Do you also play guitar?

[Guitarodeo]

Taylor 314ce for me, mostly fingerstyle. I like changing it up now and then to think in terms of chords and song structure. It also helps me watch a guitarist on the neck when I don't know a tune. That stated, 95 percent of the time I'm shedding on the low end, currently pushing myself to sight read. As long as I'm playing something, it's all good.

 

[Mike M.]

Guitar came later for me. I started on bass in '69 and guitar came in '96. I play just for me and for writing songs but I don't consider myself to be a guitarist in anyway. I pretty much ignored my guitar all last year and this year I plan on getting back into it much more.

I think it's very handy and very practical for a bass player to have some knowledge of six string guitar. First, there's no way I could have written most of my songs on bass alone. Second......two years ago I was asked to do a two set gig and offhand I only knew three of the songs the band played. While some of the unknown songs seemed kind of intuitive as to how to play there were others where I was watching what chords the guitar player was playing. Something like "Wild Horses" by the Rolling Stones. I barely knew how that song went but I made it through by watching the guitar player.

 

[Short-scale]

Never played guitar, never plan to, I'm too busy rattling windows.

Back in the day when I had a peavey stack(4/10s and a 15) I used to knock stuff off the shelfs when I really cranked it up. Nothing like feeling the bass...

 

[bassbully]

Own a few my fav is my early 70's j45/50 Gibson..finger picked.

 

[Cosmiceddie]

I also play the guitar because it's more helpful when it comes to songwriting.

 

[TheGravyNator]

I wanted to buy a bass guitar, but my parents said I needed to be able to play something first. So I picked up an acoustic guitar and learned some bass stuff. So I had that thing around, and I learned some chords. I'm still playing to this day.

 

[T-MOST]

Yes, I played for 5 years before switching to bass in 1983. I still play guitar today.

Lol @ poll results.

Guess most bass players are failed guitarists![/QUOTE

Not at all... I felt bass was a much cooler instrument especially in the R&B, Funk and Contemporary jazz genres.

 

[corinpills]

I actually make a living as a guitarist- in a town full of highly skilled guitarists who are much, much better than me- but I will always be a bassist at heart.

 

[Funk$tar]

I have been playing bass for 8 years now, and I just took up guitar about a year ago and got serious about it in September. Now I practice guitar about the same amount as I practice bass so I am wondering, how many of us bassists also play the guitar?



?Toca ud. ambos la guitarra y la baja guitarra?

Haha that's ironic because I did the same exact same thing only vice versa!
I first picked up the drums and then the electric guitar, I'll never forget that day. I picked it up when I was like 12 during my Beatles Phase. It was WAY too hard to teach myself guitar, but eventually I learned the basics, chords, all that good stuff. I eventually started listening to some nice old Blues music by people like Jimi Hendrix, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and a little Eric Clapton. It was in the middle of my sophomore year I found bass and have stuck to it ever since. The bass was ten times more challenging for me than guitar because I had to learn to keep the groove or beat and literally took a year to get the whole slapping technique down. Hey it payed off so no complaints here!

 

[Jamvan]

My brother's high school band teacher allowed him to bring home the school's Gibson Grabber Bass and Acoustic Combo Amp over summer vacation. As most punk-ass 12-year-old little brothers would do, I'd play around with it anytime my brother wasn't home. Gave me the bass bug big time. Bought a Cort Steinberger copy from the Montgomery Wards catalog shortly thereafter (it was the 80's, what can I say?!) and it wasn't until years later that I got into guitar as well but I'll always remember my first. That Acoustic combo weighed at least 500lbs and I recall that the Grabber only weighed around 75lbs!

 

[Bassmuzicar]

Can't really say I CAN play guitar. But I've an acoustic and is not super motivated to play and learn it. But I know the Divin' Duck solo =)

 

[Luke19Boarder]

I bought my first guitar probably a year after I started playing bass (1998 ish?).

At the moment, I play my guitars more than my basses, but I'll always consider myself a bassist first and foremost.

 

[nzscott]

I started out on guitar and played it for 6yrs before I took up the bass, I enjoy the bass more than guitar and I am a far better bassist than guitarist, but I still play guitar ,mostly on home recordings ,which I use the guitar to fill out the tracks that I demo to my band.I have a martin dx1 a ibanez roadstar ll and a peavey triumph60 amp.now I want a synth,a novation bass station ll ,

 

[stratovani]

Started on guitar in 1972, then switched to bass in 2007. Pretty much stuck to bass since then, although I still do play guitar at home occasionally.

 

[OutToPlayJazz]

I started at an early age as a cellist, later also as a pianist and then as a double bass player from 15, so being classically trained, the electric bass was a natural progression from the double bass from which it's derived.

I do teach classical guitar, but leave electric guitar to the wiggly experts. If I'm honest, even though I can knock out most chords and the odd blues solo, I tend to purposely leave guitar alone, as it has nothing to do with me - I'm a professional bass player and last time I looked, the bass has nothing to do with the guitar. They're two separate entities and should be kept as such.

 

[shawshank72]

I play guitar and drums also, learned after the bass.
But i am a bass player first.

 

[TyBo]

I started out playing guitar a number of decades ago - learned the Day Tripper riff and I was hooked! A few years down the road, my younger brother had a band of sorts with two guitars and drums, but (of course) no bass player. The woods are lousy with guitar players, right? So I decided it would be fun to get a bass (a Guild JS-1, which just was what the local guitar shop had at the time), and play with them. Typical garage band back then, Smoke on the Water, some blues rock, etc. . It was fun though we weren't very good.

I got back to guitar after that, took some jazz lessons, and got to be fairly proficient - it's definitely my primary instrument. I started picking up the bass again, a bit, during the last few years, no even sure why, other than that I enjoy it. There's something satisfying about laying down the low end and hitting those deep notes!

 

[delta7fred]

There's something satisfying about laying down the low end and hitting those deep notes!

The girls dance to the bass, the air guitarists mime to lead guitar, I now which I prefer to watch!

 

[Nykki Madd]

I started messing with the guitar about a year ago and really kicked it up a notch in really learning a few months back.i been playing bass on and off for 14 years but consistently everyday for the last 3 years.i understand music and the instrument now adays. took a long time to go from the bass player to a bassist. I never wanted to be one dimensional so I picked up the electric geetar and i'm practicing to become fluent on it. I'm always trying to improve my bass skills and learn new technique everyday because my love affair for bass is so strong it sometimes cuts into my guitar practicing time.i really need more time in the day/night to play.after all I am only human and I do get tired