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i went to the darkside today

#21
+ 1. I'm also an appreciable guitar player, but I never feel at home like playing bass...I sing too, same thing. The only way to feel at home is by playing my basses. If I have to play only one root note in a 10 minutes song, it's ok, the bass simply IS my instrument.

superjesus said:
I know exactly how you feel.

Despite being somewhat proficient on both guitar and bass, on the occasions that I'm asked to play rhythm guitar, I'm never as comfortable or as satisfied than when I'm playing bass.
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#22
I enjoy them both. I play guitar daily at home and write allot with it . Bass I play in the band and love my role. To me its all about making music but to be perfectly honest guitar is where I am more creative, bass is where I am more grounded at this point in my musical path.
 
#23
I'm an ex-lead guitarist, now devoted to the low side . . . have a half-dozen of them (expensive) guitars hanging on the wall in my home theater - collecting dust! "Last year," I picked one up to play it . . . damn tiny strings nearly sliced my fingertips off . . . yep . . . I'm gonna start selling them here fairly soon. Besides, playing guitar is brainless . . . bass is difficult!
 
#29
I was playing my new Taylor acoustic last night. 2 hours just flew by. I "learned" 2-3 songs and started another. It's fun to have to work to learn/play something again. Not saying I know/can do everything on bass, just that I am at a certain level and it's kind of fun to be more of a "beginner" again.

Taylors sound awesome by the way.
 
#31
vince a said:
Besides, playing guitar is brainless . . . bass is difficult!
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Come on, let's not be as ignorant and one-dimensional as those guitar players with comments like that! :)

Well, I'm half joking - I play both instruments (guitar for MUCH longer) and it has nothing to do with one being more difficult than the other to play. It's not the instrument but the type of music you're playing on it.

THAT being said, I agree with most posters - I just find the bass a lot more fun to play. The more I play bass, the less I want to play guitar.

But I think playing guitar all those years helped make me a better bass player, or rather have a better understanding of the role of the instrument in a song - it certainly doesn't hurt to be able to play multiple instruments, especially if you're writing songs.
 
#32
I've been debating for a while which instrument to focus on (bass or guitar) and I have not come to a decision yet. I'm too lazy to focus on both. I've been playing my bass more, but I have a Carvin DC727 coming in a few weeks. It may draw me away from playing bass. I'll just keep playing both for now.
 
#33
I was originally a guitar player who 'dabbled' in bass. Then I joined a band as a bass player and decided to get serious. I probably play/practice bass 70% of the time vs. about 30% for guitar. Guitar strings now feel impossibly close together, and the neck seems extremely short too. But the extra hand strength from playing bass has benefitted my rhythm guitar playing.

I just LOVE the FEEL of playing bass guitar - the thick strings and long neck feel good and 'substantial' under the fingers. And when you pluck that low string BOMMMMMMMP and just feel it reverberate in your chest, that's bass player heaven to me. :)
 
#34
OK, I gotta fess up here. I also play a lot of percussion, mostly hand percussion, but I have a drum set, too. I also have a keyboard. I got that as my first instrument because it was inexpensive. I wanted to see if I could come up with the discipline to practice before investing in a bass and amp. The drums are a whole other story. Suffice it to say that I have been playing with two g********s and have been alternating between bass and percussion. One of them likes my percussion playing. The other perfers to hear me play bass.
 
#35
Crater said:
I just LOVE the FEEL of playing bass guitar - the thick strings and long neck feel good and 'substantial' under the fingers.
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Yup, same here. It's kind of silly, but the reason I got back into playing bass was seeing that picture of the electric bass in the upper right corner on this site. For some reason, that particular angle of the neck reminded me of how great a bass felt :eek: What kind of bass is that anyway?
 
#36
Herrick said:
Yup, same here. It's kind of silly, but the reason I got back into playing bass was seeing that picture of the electric bass in the upper right corner on this site. For some reason, that particular angle of the neck reminded me of how great a bass felt :eek: What kind of bass is that anyway?
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There was a thread a number of years ago in which a number of posters investigated the matter. It is an edited stock photo, but I don't remember what model the bass is.
 
#37
Relating back to the original question, for me it kindof depends on the day, sometimes I'm really feelin UB and others EB, I guess with all aspects of music how you feel in the moment really effects what you play,how you play, and what is believed to feel right. But that feeling while you play, that perfect fit, is one of the best in the world especially with a good groove.
 

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