No bass for a week...Will my playing get worse?

You might have a day of feeling a little worse

 

Actually, taking a break is good. It let your brain time to assimilate. You may find yourself better after a week without playing.

If you stop for 6 month, it's a different story though.

 

When you aren't working your hands on the instrument, work your brain by listening to new songs and listening to the bass and get a good feel for what it's doing and how the bass interacts with the other instruments (keys, guitars, vocals, drums...).

When I take a week off I get more fatigued when I play, but my ability doesn't really drop.

 

You'll be fine. Celebrate and don't worry about it. Happy Birthday!

 

I take a bass with me everywhere I go. I have a frankenjazz that I don't mind checking in the cargo bay with a flight case while my main stays home. Good idea to have a cheapo that you don't mind toting across the country. Happy Birthday!

 

It will be good, your hands/tendons could use a break. I use to practice the same way when I was 17 (38 now)

 

If I take 2 weeks off, I forget all the songs. Being 15 is a great advantage over 53

 

+1

Rest up. Do fun things. Meet people. Communicate. Read a book. Swim at the beach. Etc.

You'll be fine.

 

If I have a week off I don't touch the thing. I go to the movies, sit on the couch, play some video games. Take a break.

 

Hi man

Enjoy your break

No way you will lose anything on a week

Just take it easy on your first day back... Ease into it

A short break does us all good

 

At most, it will take you maybe a five minute warmup to get back into it. Don't sweat it.

 

I find taking a little time off now and then lets me come back fresh and with some different inspiration. Treat it like a good thing, and a new mind frame.

 

I haven't gotten to play in 6 months and won't for another 2. Just going through mental exercises I can tell I've forgotten how to play most of the covers I knew. I went over music theory last night to make sure I hadn't let most of that slip away. I fear how bad I'm going to sound when I get to plug back up in a couple of months.

 

Dude: I'm sure you will be scarred for life.

Seriously, why don't you grab an app like "Bass Game" and teach yourself to read standard notation? Just because you'll have a forced separation with the instrument is no excuse to sluff off and be a bum!

 

I've had breaks in my playing that have lasted up to a year.

That doesn't mean I forget how to play. The muscle memory takes some time to get back, but the head remembers everything. In time.