The Bass thread (funk, Paul McCartney)

**boo boo** · 08-21-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by thebassistX

If bass is so dam easy to play than anyone should be able to pick up the bass and play like VIctor wooten in a couple of hours. Just cuz the bass only has 4 strings dosent mean its easier to play. The violin only has four strings is it easier to play than guitar? NO. The piano has 88 keys is it harder to play than violin? no there about the same (i know i play both) Any instrument is easy if u play only the basics of it. ie. the guitar is "easy" if u only play power chords and bass is easy if u only play the tonic.
Dont get me wrong im not trying to make the bass hard to play im just trying to get some respect for bass playing and bassist in general. Comments like "bassist are failed guitarist really pissed me off and is COMPLEYE BS. If that were true any guitarist could pick up a bass and play it at a high lvl. And yes i admit basslines are usually simpiler in songs that guitar parts but the concepts in the intruments are different so its hard to compare. However you cant say MASTERING the bass is easy. Its not like Flea got as good as he did overnight. It takes hardwork to truely master the bass. Say that mastering the bass is easy to victor wootens face and hed probably slap u hes been practicing the bass since he was 5. Even if u are a genious it takes practice.
A virtuoso (cant spell) guitarist cant pick up a bass and play like a virtuoso bassist. Yes playing guitar does help with bass but that can also be reversed.
So for u guitarist who think the bass is soo "easy" plz pick one up and start playing lke jaco i mean if ur good at guitar ur porbably master of the bass.
SO PLZ GIVE BASSIT SOME DAM RESPECT!

Man, you're a real dumbass.

I said it was easy to play, not easy to master, BIG difference.

hiu · 08-21-2006, 09:41 PM

It depeneds on musical experience. When I learned guitar after already playing bass for a few years it was easier to learn than what it was for me to learn bass.

Raine · 08-23-2006, 11:23 PM

I feel like giving my two cents.

I've been playing the guitar longer than I've been playing a bass and I think the hardest for me to learn was the guitar. I dunno. Maybe I didn't like it as much as the bass or something but it seemed tot ake me for ever to learn how to play the guitar. But when I picked up a bass it was different. I guess I grasped the concept a little easier.

So i guess the level of difficulty or the ease with which we can master a bass ,or any instrument for that matter is also determeined a little by how we learn or what we can get a better feel for. or rather what we seem most geared towards.

littleknowitall · 10-07-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Bassists need to face the fact that bass is not one of the hardest instruments to play, anyone can play it, but granted not just anyone can play it well, I still have a hell of a lot to learn about bass playing, so I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert... But I can say that from my own experience of playing other instruments like Guitar, Keyboard and Banjo... Bass is difinetely the easiest.

I'm an 8 year guitarist and a 2 year bassist and i'll say this, you ask me, guitar was a piece of piss, learning to exceed on bass will be a great achievement in comparison...
There's so many completely different techniques on a bass you can't get with a guitar, if you really look into what wooten plays you can see that theres more to it than playing with your fingers and slapping around the frets when someone says play something impressive, if you look close enough there's a hell of a lot more to bass than most people take for granted.

**boo boo** · 10-07-2006, 09:01 PM

I'm a 6 year guitarist, 1 year bassist, but even in that short amount of time I have found the bass to be quite easier.

Of course there are techniques on bass you can't do on guitar, but it's a completely different instrument, different instruments have their own unique ways of playing them, it should also be noted that there is a lot of things that can be done on guitar but not on bass.

littleknowitall · 10-10-2006, 10:16 AM

and vise versa...

(is willing to go to the length of finding examples for you)

**boo boo** · 10-10-2006, 08:04 PM

There have been riffs that I've tried to play on guitar for years that I could learn on bass in a matter of days.

I don't know what the hell it is you are talking about, but I'm not saying bass is easy to master (because it isn't)... It's just easy to learn.

Everyone can play bass, very few can play it well, that's the motto.

bandoutstars · 10-11-2006, 06:00 AM

What do you think about Krist Novoselic as bass guitarist?

**boo boo** · 10-11-2006, 07:58 AM

I love his bass playing, and I think he added a great touch to Nirvana.

But in all objectivity, he's a very average bass player, nothing to write home about.

spook · 01-16-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

My bass is a Telluride, which is similar to a Squire... Anyway, my top ten bassists would be.

1.Flea
2.Tony Levin
3.John Entwhistle
4.Chris Squire
5.Bootsy Collins
6.Les Claypool
7.Paul Mccartney
8.Mike Watt
9.John Wetton
10.John Paul Jones

HOW COULD YOU EVEN GIVE PAUL MCCARTNEY A THOUGHT AND NOT MENTION ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS - JACK BRUCE

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08-21-2006, 09:41 PM
hiu Music Guru Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,172	It depeneds on musical experience. When I learned guitar after already playing bass for a few years it was easier to learn than what it was for me to learn bass.

08-23-2006, 11:23 PM
Raine Full-Time Hellion Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: PA Posts: 1,508	I feel like giving my two cents. I've been playing the guitar longer than I've been playing a bass and I think the hardest for me to learn was the guitar. I dunno. Maybe I didn't like it as much as the bass or something but it seemed tot ake me for ever to learn how to play the guitar. But when I picked up a bass it was different. I guess I grasped the concept a little easier. So i guess the level of difficulty or the ease with which we can master a bass ,or any instrument for that matter is also determeined a little by how we learn or what we can get a better feel for. or rather what we seem most geared towards. __________________ A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

10-07-2006, 09:01 PM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,701	I'm a 6 year guitarist, 1 year bassist, but even in that short amount of time I have found the bass to be quite easier. Of course there are techniques on bass you can't do on guitar, but it's a completely different instrument, different instruments have their own unique ways of playing them, it should also be noted that there is a lot of things that can be done on guitar but not on bass. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

10-10-2006, 10:16 AM
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10-10-2006, 08:04 PM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,701	There have been riffs that I've tried to play on guitar for years that I could learn on bass in a matter of days. I don't know what the hell it is you are talking about, but I'm not saying bass is easy to master (because it isn't)... It's just easy to learn. Everyone can play bass, very few can play it well, that's the motto. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

10-11-2006, 06:00 AM
bandoutstars Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	What do you think about Krist Novoselic as bass guitarist?

10-11-2006, 07:58 AM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,701	I love his bass playing, and I think he added a great touch to Nirvana. But in all objectivity, he's a very average bass player, nothing to write home about. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/