Ignorant Guitarists

[ynie92992]

I am right beside a person in my class who is a guitard who is saying bass is easier than guitar, because it has less strings. I hate this as much as I can hate.

[mjolnir]

Why worry about it? You know she's wrong, we know she's wrong, she's full of ****. That's all that matters.

[Shovelbone]

[quote=ynie92992;5671268]I am right beside a girl in my class who is a guitard who is saying bass is easier than guitar, because it has less strings. Please insult her.But really I hate this as much as I can hate.[/QUOTE

I wouldn't even bother with it. Why waste your time..... ya know you just can't fix stupid!

[Phalex]

Yours is bigger. You win!

[Drifta]

I hate that.

theyre two different entities

i also hate when bassist try to say its harder than guitar for some wierd reason.

its not.

and its not easier.

but IMO the basics of bass player ARE easier.

if the girl isnt hot you shoudl stop talking to her anyway, if she is hot bang her out and kick her to the curb ( no one likes a lady who cant appreciate the low sound)

[namraj]

i always think of bass playing like skiing and guitar playing like snowboarding, bass playing is easier to pick up and harder to perfect and wen u perfect it it looks and sounds better but guitar is harder to pick up and easier to perfect etc obv thts not totaly tru but its a good explantion to ur friend

[Croox]

poop on her desk that will show her!

bass and guitar are like green apples and red apples, two diffrent worlds

[Ron Plichta]

Violins also have four strings, so they should be easier too , right?

Your other option is to have her try playing a bass once and let her make a fool of herself.

[porkchop[]

I've come across many more bassists who can play the hell out of a guitar than guitar players who can rip it up on a bass. Just this past winter I was at a local blues jam a guitarist friend of mine was hosting and say these 4 guys (drum/bass/2 guitars) play some blues stuff that completely blew me away guitar solo wise. Turns out the 2 guitar players were actually bassists from other bands.

I think bass requires more manual dexterity. I love schooling the guitar players in my band since I know way more chords then they do.

[sleepy_monkey]

Well, ALL of us regardless are only playing 12 notes.

And, fwiw, I play a 6 string bass...tell her to think about that....

[tmart937]

I think the violin comment works the best.

My guitard said something to me the other day about 4 strings. I asked him how many chords he played that he needed all 6 strings. He shut up.

[capnsandwich]

Originally Posted by sleepy_monkey

Well, ALL of us regardless are only playing 12 notes.

And, fwiw, I play a 6 string bass...tell her to think about that....

Only 6? I can play 7. I joke, I joke!!!

Any way you look at it, if she's comparing guitar playing to bass playing then she's clueless about music structure. Everyone knows that in the end bass players get more gigs because it takes a real musician to appreciate the role of a bassist and anyone who listens to the radio can pick up a guitar and learn 3 chords and look like a rock star. For every 10 guitarists there's 1 bassist. We're an elite group of musicians who don't gloat in the limelight but smile in the back ground where the real music is played. Tell her that, word for word!

[porkchop[]

Originally Posted by capnsandwich

Only 6? I can play 7. I joke, I joke!!!

Any way you look at it, if she's comparing guitar playing to bass playing then she's clueless about music structure. Everyone knows that in the end bass players get more gigs because it takes a real musician to appreciate the role of a bassist and anyone who listens to the radio can pick up a guitar and learn 3 chords and look like a rock star. For every 10 guitarists there's 1 bassist. We're an elite group of musicians who don't gloat in the limelight but smile in the back ground where the real music is played. Tell her that, word for word!

Very True.

You can play just as many chords on a bass as well.
My guitarists get mad at me when I hit on the overdrive and nail a pinch harmonic and my bass screams way better than their guitars can.

[pbd]

Originally Posted by namraj

i always think of bass playing like skiing and guitar playing like snowboarding, bass playing is easier to pick up and harder to perfect and wen u perfect it it looks and sounds better but guitar is harder to pick up and easier to perfect etc obv thts not totaly tru but its a good explantion to ur friend

I think you got this right. Its easy to pick up a bass and pluck a couple of lines down, maybe even follow a simple cord progression playing 1/4's but there is much more required to be truely great at it.
Todd

[Just J]

Is she hot? Tell her bass may be "easier" in her mind, but it requires more finger dexterity and control.

[LowDown Hal]

tell her to date the drummer

[ynie92992]

I didn't say it was harder, they are different instruments.

[worker201]

Originally Posted by namraj

i always think of bass playing like skiing and guitar playing like snowboarding, bass playing is easier to pick up and harder to perfect and wen u perfect it it looks and sounds better but guitar is harder to pick up and easier to perfect etc obv thts not totaly tru but its a good explantion to ur friend

When I lived in Colorado, and snowboarding was brand new and unknown, we used to get in fights with skiers all the time. Simply calling someone a "skier" was like calling someone a "guitard" here. So the metaphor is better than you think!

[IconBasser]

IS SHE HOT?!?!?!?!

[Krepps]

Tell her about how good you are with your fingers.