People who play bass and shouldn't?

[Pablo Fanque]

Me for starters. I'm a beginner and just plain awful. But I'm better than I was 3 weeks ago

Those of you that named Sting are crazy, IMHO. I wouldn't defend his bass work post-Police. I don't pay enough attention to it. But with the police he was more than adequate. I think he had some GREAT lines, especially on the first 3 Police albums.

But arguments like this are like arguing what's better on a hot dog, catsup or mustard. A lot of this is what you like.

[R D Maynard]

[quote=Zooberwerx;7060273]He actually had some of the coolest looking basses (Gretch?). Kinda clunky by today's standards but what the hey?

I love those old Guild Jetstars; can't go wrong with a Guild solid-body and a Hagstrom pup.

BTW: met Peter Tork a few years ago - nice guy. I don't think the post Monkee years were all that wonderful for him.

[Ephminus]

[quote=R D Maynard;7242394]

Originally Posted by Zooberwerx

He actually had some of the coolest looking basses (Gretch?). Kinda clunky by today's standards but what the hey?

I love those old Guild Jetstars; can't go wrong with a Guild solid-body and a Hagstrom pup.

BTW: met Peter Tork a few years ago - nice guy. I don't think the post Monkee years were all that wonderful for him.

I'm a Peter Tork fan. It's a shame he doesn't get more credit.

[tcbass4ever]

ive been playing many years and one of my biggest gripes is when ive stopped in local
music store where i live and im trying out this bass and this young guy was watching me play and we started talking afterward .he started asking me some advice,it was obvious that he was just starting out ,anway he tells me he is taking lessons at this same store
im checking out this bass and the teacher is a guitar player,i hate that, guitar players
should not be teaching bass,so i talk to the owner and said you know bass students should be learning from a bass player,some people see no big deal with this,but the bass is a totally different animal.so the owner tells me he couldnt find a bass teacher,i offered to work for him,then it became a money thing etc guitar players in my opinion have no business teaching bass,

[dbull]

Me . . . followed closely by Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap.

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by dbull

Me . . . followed closely by Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap.

Yeah, Derek's work on "Jazz Odyssey" was too busy

It's certainly not my place to judge, except for one instance. I was once in a prog band with a really snooty guitarist. He had chops, but no sense of timing. It got to the point where the drummer and I dreaded his solos, because we had to decide whether to:

• Follow his tempo, therefore making a mess of things, or
• hold the rhythm down and make him "look bad" coming out of the solo.

We decided on the latter because it served the songs better. We didn't discuss it openly with him because we didn't want to hurt his feelings (he and the singer were friends). Apparently, his feelings were hurt anyway. He chose to blame me.

One day, I went to lunch before everyone else, and he told the band he wanted to run through some of the troublesome songs with him playing bass. He wanted to show the band how it "should be done."

Accounts vary, but apparently, it didn't go well on a number of levels, and he chose to quit that afternoon.

[JoeyZ]

^^
Wow, what a ...jerk.

oh and JMJ is my answer...He shouldn't play bass anymore..(For nine inch nails so then I CAN PLAY FOR THEM!)

[prokfrog]

my keyboard player

[TimWilson]

Originally Posted by prokfrog

my keyboard player

And THAT'S the winning post!!!! + infinitum x googleplex.

[6Steve6Harris6]

Originally Posted by tcbass4ever

ive been playing many years and one of my biggest gripes is when ive stopped in local
music store where i live and im trying out this bass and this young guy was watching me play and we started talking afterward .he started asking me some advice,it was obvious that he was just starting out ,anway he tells me he is taking lessons at this same store
im checking out this bass and the teacher is a guitar player,i hate that, guitar players
should not be teaching bass,so i talk to the owner and said you know bass students should be learning from a bass player,some people see no big deal with this,but the bass is a totally different animal.so the owner tells me he couldnt find a bass teacher,i offered to work for him,then it became a money thing etc guitar players in my opinion have no business teaching bass,

For all we know, the guitar teacher is also a great bass player and teacher.

You can't just assume that because he plays guitar, that he must suck at bass.