Whats your main Instrument? (bass, hardcore, band, guitar, Piano)

thebassistX · 04-08-2006, 02:44 PM

uh i disagree bass is not for lazy ppl

bass takes twice the amount of effort to master than guitar
why?

because
1: anything done of guitar can be done on bass ie tapping, circle picking
its just harder cuz the strings are so much bigger
2. the bass strings are big soo moving fast is harder
3. there are most ways to play the bass than a guitar bow, fingers, pick ,slap / pop

DontRunMeOver · 04-08-2006, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GI germs

bass: the lazy guitarist's choice.

bass: the choice of guitarists who actually want to be in a band

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-08-2006, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by thebassistX

uh i disagree bass is not for lazy ppl

bass takes twice the amount of effort to master than guitar
why?

because
1: anything done of guitar can be done on bass ie tapping, circle picking
its just harder cuz the strings are so much bigger
2. the bass strings are big soo moving fast is harder
3. there are most ways to play the bass than a guitar bow, fingers, pick ,slap / pop

Guitar's come standard with 6 strings. Basses come standard with 4 or 5. Guitars have more strings, and more chords. And if you play guitar in a band you are almost guarentied to get laid. Oh and Frank Zappa said "If you are a bass play in a band you are by definition a moron"

GI germs · 04-08-2006, 02:49 PM

then again, bass involves hitting (for the most part) one string at a time. no chords.
and there are less strings. bass lines are usually not as fast, as well.

DontRunMeOver · 04-08-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mosesandtherubberducky

Guitar's come standard with 6 strings. Basses come standard with 4 or 5. Guitars have more strings, and more chords. And if you play guitar in a band you are almost guarentied to get laid. Oh and Frank Zappa said "If you are a bass play in a band you are by definition a moron"

He was talking out of his ass. If you play in a decent band you're almost guaranteed to get laid. If you play guitar you'll have very little chance of playing in a decent band. If you play bass, they snap you up!

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-08-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

He was talking out of his ass. If you play in a decent band you're almost guaranteed to get laid. If you play guitar you'll have very little chance of playing in a decent band. If you play bass, they snap you up!

Good drummers are even harder to find. Flexible guitarists are too.

littleknowitall · 04-08-2006, 03:12 PM

i playeed guitar for 8 years and i must say, i picked up a bass last year and its a bitch, but i've caught on really fast and i've progressed, and im starting to learn stuff like victor wooten (just barely mind you) and i find it a much more fun instrument to play. so go bass! (woo!)

DontRunMeOver · 04-08-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mosesandtherubberducky

Good drummers are even harder to find. Flexible guitarists are too.

That's true. My advice to all of the younger ones out there, take up the bass now. Or, if you have the potential to be brilliant on the drums, then take these up. Unless you're a truly great guitarist you won't get far in bands, mediocre guitarists either find it impossible to get into bands, or spoil the music of the band they ARE in. But you can be a completely average bassist and still get into a wicked band, just make friends with a great guitarist or drummer! In fact, in a way they prefer technically average bassists to brilliant ones, because the brilliant ones tend to mess everything up with pointless slap work.

So learn the bass and join a band.

And you DO want to be in a band, it automatically makes you cool (unless you're Billy Wyman or somebody like that...)

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-08-2006, 03:13 PM

It makes you even cooler if your music sounds good.

DontRunMeOver · 04-08-2006, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mosesandtherubberducky

It makes you even cooler if your music sounds good.

Too right.

View Poll Results: what instrument do you play?
Guitar	26	37.68%
Bass	12	17.39%
Drums	11	15.94%
Vocal	3	4.35%
Piano	5	7.25%
Violin	2	2.90%
Brass	2	2.90%
Woodwind	6	8.70%
Harmonica	1	1.45%
other	1	1.45%
Voters: 69. You may not vote on this poll

04-08-2006, 02:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
GI germs punk rock panzy *got Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: black-f****-hole, florida Posts: 57	then again, bass involves hitting (for the most part) one string at a time. no chords. and there are less strings. bass lines are usually not as fast, as well. __________________ mmmmm....endorphins.

04-08-2006, 03:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,649	It makes you even cooler if your music sounds good. __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text"

04-08-2006, 02:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
thebassistX Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 104	uh i disagree bass is not for lazy ppl bass takes twice the amount of effort to master than guitar why? because 1: anything done of guitar can be done on bass ie tapping, circle picking its just harder cuz the strings are so much bigger 2. the bass strings are big soo moving fast is harder 3. there are most ways to play the bass than a guitar bow, fingers, pick ,slap / pop

04-08-2006, 03:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	i playeed guitar for 8 years and i must say, i picked up a bass last year and its a bitch, but i've caught on really fast and i've progressed, and im starting to learn stuff like victor wooten (just barely mind you) and i find it a much more fun instrument to play. so go bass! (woo!)