first bass - yamaha rbx170
first bass line - ummm i'm not sure... i think it was Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes.
first bass line - ummm i'm not sure... i think it was Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes.
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Your first bass or first bass line learned?
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My first bass was a 1976 Ric 4001 (long gone, sorry to say)
My first bass line: Smoke On The Water (of course)
My first bass line: Smoke On The Water (of course)
My first bass was an SX Vintage Series. My first line was "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly. The first one I "officially" learned (as in, the first one my bass teacher actually taught me) was "Lady Madonna" by The Beatles.
first bass: squier II p-bass, the no pickguard maple fretboard ones, made in korea
first bassline: something by the cure, maybe pictures of you? maybe fascination street?
first bassline: something by the cure, maybe pictures of you? maybe fascination street?
First bass: Fender MusicMaster, purchased in '72 and sold in '73 (it's the only Fender I ever owned until last year)
First song: Song Sung Blue (how embarassing), but quickly moved into Sabbath, Alice Cooper, and GFR.
First song: Song Sung Blue (how embarassing), but quickly moved into Sabbath, Alice Cooper, and GFR.
first bass - POS ibanez, sold it got wise and bought an 83 MM from a pawn shop
first line - RHCP's "The Otherside"
first line - RHCP's "The Otherside"
Bass: A crappy P-Bass clone that fell apart after 6 months.
Song: Either 'This is the Place' or 'Throw Away Your Television' by the RHCP.
Song: Either 'This is the Place' or 'Throw Away Your Television' by the RHCP.
1st bass was a ibanez sr300dx that is still my main bass
1st bass line was smoke on the water by deep purple
1st bass line was smoke on the water by deep purple
It was 1985, I was in college and was our lead singer and rhythm guitarist, and we were playing a dance marathon fund raiser in our campus cafeteria.
Our bass player decided a few days earlier that since HE was the one with seriously spiky hair HE should be the one to sing Billy Idol's "Dancin' With Myself". I said no problem if I get to play bass - in other words, borrow his Ric. So our lead guitar player covered the guitar by himself, I got my first taste of bass, and our bass player got his lead singer jollies.
It could have been a disaster. The power went out in the cafeteria during that song and without missing a beat our drummer improvised a solo that actually kept people dancing. It took about 10 minutes for faciities to find and reset the breaker and when they did our drummer gave us a cue and we picked up right where we left off. We, mostly he, got a huge round of applause for that. We played one more song but he was so tired we ended our set early and had the DJ take over while we tore down and the next band set up.
I didn't play bass again until I bought my first one about 15 years later but now I'm hooked. I haven't played any of my six strings for more than about 10 minutes since then.
Our bass player decided a few days earlier that since HE was the one with seriously spiky hair HE should be the one to sing Billy Idol's "Dancin' With Myself". I said no problem if I get to play bass - in other words, borrow his Ric. So our lead guitar player covered the guitar by himself, I got my first taste of bass, and our bass player got his lead singer jollies.
It could have been a disaster. The power went out in the cafeteria during that song and without missing a beat our drummer improvised a solo that actually kept people dancing. It took about 10 minutes for faciities to find and reset the breaker and when they did our drummer gave us a cue and we picked up right where we left off. We, mostly he, got a huge round of applause for that. We played one more song but he was so tired we ended our set early and had the DJ take over while we tore down and the next band set up.
I didn't play bass again until I bought my first one about 15 years later but now I'm hooked. I haven't played any of my six strings for more than about 10 minutes since then.
The first bass line I learned was probably something by Iron Maiden or Motorhead (which I probably mutilated) played on a horrible black BC Rich Platinum series Warlock.
Seems that was the stuff I was into when I first started playing(late '80s).
Seems that was the stuff I was into when I first started playing(late '80s).
First decent bass 78 Fender Precision.
First bass line... Not sure about the first bass line I ever learned, but the first one I ever played in front of an crowd on a gig was, Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash. Combat Rock had just come out as I remember the song was brand spankin' new at the time. Guessing this would have been the fall of '82 or so. I was playing guitar at the time and the bass player couldn't play it for some reason, so we switched off on that song. Which reminds me.... I have to play guitar on tonights show. Forgive me people!!
First bass line... Not sure about the first bass line I ever learned, but the first one I ever played in front of an crowd on a gig was, Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash. Combat Rock had just come out as I remember the song was brand spankin' new at the time. Guessing this would have been the fall of '82 or so. I was playing guitar at the time and the bass player couldn't play it for some reason, so we switched off on that song. Which reminds me.... I have to play guitar on tonights show. Forgive me people!!
