BASS QUITTERS ON CRAIGSLIST

[Bevo1995]

1. vocals- dont even have to own gear. Without taking any cheap shots, the only real requirements for a vocalist is to be engaging and not utterly tone deaf.

Crap. I spent $35/hour for seven years on voice lessons. I spent like ten grand. I've never taken a bass lesson. How much gear could I buy with ten grand?

 

[Number27]

i'm not thanking anyone, around here it seems perfectly acceptable to sell ones gear for the same price you bought it for :scowl:

as far as i've seen the craigslist/ebay bargain train has crashed.

 

[derelicte]

Being both a guitar player and a bass player, I certainly wouldn't say bass is easier. I would say to be mediocre at either is pretty easy. To be a good bass player is probably harder than being a good guitarist if for no other reason than once you learn a boatload of chords it is merely rote memorization. Bass lines are often much more detailed.

I can tell you that it is much easier to sing while playing guitar than it is to sing while playing bass. And in any respect, wanking away on 4 chords is much easier than repetitively walking the same bass scale, in time.

Yes. YES.

i play both and i feel exactly the same. I'm glad I learned bass separately from another bassist; coming up with a nice bassline is definitely harder than to strum a few chords. And, much easier to sing on acoustic.

Electric, however, I'll disagree. There's just so much more access in the way of electric to come up with an outstanding and original solo than there is for bass. Pedals just multiply that. I guess thinking about it now, bass IS more limiting, which would make it harder... but speaking in terms of Mastering an instrument, I'd have to say electric is much harder. There's just so much more things you have access to.

 

[Calaverasgrande]

digress.

With the right tuning scheme, you can play guitar with boxing gloves. That's Strong Bad's secret.

DIGEST, its a quote. If you get it you get it if you dont, move along.

 

[spaz21387]

i'm not thanking anyone, around here it seems perfectly acceptable to sell ones gear for the same price you bought it for :scowl:

as far as i've seen the craigslist/ebay bargain train has crashed.

some guy here on craigslist keeps listing a dean eab acoustic electric for 350... the reason for the 200 extra dollars. a hard shell case.

 

[blockinlay]

I can take or leave craigslist. I don't like dealing with types that say a bass with lots of character is mint. What's your time worth? Mine is worth a lot more than the aggravation I've put in eighty percent of the time. Sure, a few gems to be had now and then. As for guitar being easier, that all depends on your intelligence and how far you want to take it. As a guitar player, I had no trouble being ready in two days with two dozen songs for a gig on the bass. A mint 03 american jazz I bought for $700 the week of the gig, from craigslist. I'm still learning new things all the time on both. I wouldn't knock either.

 

[Indiana Mike]

CL is where I got my hands on a fender American deluxe P for five bills.

 

[AltGrendel]

Why don't people lump the piano and dulcimer(did I spell that right?) together? Both involve hammers hitting strings making sound.

Depends on the dulcimer.

You have

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[brickerenator]

So I was excited about buying a bass.


Now I'm scared.

 

[Tricia]

I love craigslist! I buy everything there.
I think bass is easier because the strings are farther apart. with guitar, I hit strings I don't want to.
I still play acoustic guitar at home, but bass is way more fun imo.

 

[NickInMesa]

I love craigslist! I buy everything there.
I think bass is easier because the strings are farther apart. with guitar, I hit strings I don't want to.
I still play acoustic guitar at home, but bass is way more fun imo.

Bass is easier for me because it's the instrument I love to play.

Working 1 or 2 hours a day on your instrument is only good if you love this instrument.

6-strings, I got one to learn open chords, so I could play hands more easily, that's it.

 

[RustyAxe]

I'd thank them ... except that dad thinks that bass that's been sitting unplayed but uncared for, and unmaintained, under the bed or in a corner is stilll worth every penny he paid for it.

 

[fivepointnine]

picked up a 93 Fender duosonic reissue with a original Fender HSC and a Fender deluxe 90 amp for 240 from a kid going off to college.......I was willing to pay almost that JUST for the amp! I love those random deals you find on CL...unfortunaely its also where I sold my P-bass 5 minutes after I listed it saddest day of my life..especially when I found out what late 80's MIJ P-basses are really worth!

 

[Calaverasgrande]

I can take or leave craigslist. I don't like dealing with types that say a bass with lots of character is mint. What's your time worth? Mine is worth a lot more than the aggravation I've put in eighty percent of the time. Sure, a few gems to be had now and then. As for guitar being easier, that all depends on your intelligence and how far you want to take it. As a guitar player, I had no trouble being ready in two days with two dozen songs for a gig on the bass. A mint 03 american jazz I bought for $700 the week of the gig, from craigslist. I'm still learning new things all the time on both. I wouldn't knock either.

not saying this applies to you, but I have met more than one guitarist that thinks they can fake on bass just because it has less strings than a geetar.
Often they have poor timing and no dynamics. They merely fulfill the slot of bassist until and actual bassist comes along. The two instruments take very different approaches. I would even say bass is left brain, guitar is right brain.

 

[Stranger Danger]

not saying this applies to you, but I have met more than one guitarist that thinks they can fake on bass just because it has less strings than a geetar.
Often they have poor timing and no dynamics. They merely fulfill the slot of bassist until and actual bassist comes along. The two instruments take very different approaches. I would even say bass is left brain, guitar is right brain.

+1

Guitar lix at lower frequency isnt playing bass. It mostly sounds like noodling. Not that it stops every guit I jam with from asking to play my bass (which I have no problem with btw) then playing the same licks turning and smiling at me like "there ya go dude, thats how its done" :scowl:

 

[caeman]

What a timely thread. I am in the process of pursuing a quitter bass for $20. I hope I was able to reply in time. My wife laughed when I told her. I spent more than $20 buying my Dano pedal with AC adapter!

 

[NecroticImbecil]

Order of difficulty:

1. Mandolin
2. Guitar
3. Banjo
4. Bass

More strings make harder instruments, Guitar Center told me so!

so cello is as easy as bass? cool, i was thinking it'd be hard, but since i can play bass already, i guess i can play cello too, and didn't even realize it!

 

[Calaverasgrande]

+1

Guitar lix at lower frequency isnt playing bass. It mostly sounds like noodling. Not that it stops every guit I jam with from asking to play my bass (which I have no problem with btw) then playing the same licks turning and smiling at me like "there ya go dude, thats how its done" :scowl:

Well guitarists playing bass often will either just play root all the way through, or worse will noodle too much and play chords!
Thats a whole other thing, guitar chords and bass double/triple stops are not always interchangeable!

The main prob a lot of guitarists seem to have is that they are used to strumming up and down. This doesnt work as well on bass. Most picking bassists I have seen (myself included) dont have a lot of forearm movement. "Its all in the wrist". Its a tiny difference in timing but enough so the whole band sounds slightly off kilter.

But more to the point, most of my gear came from CL. My mesa bass 400, mesa 1x15 and GK 4x12. Oh yeah and my Sterling blue dawn.

 

[blockinlay]

not saying this applies to you, but I have met more than one guitarist that thinks they can fake on bass just because it has less strings than a geetar.
Often they have poor timing and no dynamics. They merely fulfill the slot of bassist until and actual bassist comes along. The two instruments take very different approaches. I would even say bass is left brain, guitar is right brain.

I picked up the bass as a favor for a friend in a bind. I found I liked it. I'd say that bass only player's that have never played the guitar would have a harder time dealing with timing and dynamics when just beginning, but a guitar player that knows the fretboard will make rather an easy transition. Actually I found it so easy that it is quite boring in many instances, but, I am filling a slot as you say. You learn the music, you play the music.

 

[Plantbrain]

Guitar hero, rock star"itus" etc..........there's always a few who stick with it and take that next and become bassist. If there was none of that, there'd be fewer bassist.

So I think it is good overall.
There are quitters in every field, for some people, bass is like a third arm, for others, they have to work really hard and long to achieve much.

Plenty of good guitarist make it look easy also, same for drummers, and same for bassist.

Each group has a lot of quitters. Why do these people quit and do not stick with it? What would retain more newbie bassist to the instrument and help there???

I think that's an interesting question to ponder.

Tom