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Converting from guitar to bass

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Kanekutter05

Apr 29, 2015
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Hello all! So I have been a guitar player who has dabbled with bass for about 12 years now, and I am officially converting to a bass player who dabbles in guitar. I never felt comfortable on guitar, nor did I ever have the desire to become great at guitar. I just learned enough to get by, enough to play chords and rhythm and I could throw in a couple of licks here and there. But now that I'm focusing on bass, it's speaking to me more so than guitar ever did. I find myself looking at bass lesson videos all day, I play more bass in a day than I would play guitar in a week before. Bass is my home I have now discovered, so I am looking forward to learning everything I can from this forum. I may not be a native bassist, but I hope I can be accepted for being a convert!

Cheers all!
 
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I'm not speaking for all here, but I think a major hurdle anyone going from guitar to bass must understand is that you are somewhat as a bassist leaving the melodic realm and entering the rhythmic realm ... there is a certain percussiveness in playing the bass, and you're more locked in with the drummer than the melodic singing/guitar/horns etc... That and learning good tone techniques will be your single biggest hurdles, or you risk being "a guitard" ;)
 
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Kanekutter05 said:
I think honestly that's why I never felt comfortable on guitar, I never felt strong in creating/playing melody. I definitely don't want to be a "guitard" that's for damn sure. Thanks for the tips!
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and that was my story as well... I spent 2 years learning and playing guitar and switch to bass 30 years ago and never looked back.. I still know a few open chords and barre chords but that's the extent of my guitaring!
 
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+1 to what's already been said. You are now in the rhythm section, so that is crucial when it comes to how you think. But judging by the fact that you feel that bass "speaks to" you, I'd say you're likely already there. Keep on jamming!
 
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Kanekutter05 said:
Hello all! So I have been a guitar player who has dabbled with bass for about 12 years now, and I am officially converting to a bass player who dabbles in guitar. I never felt comfortable on guitar, nor did I ever have the desire to become great at guitar. I just learned enough to get by, enough to play chords and rhythm and I could throw in a couple of licks here and there. But now that I'm focusing on bass, it's speaking to me more so than guitar ever did. I find myself looking at bass lesson videos all day, I play more bass in a day than I would play guitar in a week before. Bass is my home I have now discovered, so I am looking forward to learning everything I can from this forum. I may not be a native bassist, but I hope I can be accepted for being a convert!

Cheers all!
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I'll accept you as a convert--hey--I'm primarily a guitar player who used to mostly dabble in bass (I did take bass lessons as well as guitar lessons), but over the last few years has played more & more bass--especially after getting my fretless.
I'm still more a guitar player--but I'm also a bass player.

Welcome!
 
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zontar said:
I'll accept you as a convert--hey--I'm primarily a guitar player who used to mostly dabble in bass (I did take bass lessons as well as guitar lessons), but over the last few years has played more & more bass--especially after getting my fretless.
I'm still more a guitar player--but I'm also a bass player.

Probably helps that I love playing power chords & riffs on guitar--more of the rhythm player with a a lead here & there.

Welcome!
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