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Brainswitch · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 12:52 pm

a band isnt a band with out a bass player and they should be jsut as notice able as the guitarist

Lunatique · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 1:37 pm

Well, if you are a great bass player, people WILL notice you. If you can write basslines that kick-ass, people WILL pay attention to what you are playing.

adigra · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 1:44 pm

Listen to the Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Suicidal Tendencies, Primus, Faith no More, Candiria, even Tool... and you will realize that none of those bands would be anywhere as good without the great bass players they have. Also those lines are very difficult to play even if you are a great guitar player. It's easy to do a decent job with the bass without much effort (most rock bands today)but to actually be good takes a lot of work and bloody fingers. I enjoy a good rhythm section more than any guitar solo, that's what makes a good band for me. Most of jazz based music has a big emphasis on that. Anyhow, just one man's opinion...

Impaler · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 3:01 pm

Les Claypool.

T.M. Stevens.

Zach Work.

These are your bass gods. Worship them. Listen to them. Play their songs.

And get a goddamned stand-up bass, will you? I'm tired of weak, shitty bass lines.

*nod*

Oh. And the bass rocks. It's my life's dream to gank one of Les' custom made six-stringers.

:]~~~~~

Guy · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 3:57 pm

i got an electric guitar and bass guitar.. havnt played either in a while though.

dead · member Member # Joined: 18 Feb 2001 Posts: 489

How about Brenden Canty from Fugazi? The funkiest punk bassist ever.

Binke · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 5:05 pm

Hehe, well I do think the bass is a nice instrument. Its like comfy. bumbumbdidumbumd. I'd like to have a bass of my own, i've only played on my friends/schools. But my primary thing now is to get a new amplifier.. but a ESP e-guitar sure would be nice

(same model James Hetfield in Metallica uses)

edible snowman · member Member # Joined: 12 Sep 2000 Posts: 998

victer wooten is good. of course he cant really write lyrics.

"this is where i are,
with me and my bass guitar"

Francis · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 9:49 pm

Geddy Lee?

Bass is important. Fun to play alone, too.

v1510nAry · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 11:33 pm

--Warning Mind Less Banter ------

Taking all the lime from me, dammit wish they would turn there silly amps down..

There has to be a electric guitarist around here.. do u respect your BASS player ?

If not, you damn well should .. If it wasn't for us and the drums u would have no band .

Is there another bassist out there ?

-- End of Mindless Banter --

Binke · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 11:58 pm

Hahah the bass sucks

heh no seriously, the bass IS an important part of the band..but this really depends on what sort of music you are playing. I mean in some songs you can NOT hear the bass-player what so ever. That is what I think is lacking in many bands these days. There should be a nice harmony between the guitar & the bass. But sadly the e-guitar usually takes over.
Funny thing though, a guitar player can usually play the bass with ease, while a bassplayer usually have a really hard time playing the guitar

But playing the bass..is boring. Or atleast when you play alone..to have fun with a bass you have to have the drums & a guitar with you..in my opinion that is.

v1510nAry · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2001 11:55 pm

sure is fun to play alone right now i'm listing to Jaco pastorius, amazing player...

Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke and Mark King
damn best players I've heard.. as for rock and bass guitar,
Its basicly pointless in these nu-metal bands. e.g Linkin Park..
After listing to the Papa Roach album all the bass guitar good is for is playing the reggae on the hidden track "Tight Rope"

ex · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 12:03 pm

I think I wanna play bass. My friends say it is really easy. I would love to just learn it, and then write my own stuff.

Dr.Squirley · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 12:41 pm

i agree that a band is not only about the guitarist. I play bass and i think that it can eaisly hold its own against guitar. but guitar does add a feel to music that the bass just cant do.

v1510nAry · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 1:14 pm

Bass isn't easy to learn, for starters...

And a man bloke who can walk with the bass really good can take an guitarist...

No matter me and my 5-String Bass Well be well known

ex · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 1:25 pm

Why is bass hard?

v1510nAry · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 1:46 pm

It the frets are quite far apart and if u don't know anything about music its gonna take u awhile for example

Teacher
"I want u play swing beat today with twelve-bar blues starting on G7, so its gonna go G7,C7,G7,Am7,D7,G7 Please add dead notes and harmonics

"

U got know that the bass guitar goes up in semi-tones...
and be E and F there are no E# and Fb, same with B and C..

As for the walks in Jazz Bloody impossible change chords so much other than that its pretty okeh instrument ..

Hardest part in playing funky, when u first get the bass your gonna find your trying to make a DJ sratching noise sound on the strings

NullTygre · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 2:31 pm

*waves* Bass player here.

hwei · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2001 9:31 pm

I thought bass was easy, but man it's hard to hold (!) maybe I have small fingers. Damn brother can span five frets, bugger him, on a normal electric. I'd love to learn it but my hands would probably not let me

And I love Flea (RHCP), he rocks. Cool bassline: 'National Anthem' by Radiohead, infintely repetitive and full of jazz

Glenn · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2001 11:31 pm

someone was mentioning bands with great bass players, well you should all check out Incubus. Their bassist, Dirk has an awsome funk sound on their earlier materail which is part of the reason Incubus are unique.
check em.

-Glenn

wildgrey · junior member Member # Joined: 26 Apr 2001 Posts: 39

i play bass! and some acoustic guitar..i like bass better...bass players are in demand (everyone wants to be the lead singer/guitarist). i was supposed to try out for this band a while ago, the lead singer is a friend of a friend, but they wouldn't let me join cause i'm a little girl. sheesh.