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Bedroom Bass Player Club

Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie

Aug 9, 2017
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#1
I think this forum should have one section dedicated only for bass-people that are not gigging musicians or play in a band, and don't inted to.

Why?
Because, as for the gear - playing bass guitar at home is totally different thing comparing to playing in venues and even small clubs and many of us (in order to find some answers) must browse hundreds of pages here, only to find out that some kind giving advice dude, actually never plays at home and for him, one 1x8 combo might be considered as a toy, whereas for us bedroom players it can be more than enough.

BP plays music in completely different ambient, often with just earphones, connected to PC and often in the room size of someone's gigging amps and cabs.

Don't get me wrong, everyone should enjoy music and gear etc, but I think that the whole bunch of people would be very pleased if here's one pdf just for them so they can share their experience and find stuff much easier.

Cheers :cigar:
 
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#2
I agree .
Not only for the BPs that never have , or have no intention of leaving their sacred space but for those who are either returning back to their room to “ get away from it all “ and the people putting themselves “ back in the wood shed “ after picking up their Bass after years of gathering dust on the case , and using their amp for a lamp table.
 
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#3
this is a great idea!
I used to gig more but I’m taking a break now so I’m mainly playing in the bedroom. Before I was so slammed up with work and playing that I rarely plugged my bass into an amp outside of a soundcheck. I’d practice at home unplugged so I wouldn’t have to unpack everything.
Now I’m getting to listen to my instrument and rig more closely and I’m having a lot of fun tone shaping and learning more advanced material. It’s a completely different vibe from a more live performance based focus.
My pj bass was my live go to bass because sound guys loved it, it plays great and it was light. Now my go to bass is a jazz bass that I almost sold because I never played it when I was gigging. I thought it sounded thin live in the mix...sounds huge and very articulate in my bedroom.
 
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#4
I think that's a fine idea, and this thread (or one arising from it) seems like the perfect place for such discussion.
I guess a whole new sub-forum could work, bit it's my humble opinion that there's too many sections already, especially with the division of the whole site into Double Bass and Bass Guitar halves...I'll never understand that.
Regarding less-than-useful, but well-meaning advice, what'd really be nice would be if people actually read opening questions fully before answering.
 
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#5
Thank you for your answers, I think it's obvious that Bedroom Players are dealing with totally different situations than people playing clubs, churches and big venues. The space is different, the gear is (or should be) different, the nature of the sound is different etc.

Although we all love to see some badass head+4x10 500w + huge pedallboard setup, the truth is - it doesn't work for us - at all.

I know people using just a ukebass and 1x8 cab in their room acheiving great tone (and therefore great inspiration to play and develop as musicians)

I also know people having so much expensive gear in already overcrowded rooms, sitting on amp's cabinets, frustrated, not getting "the sound", ready to give up.

So, considering the fact that this forum is like Sea of good informations for bassists, seemed logical to me that we should have one small river (or lake) for us with litlle boats and canoes

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Why not start a club thread for it?

When I took it up as my first instrument at 42-43yo I never imagined myself getting competent enough to join a band that gigs, but less than 2 years later while looking on CL for an intermediate drummer to jam with I ended up nailing my first audition with a startup and we've been making beautiful music together near weekly. < That was 5 years ago, almost 2 years ago I joined another startup for varieties sake.

Never say never is the long winded moral of that story :rolleyes:

Anyway, a subforum might be a lot to ask of the site admins, but at least a club thread is a good idea. Good luck with that, and keep rockin
 
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Dining room for me. We pretty much always eat in the kitchen, and when the kids first started piano we got a little spinet and put it in the dining room, so that's where music gets played, even though nobody in the house actually plays piano anymore.
 
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