Soloing in place of a guitar

[bass_drum]

Hey, I'm wondering if any of you guys/gals have ever played a song with your band, and when the guitar solo coems up, you crank on some distortion and solo. I've been wanting to do this for a while, but before i get my hopes up, im just wondering if ill be heard, or if a distorted guitar will still cover me up and it will just sound all muddy and be useless.

[Aaron Saunders]

...do you mean copping the guitarist's solo and stealing the spotlight on stage without telling him? That's seriously uncool. However, if you're talking about doing a bass solo, then go for it! Check out some Cliff Burton for some nice distorted bass -- and his "Anesthesia" for a kickin' distorted bass solo.

As it always goes with distorting instruments, you have to be VERY concious of the amount of distortion you're using. Too much distortion/overdrive will, unquestionably, sound awful.

[bass_drum]

I'm not talking about stealing the solo, just doing solos in songs when the other guys are playing and stuff, you know, to get the spotlight everyonce in a while lol . Solo's like the one from Orion (by metallica) are great, but i want to do soloes with the guitarists and drummer still playing and such, instead of having everything quiet. What keeps hapenning is whenever we are playing some blues and i solo, the guitarists are like: "shhhh stay quiet the bassist is soloing".

Just wondering ,say, if i played the solo from american idiot during the song, (with distortion , on a six string bass) would it sound good, or would it not fit in the mix?