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11-24-2008, 11:48 AM
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I suck at the bass. Seriously. When I first started out, I had a short scale Ibanez. When I graduated to a Fender P Bass, not long ago, I began to not have the "chops" I used to have. My playing slowed down. I couldn't hit the same fills with the same accuracy and precision. The stings (same gauge as on Ibanez) feel more tense. I can't play as fast. The set up is the same. Everything is the same. Why is this happening? |
11-24-2008, 11:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Sounds like your used to a short scale.
Try some out at the local guitar shop.
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11-24-2008, 11:54 AM
| | | | cause you suck........naw man every bass is different and you have to get use to it |
11-24-2008, 11:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | They ARE more tense. Think about it. You're taking a longer string scale, and tuning it to the same pitch. I bet if you tune down the strings by a whole step, the bass will start to feel more familiar.
Most people LIKE a somewhat stiffer string... you might just have to go a gauge down to get what you want.
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11-24-2008, 11:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Myrtle Beach,SC | | | Geez..........our band has been told "you suck" and "you blow" ....................which is worse?..........I'm so confused!
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11-24-2008, 12:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Kentucky | | | ^^
if you have a horn section being told "you blow" is a compliment. Sucking however is not advisable on a brass instrument, you might get something gross in your mouth. Now, a vacuum cleaner ensemble on the other hand... |
11-24-2008, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by John Webb  Geez..........our band has been told "you suck" and "you blow" ....................which is worse?..........I'm so confused! | Maybe they are talking about your harmonica player 
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11-24-2008, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fearceol Maybe they are talking about your harmonica player | Now that's funny........I don't care who ya'are!
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11-24-2008, 01:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | It only takes one harmonica player to change a light bulb... but he'll go through about 6 boxes before he finds one that works. 
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11-24-2008, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota | | | i suck too. no worries. |
11-24-2008, 04:39 PM
| | | | might be a self esteem issue bro...
I remember reading Steve Lukather from Toto used to say he sucked on guitar....and he's freakin a monster! |
11-24-2008, 05:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: South West Sydney | | Quote:
Originally Posted by NancySherman I suck at the bass. | No, I suck at bass. |
11-24-2008, 05:29 PM
|  | *kidding* | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | |
I'm not telling what I suck on.
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11-24-2008, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bassteban I'm not telling what I suck on. | 
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11-24-2008, 06:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: I'm a dyno man, N.of Detoilet | | | Might try a lower set-up, but, as suggested, you're coming from a short scale. Long way from a P bass. Dropping a gauge is a good thought, too. Don't worry, though, I suck on every scale from 25" to 34" and likely 35" as well! It'll take time to get yer "chops" on that big bat of a neck. You might try a Jazz-size neck on fer size one of these days. Practice is what it takes(except in my case where it will take surgery)(brain surgery).
Josh
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