005 Besides the others mentioned, also Girls vs. Boys, and maybe the Talking Heads? I know the Cure has done it a bit too... Your idea is most likely already out there, and alot of it is cool. If it's not, I wanna hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted October 26, 2005 Members Share Posted October 26, 2005 Originally posted by nofret It's been done. James Brown used to use 2 bassists When and on which album ? Miles Davis had two for a while (Fieldy on lead bass)Damn right, Fieldy played with Miles Davis. Whatever you smoke, I want the same. Miles toured at some point with a bass player and a picollo bass player (named Foley) who replaced the guitar player. and guys like Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke usually have a second bassist.Same case as with Miles. One plays the bass part while the other soloes. There can be several bassists but there can only be one bass player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tlaloc Posted October 26, 2005 Members Share Posted October 26, 2005 2 bass players in one band seems to be rather useless to me unless it's an orchestra or something. I know Duke Ellington used 2 bassists at one point, but I believe they both played the same thing and did that just to thicken up the low end. Then as mentioned, you have Stanely Clarke playing with a real bassist so he could show off and do his damn piccolo wanking. There just aren't that many good applications for more than one bassist in a normal band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Droplaw621 Posted October 26, 2005 Members Share Posted October 26, 2005 I saw American Headcharge in concert and they had their bass player out playing, and then the Mastadon bass player came out and was jamming with them for 3 or 4 songs, it sounded awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted October 26, 2005 Members Share Posted October 26, 2005 Chris Squire's work on "The Fish" is just one bassist doing multiple overdubs. And no one part is stomping on anything. I've recorded songs with multiple basslines. Basically, it can be done but it probably won't be really effective without some very careful planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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