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The Bass thread
I'm a bassist, i wanted a bass thread, so lets discuss some bass folks, anyone else a wielder of the 4 strings?
favourite bass? style? favourite bassist? etc. enlighten me, |
Well i dont know toooo much about the instrument...but Geddy Lee is my favourite bassist..hes soo killer.
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My favorite bass is a rickenbaker [sp] my favorite bassists are Cliff Burton, Paul d'Amour and Geoff Kresge.
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Favourite Bass? Warwick Vampyr:
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2446/vampsnsmqb4.gif Favourite Bassist? Me... And also Martin (Decapitated) Cliff, Jaco |
Jaco is cool, i learnt 'the funky chicken' the other day or well...some of it.
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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 |
Im very disapointed to you dont have Geddy Lee on there....he blows the **** out of paul mccartney and john paul jones...
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It's preference, I realise that Geddy is better than all the bassists I listed on a technical level (except Levin), but I dunno, there are just several bassists that click with me better than Geddy does.
But if it makes you feel any better. 11. Geddy Lee I really couldn't do a list of who I consider the most skilled bassists, way too tough to call, but I think that these guys are more skilled than Lee, at least. Victor Wooten Stu Hamm Billy Sheenan Jaco Pastorius Michael Manring Stanley Clark Tony Levin Dave LaRue John Patitucci Gary Willis Though Levin aside, I prefer Lee over all of them. |
I guess so..i just really love the sound he puts out..the bass has just as much of a lead part in rush as guitar
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i have a red esquire.
one of my favorite bassists is flea. he once had blue hair :love: |
yea fleas cool pretty good groove ...hah but i think he slaps to much...
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He's a funk bassist, slapping is a main part of his technique, though thats not to say he can't do without, Californication has some great melodic bass playing with very little slapping.
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Flea isn't very good at all, if we are talking about the top echelon of bass players.
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I've always loved Squire, then again, who doesn't?
Anyway, I had a bass, but I found it too boring and took up guitar, damn I want the bass back:( |
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Though to say someones not a good bass player just because of the band they are in would make you really dumb. |
yup, Yes are a great band too, Relayer > TFTO
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Guy in my avatar > Everyone. |
I suck at bass, but it's fun :D
I like (for the sole purpose that most of these guys I can try to play some of their stuff and not get confused) Flea Mike Drint (Dookie album and earlier) Matt Freeman oh and did i add that i totally suck at playing bass? I look at it in more of a guitarist mindset :( |
Bassists are failed guitarists.
Seriously they are, I've been playing guitar for over 5 years, I never got that good, one day I just said, "to hell with this, I'm getting a bass". |
You're actually kind of right
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i totally disagree with that.
Has anyone heard how Chris Squire learned how to play bass? He used to experiment with LSD a lot..and i guess one day he had an absolutely horrible trip..it scared him soo badly that he didnt leave his girlfriend's apartment for a year..and thats where he picked up and learned bass. Thats what i heard at least. |
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Thats probably closer to the truth..i still dont agree with it
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Well it is true that it's easier to master bass than guitar
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If you're a shit guitarist but are a good at arranging music or just find pure enjoyment in doing so then your best bet is pick up some sticks or a bass. Most music isn't bass driven so you can just use basic theory and get by. I think a sick bassists has far more talent than a sick guitarist. Jazz bassists> 98% of guitarists.
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That's laughable bull, 98% of guitarists, mate you mustn't have heard ****e, who would you consider the "defenition" of a virtuoso guitarist?
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Bass is easier for the simple reason that it requires no chords, it's always easier to just play one string at a time.
Alternate tunings also work better for bass than guitar. |
Not when you have sick string skipping involved..Metal Guitarists have made it an art
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One reason I took up bass is because I totally suck ass at playing chords.
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E 9
B 9 G 9 D 7 A 9 E 9 If you still have a guitar, try playing that |
^Minor 7th?
EDIT: nevermind I saw how it was fingered...fxck that's hard |
I use this fingering
E 9 (3) B 9 (3) G 9 (3) D 7 (1) A 9 (2) E 9 (2) |
My brother has my guitar right now, last time I was at his house he took the strings off, he was in the process of changing strings but he broke the minor E string. :laughing:
I'll eventually ask for it back once we get some new strings for it. |
...Boo boo, there is no such thing as the minor E string
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I know, it's the same key, but since there are two E strings on a guitar that's what I call the thin one.
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Haha, ah right
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bass and guitar same...
so what if u cant play chords on bass? chords are the easist thing on the guitar anyway...mastering bass and guitar are about the same anything the guitar can do the bass can do (except chords) ..its just a lil harder cuz the strings are bigger and the frets are bigger.....
also the playing concepts of bass and guitar are different the guitar is meant to add to a piece and make the song sound better where as the bass is meant to be a support and ground for the band......j just cuz u can pull of crzy riffs on guitar dont mean u can come up wit a good groove on the bass |
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