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04-16-2010, 07:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Athens Tn | |  Ok, So my guitar player is a failure, was i wrong to quit?
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So the band o played in was a 3 piece classic/hard rock band. I combined technique, ala the ox, and effects to broaden the sound. last gig dipwad wants me to use DISTORTION to cover his guitar parts he couldnt play! heres the question, I dont feel too bad about quitting after the gig but, was it wrong to leave Beck jr. at the show as i had to carry his butt both to and through the show?
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04-16-2010, 07:31 AM
| | | | if you're insatisfied and not making money, looks like is the right move
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04-16-2010, 07:35 AM
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And this is in technique why?
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04-16-2010, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by big0bassdude  (...) no offense to beck fans, either one of you. | Hehehe.
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04-16-2010, 08:36 AM
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I throw on distortion ALL THE TIME and play guitar parts with my bass. It allows for some cool guitar doubling or a backing when the guitar is soloing.
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04-16-2010, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by big0bassdude no offense to beck fans, either one of you. | Sigged.
Personally, I'd love being in a band where I was doing the guitar parts on bass 
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04-16-2010, 08:47 AM
| | | But wait....if bass players are just "failed guitarists", how can we possibly be expected to cover something so incredibly difficult and beyond our capability as "guitar parts" while the guitar player is soloing ? 
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04-16-2010, 08:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Athens Tn | | | dont get me wrong my problem isnt with distortion at all. its when i gotta drop the bass line altogether to play the guitar parts. |
04-16-2010, 09:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mesa, Arizona | | I think he means putting a lot of distortion to hide the mistakes. Let me guess: Boss or Ibanez pedal?
Brings back 25 years old memories...!
This was moved from technique to humor? Why? 
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04-16-2010, 10:44 AM
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What exactly is a 'guitar part' and how does it differ from a 'bass part'?
I would say that I play the bass guitar. Its a very versatile instrument if you know how to play it effectively. I play more lead parts than anyone else in my 5 piece band. Maybe you hsould have been soloing over his rhythm guitar parts?
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04-16-2010, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by big0bassdude dont get me wrong my problem isnt with distortion at all. its when i gotta drop the bass line altogether to play the guitar parts. | Look at it like this- it's an excuse to buy new gear... use your rig for the bass side of things, get a small guitar amp, and biamp your signal. Maybe even play higher on the neck, but run through an octave pedal, sending that signal to the bass amp. Or buy a 12'r or something. |
04-16-2010, 02:23 PM
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04-16-2010, 02:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Argentina | | | How do you know it's a 'guitar part' instead of a 'bass part'? |
04-16-2010, 05:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oshawa, ON | | What do you have against Beck?
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04-16-2010, 09:06 PM
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04-16-2010, 09:29 PM
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