THE BASS ISN'T EASY!!

[gruffpuppy]

About a year ago I was at a party.
The band I was with started playing Wild Thing.
I handed a girl the bass and said put you finger here, then here, then here. Pluck with the other hand. She didn't sound half bad for someone that had never played. Poor girl, she is about 5' 1" and I handed her my sweaty RIC.

Oh course the rest of the band said it was the best my bass had ever sounded.

 

[radapaw]

bass is easy to play, but hard to be good at.

or

it only gets hard after you've been playing 10 years

 

[The Antipop]

Fieldy = easy
Hamm = hard (or hardish)

depends on how far you push yourself

 

[bggeezer]

dont mug yourself man......"thanks" is a good reply like the man Brad said....

on the subject of whether bass is hard or easy.......

chops is easy
groove is HARD

once you are relatively competent...the hardest thing is to learn when NOT to play....when to lay back.......

 

[Domenic]

Originally posted by bassman46
I'm starting to get really mad about people saying playing bass is easy, espacially those who don't even play music at all! Can someong please give me something smart to say when ever someone tells me this?

Tell them to view this clip! [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

I bet they'll be changing thier opinion.

 

[zzDawg]

Just tell them, "Playing the bass isn't easy, I just make it look that way".

 

[Amoilbasso]

I would say bass is an easy instrument to begin with.For example with a wind instrument,it is very tough to play 1 note for a total beginner.While with a bass you can more or less play your 1st note after 15 minutes.
That is where bass easyness ends.
For the the rest,it all depends on how much well you want to play it. I want to play better,and better,and better...so, bass is never easy for me!

 

[Brad Johnson]

Originally posted by bggeezer
dont mug yourself man......"thanks" is a good reply like the man Brad said....

on the subject of whether bass is hard or easy.......

chops is easy
groove is HARD

once you are relatively competent...the hardest thing is to learn when NOT to play....when to lay back.......

Man, talk about saying a mouthful

Words to live by.

 

[jerry]

I've got zero chops........but I always get work

 

[chris griffiths]

Bass is easy...the only thing easier might be the skin flute

 

[Domenic]

Originally posted by Wrong Robot



izzat you?

its pretty cool whoever it is, got the left handed slap down pat.

correction: I found the gazzbass site...cool stuff.
to bad its not you, I love hearing smoking Tb'ers

I wish it was me!

I too like to see smokin bassists ... that's why I wanted to share the clip with you.