Recent content by pes_laul

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    Competing with guitarist

    Hmm When I rehearse or play out in the band I play guitar in I tend to only use an 18 watt tube amp with 2 by 12 speakers and that mixes pretty good with his ampeg. But being a bassist also I understand what it's like to have overbearing guitar players so I tend to have the bass player set his...
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    Best musical advice you ever got

    "If it sounds good it is good" -My jazz band director
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    Bass lines that are just sooooo much fun to play

    Original prankster by the offspring is pretty fun to play.
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    For all of my pick players....

    When I play with picks my favorite pick to use now adays is the 2 mm Dunlop Big Stubby http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=24&pmh=products/picks
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    Bass and Vocals

    I had always been the guitar player and a singer but in bands when I was the bassist and singer it took me a bit to get singing and doing bass lines at the same time. What works for me the best is to get the rhythm and the bass line solid and just keep doing it till it becomes like a second...
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    whats the dumbest thing a guitarist has ever said to you?

    This was the director for jazz band: (talking to saxophone player) "You can't be not doing anything when your playing, we have bass players for that!" it was a joke though.
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    New guy

    Haha I'm the typical broke teenager :p But I'm buying one here sometime this month or next month:bassist:
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    frets, 20, 22 or 24?

    It really doesn't matter for me. I don't think I would ever use a 24 fret. But I guess I'd have to prefer a 22 fret.
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    Krist from Nirvana

    I've always like nirvana and there sound and some of Krist's bass lines were simple yet they worked so good for the song.
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    Rush or Dream Theater?

    I personally like Rush better but on the contrary Dream Theater has a really tight sound and there all really solid on their instruments.
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    New guy

    Hey I'm Kris, Found this website from a friend. I'm still in high school, I play guitar, piano, and of course bass. I used to only mess around with bass guitar before I joined my high school jazz band which totally changed my way of playing bass and I learned alot about music theory. I...
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    Who here actually plays free jazz?

    I've always liked playing it because it's like you can go off and improvise so much and all the players would improvise of eachother. Lot's of fun.