What can you do with a bass?

We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join our community!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

What can you do with a bass?; ...
Topic Started: Sep 25 2007, 04:41 PM (414 Views)
danb	Sep 25 2007, 04:41 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Posts: 110 Group: Members Member #1,118 Joined: August 17, 2007	Are you able to be as adventerous on a bass as you can be on a normal electric? I mean, there isnt as many options. And all i seem to hear people do is the same two strings over and over. But thats proabably just me. Don't call me gay for this but i actually think the way John taylor from Duran Duran plays the bass was good. If you listen to it, its different to other people. My gf got me into Duran duran by the way lol. :lol: But are you able to do as much with a bass as you can with a normal electric or acoustic? Dan :rolleyes:
	Soon to have my first Guitar- > Ibanez SA-120 in Sexy Charcoal Brown > Roland Cube 15x


Flying Vee	Sep 25 2007, 04:57 PM Post #2
Weather Presenter Posts: 218 Group: Members Member #1,347 Joined: September 1, 2007	I agree with you John Taylor is a pretty good bass player. As for exciting bass lines you only have to listen to Flea (RHCP) or some old Mark King (level42) to see what can be done.
	Boom Boom


JoDuncan	Sep 25 2007, 05:31 PM Post #3
Advanced Member Posts: 143 Group: Members Member #189 Joined: January 17, 2007	Well, i guess that depends on how big and strong your hands are. I certainly am not as good on the bass as i am on the guitar, which is pretty mediocre. And my downfall is that i play it like a guitar... zero funk, maximum beef. lol, i remember playing on the bass thinking woah, just written me a pretty cool "riff" here.... but pink floyd beat me to it! MONEY!



+ Rob S	Sep 25 2007, 05:57 PM Post #4
Retired Posts: 919 Group: Retired Member #770 Joined: July 6, 2007	Having spoken to some seriously talented Bass Players I get the impression that they think in a totally different way to a Guitarist. They see their Role in a Band as a far more Groove related thing. By that I mean that a Bass Players greatest Alie in a band is the Drummer. You get those two Locked In and delivering the Goods and you are on to something VERY Good!! There is so much more that can be done too. One of my favourite players is a Guy called Bob Skeet. When you hear him lock thongs down with The Drummer, you're hearing something very special, then.....just as you think it can't get much better.....You'll find that he is also putting in the third part of a Harmony Line that the Twin Guitars have developed. Another Guy who is phenominal in a Minimalistic way is a player called Andy Pyle. I always think of Bass and Drums as the Foundations on which others can build. And as history shows.....Build something on Foundations that are anything but Good.....and you have the perfect receipe for disaster!!!
	"Drunk" is feeling sophisticated even though you can't say it!


zoidbergpsp	Sep 25 2007, 08:42 PM Post #5
Hippy Posts: 764 Group: Members Member #1,068 Joined: August 14, 2007	Tis what i love about my band bassist..is such a fast learner..and drummer has been playing 7+ years..so together they make a brilliant rythym section.. then..im free to go crazy over the top
	Check out my band! http://www.myspace.com/sbitheband


+ johnbrigade	Sep 25 2007, 09:04 PM Post #6
Retired Posts: 199 Group: Retired Member #1,088 Joined: August 15, 2007	you can do loads with a bass listen to bruce foxton (the Jam) or Jack Bruce (Cream) or John Entwhistle (The Who) or even Lemmy and Phil Lynott - and then guys like Marcus Miller, Pino Palladino, Victor Wooten and Bill Clements (who only has one hand) http://youtube.com/watch?v=eskvyuzF1-Y
	Playing the right notes in the wrong order since 1994 ______________________________________________ My band


« Previous Topic · Bass Guitar · Next Topic »