I'm a guitar player, but my roots are in the bass.

Pete528 · #1 12-10-2007, 04:26 PM

... please don't hurt me

edit: awww, i guess some people didn't get the corny joke.

Busker · #2 12-10-2007, 04:44 PM

There is hope if you focus on bottom.

Phalex · #3 12-11-2007, 06:35 AM

I play some roots and my focus is bass.

Welcome Brother!

peaveyman09 · #4 12-11-2007, 08:18 AM

well welcome! good to see youve come down low where the real players are!

Sarah5string · #5 12-11-2007, 08:47 AM

Does that mean you tell YOURSELF to turn down??

Just J · #6 12-11-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarah5string

Does that mean you tell YOURSELF to turn down??

lol!

Harvey Gerst · #7 12-11-2007, 09:08 AM

My roots, AND my fifths, are also in bass.

roflol · #8 12-11-2007, 03:18 PM

octaves to? what about minor/major thirds? ooooooooo i think i killed that one ;o

cricketfever32 · #9 12-11-2007, 05:58 PM

welcome to the dark side, cookies are on the table

MysticMichael · #10 12-11-2007, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cricketfever32

welcome to the dark side, cookies are on the table

Indeed. Feel The Force...

MM

demented6th · #11 12-12-2007, 05:03 AM

Hi Pete and welcome.

I've played lead all my life but have been a closet bassist.
Now due to supply & demand I play bass in a rock band, and church, and loving it!

However, the lead guitarist was a bit downcast the other day when he came in to our practice room while I was thrashing out The Sabre Dance (Dave Edmonds version) on my six string, through a Roland 30w cube into my 300w bass stack. It sounded absolutely amazing & I was "In the zone", until I blew one of the speakers. That'll teach me to be such a show off!

Russell

JeffreyG · #12 12-12-2007, 10:37 AM

I'll try to keep this long story short...

I've been a bass player since I got serious about music 16 years ago. When I went away to college my guitar playing buddy found a new bass player, who became one of our best friends. 10 or so years later they decide they want to add a guitar player to their 3 piece. Enter....me? So I joined up as a guitar player.

We have the opposite problem of a lot of bands - rather than 3 guitar players with the least talented being forced into bass we have 2 bass players one forced into playing guitar (I like it, but I like bass much better

). We're all great friends and we have ton's of fun.

I have however recently joined a second band where I can be the one and only bass player.

Bass Mule · #13 12-13-2007, 10:34 PM

Pssshhhht... whatev.... Truth is, JeffreyG can smoke circles around my behind, but in true bass player fashion, he chooses not to.