Oh... gravy is what happens when I play my Ibanez ATK with TI Flats. The mashed perdurders are what the Pedulla conjures up.
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How would you define your style of playing?
- Thread starter Frndmoretti
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Primitive & Redundant is what I do. I was dealt a fairly mediocre hand in the talent department and I'm just trying to make the best of a bad situation. I generally approach playing with the most obvious Sears & Roebuck bass line solutions I can think of. Nothing groundbreaking is going to emerge from my bass playing short of a solid as a rock groove that is hopefully right on the money and easy for the rest of the band to fall in with. I play roots music ... mostly blues, soul and r&b which my gut bucket simple bass "stylings" seem to work best with. Besides hitting the changes and staying in the pocket, I try hard to be totally reliable, show up on time, be sober, know the material, bring well maintained gear that works reliably, conduct myself professionally, be positive with no drama and try to be a "good hang" with the rest of the band. My approach has enabled me to get a lot more work than I probably ever should have gotten ... often with musicians who are considerably better than I am.
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Kinda like Geddy, but a little funkier (and a lot less talent).
A band I'd control would be good hard rocking prog spanning from metal to jazzy pieces.
I'm definitely not a bassist who will mimic the rhythm guitar.
A band I'd control would be good hard rocking prog spanning from metal to jazzy pieces.
I'm definitely not a bassist who will mimic the rhythm guitar.
Pretty much, I always let the song drive the the part. I tend to morph based on what the song calls for. Too many years of session work, and stealing from the best players in the business.
Probably left to my own devices, I might come out like a cross between Duck Dunn, and the guy that played in Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band...with a touch of Entwistle and Bruce chucked into the mic.
I don't even really like Fleetwood Mac that much, but increasingly I find that my playing resembles John McVie. Weird.
Like a mediocre electric guitarist who took up the bass because his electric guitar playing sounded like a cross between Check Berry and 60's surf rock. That said, I can play finger style acoustic guitar and bass with either pick or fingers. I just can't play an electric guitar without sounding like I should have been gigging in 1962.
I'm a simplton. I like to play and hear others that play simple but interesting bass parts. I play 60% of the time with a dunlap felt pick. I grew up with a muddy, flatwound sound that was hard to turn up. Then went to little more modern Rotosound round wound but still somewhat muddy sound that required lots of horse power to push. Now I strive for a pianoey (Is that a word?) sound. I guess bright string sound would be another discription. I tried fretless for two or three years but could never get the real growling mwha sound. Not sure if it was me our the bass.
Hmm... I guess my style varies with the song... I'm not highly talented but I can usually hold my own... typically with my band that means I'm just about to trip over my own feet trying to keep up, and trying to avoid a trainwreck. How do I want to be? Funky and in the pocket.
