Poll: How are you using your bass?

[FatOwlBass]

I chased the Rock band dream for a few years. Toured a bit and recorded one album. Had kids, settled down and played mostly at church and small gigs. 10 years ago I followed my desire to build my own basses. I now build custom basses and guitars and love it. I practice every day but don't play out much at the moment.
I am a bass player and a luthier and hope to keep doing both as long as possible.

 

[QweziRider]

As driver and putter.

 

[gtirard]

I use my collection of basses and other equipment as compensation for not practicing.

There must be a huge overlap between the group "crappy bassists with expensive gear" and the group "I collect gear to compensate for my lack of practice"

 

[Rib 13]

For live gigging, studio, and YouTube

 

[KohanMike]

I’d like to see that group! 35 ukes! Brilliant.

Click the link in my signature, and here we are at the West Los Angeles Farmers' Market in February of 2023. (I'm sitting on the right with a black hat.)

 

[badinage]

I use mine to disrupt the class and try to draw attention to myself.

 

[ViperTim]

Beginner here.
Starting out on bass because my guitar chops isn’t great and I want to play in a hobby band and just drink some beer and have fun.
And also because bass is really cool to play, I’m not a person who wants to be in the center of attention.

As stated, beginner who’s just starting out. Around 4 weeks on bass, I have a very experienced guitar playing friend whom I play a little bit with and we’re starting up a cover band (side band for him) and we’ve found a drummer with some experience and we’re soon about to jam for the first time. It’ll be the first time ever for me and I’m looking forward to it!

 

[factory presets]

Probably to ward off Alzheimer's.

Practising hard to master 3 finger plucking and double thump. But no real goals beyond that. Might see what I can do with it once I feel I've gotten somewhere. Gotta say reading on here is pretty inspirational.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

Just a little demographic survey regarding bass application on TB. How are you using your bass?

I've been unable to gig for the last couple of years. So, home studio recording is all I've got (and I'm looking for collaborators).

 

[Flamingo21]

Years ago I bolted skateboard trucks to my bass and I’ve been commuting on it ever since.

Pic, or it didn't happen

 

[dave64o]

Local gigs.

We play in southern New Jersey but a Philadelphia bar owner was at our last gig and spoke to our LS/BL about playing at his place. Assuming he books us, we joked that playing our first gig in another state would count that as our first official tour date. In reality, it would only be about 20 minutes away for me, but still ....

 

[Jhalb]

I get together with friends once a week. We do open jams occasionally.

 

[bass nitro]

Mostly to play, sometimes to play table tennis-it is easier this way,you know!

 

[JRA]

gigs. but i practice and write/record stuff with/for my band. i'd like to use my axes more.

i'm concerned that i'm heading toward a situation where i'd have more EBs than gigs.

 

[shoot-r]

At afew of the seedy places we play, when the 1911 jams and a back-up is needed, that old Jazz makes for a handy-dandy fight stopping club!!!!!

 

[CallMeAl]

Gigging is seldom these days, like 1-2 a year, so I didn’t even vote for gigs. It’s mostly jam with friends (hobby) and goof-around home recording and making backing tracks for my guitar lessons.

 

[waveman]

Lucky enough to be in a really good local gigging band and I record at home and play whatever instruments I want for whatever I'm doing

 

[Naigewron]

Home jamming and noodling, home recording, recording studios and local gigs.

So far no tours since I switched from drums to bass, but hoping to get some travel dates again once we get our next album released and find a new guitar player.

 

[rojo412]

I use my bass as a substitute for drugs and Women.

Oddly enough, I use mine to attract women who have drugs!

(nah, just kidding. I already have a woman who gets her own drugs .)
((plus, it wouldn't matter what I do with any bass of any kind, I'm not attracting any women with my looks or bass playing abilities.))

 

[SLO Surfer]

I chose the 4 choices listed at the top of the poll.