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06-26-2011, 03:06 PM
| | |  I think I've already lost interest in bass (after only 3 years of playing)
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The other day I picked up my fender P bass and after 10 mins I just thought "what's the point?" than put it down. Then I picked up my squier affienty strat and played it for 3 hours. Am I already losing my love for playing bass?  |
06-26-2011, 03:10 PM
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06-26-2011, 03:10 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Perhaps- do what you like(guitar, apparently- at least for now)& you'll like what you do. No big unless it affects your income, right?
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06-26-2011, 03:14 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Probably, it's no major issue though, play guitar.
Trade the bass for a banjo.
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06-26-2011, 03:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Windsor, Ontario | | | lol i tried banjo and could not get the hang of that!
Try approaching bass from a new angle, listen outside of the genre you normal do, or start up a band.
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06-26-2011, 03:15 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | MOST importantly, remember my deep-felt compassion when you hock all your bass stuff cheap. 
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06-26-2011, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues | I dont get it aha
Can you please explain? |
06-26-2011, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Here we are... | | "Philistinism is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a Philistine (in the relevant sense) is said to despise or undervalue art, beauty, intellectual content, or spiritual values. Philistines are also said to be materialistic, to favor conventional social values unthinkingly, and to favor forms of art that have a cheap and easy appeal (e.g. kitsch)."
It was a small joke.Very small.Miniscule even....... 
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06-26-2011, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greenland, Nuuk | | | i got the same feeling with guitar back three years back, but then i try bass, where i cot more interest to play bass
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06-26-2011, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by FBS1996 The other day I picked up my fender P bass and after 10 mins I just thought "what's the point?" than put it down. Then I picked up my squier affienty strat and played it for 3 hours. Am I already losing my love for playing bass? | Are you in a band?
Playing bass by yourself is very boring and takes a lot of dedication, just to understand what the instrument is about.
If you join a band, and start playing fun music that you like with people ou enjoy the company of, you will be regain your interest.
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06-26-2011, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues It was a small joke.Very small.Miniscule even....... | I got it, but I'm not normal.
Also, yeah- try the band thing.
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06-26-2011, 03:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Jyväskylä, Finland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike Trade the bass for a banjo. | I stand up for that
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06-26-2011, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by NickInMesa Are you in a band?
Playing bass by yourself is very boring and takes a lot of dedication, just to understand what the instrument is about.
If you join a band, and start playing fun music that you like with people ou enjoy the company of, you will be regain your interest. | Not a complete band (Me, 2 guitarists and a singer are still looking for a drummer)
I'm gonna go hunting for a drummer, get this band started and see if that will rekindle my interest in the bass guitar
Thanks everyone! |
06-26-2011, 03:50 PM
| | | | That sucks dude. Girls like the deep end. Maybe it's just a phase. I have been playing over 30 years....but consistently...maybe 10. It happens. |
06-26-2011, 03:55 PM
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06-26-2011, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by FBS1996 The other day I picked up my fender P bass and after 10 mins I just thought "what's the point?" than put it down. Then I picked up my squier affienty strat and played it for 3 hours. Am I already losing my love for playing bass? | The biggest mistake you can make if you play more than one instrument (like I do) is to think that you should be equally interested in all of them at the same time. I find it comes in phases. Sometimes I'm in a bass phase, others a drum phase, others a guitar/vocal phase etc. It's rare that I'm not concentrating on one of them at any given time. But if you get bored playing bass (or drums) which really needs a band situation to inspire you, giving up and selling all you gear is the worst thing you can do. Because eventually you'll be back in the bass phase and then you'll discover what you did to yourself!
Anyway I assume you were playing melody on guitar rather than just strumming rhythm guitar! Sure when you are alone melody is more interesting than harmony. Just strum the changes to all the songs you know for 3 hours and see how great it is! |
06-26-2011, 04:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: San Franciso Bay Area | | I'm the opposite. I'll play a guitar for a while and can't wait to get back to bass. But let's face it - a guitar is a prop while a bass is an actual instrument. 
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06-26-2011, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southern Ontario | | Playing bass along with 2 guitars is no fun, playing bass with a drummer is  |
06-26-2011, 05:13 PM
| | | | Well theres certainly much better basses to be had imo. But if 6 string guitar more appeals to you, thats fine and good. Just let what groove sense you developed from bass benefit your guitar playing.
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06-26-2011, 05:16 PM
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