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vthoky, just shitting you. I'm glad you brought it up, because like I said, I've been slacking lately. Congrats on the new bass! It is intimidating! I was not at all used to plucking, but in a short while it became more comfortable. Just get used to that for now, planting your thumb on the pick up and play the major scale. Then keep playing the major scale up the fretboard and back down. Just keep doing that for starters. If you can, it's great to sing the note names as you're playing them, but it's not easy. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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I actually started playing bass and now mostly play guitar. Is bass easier to play? In a sense yes as you have 4 string instead of 6, they are further apart, and the neck is longer with larger fret spacing. However it takes more strength to play bass. The string spacing and fret distance can work against you as you have to move farther for each note. I have pretty big paws and on guitar I can stretch 1st to 6th fret on E string. On bass I can get to the 4th fret comfortably on the E string (can get past 4th but with little strength) Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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"Gunfire erupted from a window high above them, but it was only a bass player getting shot for playing the wrong riff three times in a row, and bass players are two a penny in Han Dold City." From Douglas Adams' "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish" Serious about crackers | |||
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^^^ I'll try to remember never to do that!  Rightwire, I'm the opposite. Small hands and although sufficient for playing six string guitar, bass is a real stretch for me. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>> | |||
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So... only practice when nobody else is home. Got it! (Because certainly nobody wants to hear me sing!) God bless America. | |||
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Doesn't seem possible that this was 22 years ago. _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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^^^ John Entwistle was a monster on bass! After watching that video, I was directed to an interesting abbreviated interview with Pete about him. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>> | |||
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My favorite bassist. | |||
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Make America Great Again |
I'm late to this party as I just found the thread, but I started playing guitar at around 14-years old (mid 1970's), then transitioned to bass about 21 years ago out of necessity. I had just started at a new church and inquired about joining the praise team as a guitarist. The leader told me they had plenty but were about to lose their only bassist as she was moving to Indiana, and would I be willing to try that? A friend of mine who was already on the team just happened to have a 5-string bass there at church and offered to let me take it home that afternoon to try it out. I went back that evening with a big smile on my face and agreed to do it. Three weeks later I was on stage playing my first service! And as they say, "The rest is history." I did take a few lessons from a professional instructor (one of the many guitarist on the team) to get the basics down, or should I say bassics... but the vast majority was self-taught over the years, and just lots of practice. Since picking up that bass, I have played strictly bass for over 20 years, and laid down the bass track for a CD in the studio one time, and I've never looked back at guitar! Some hints for the OP: 1) If you can learn the "Nashville Numbering System" instead of playing from sheet music or chord sheets, you will do yourself a WORLD of good! I transitioned to it about 8 years ago and my ability to play new music leapt ahead by many years, and it became so much easier to do that I wished I'd learned it in the beginning! E-mail me if you want more info on the subject using the address in my profile. 2) While the 4-string bass is "standard", the 5-string will open up a lot of new possibilities and sounds due to that low B string! It is still in 5ths compared to the other strings, so doesn't mess with what you've already learned. The ability to drop down to some really low notes without drop-tuning your E string is awesome! 3) If you choose to try a 5-string and want to buy one, I highly recommend getting a mid-price range instrument from Ibanez Soundgear. I have owned several other brands over the years in trying to figure what I liked best, but the Soundgear has always risen to the top of the pack and is all I have now, and all I could ever want! My latest one purchased about 3 years ago is from their "Premium" line, an SR-2405W. I especially appreciate the ability to operate in active or passive mode with the simple flip of a switch! Here is an online review on that model: Guitarworld's Bassplayer Online Review; SR-2405W Mine is the "Carribean Green" color shown in my profile pic, but both colors are gorgeous! Cheers! _____________________________ Bill R. North Alabama | |||
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Yes he did and he was pretty good in that band Wings. _____________ | |||
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| Partial dichotomy |
Bill, this is great info! Thank you! I'll definitely look into the Nashville Numbering System. I'll also send an email; thanks for the offer! SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>> | |||
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"How do you know when the stage is level? Drool is coming out of BOTH sides of the bassist's mouth"  Yeah, we always teased our bass players as being failed guitarists. "6 strings is too many strings. Mongo do 4 big strings with fingers now!" They aren't my cup of tea but I do see why some people really gravitate to that instrument. It deserves more spotlight than it gets. | |||
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LOL... I certainly qualify for the first jab as I was never a good guitarist, despite having played acoustic guitar on one praise team. It was only after I ditched the 6-string that I came into my own as a musician, and really so after learning the NNS and ditching chord sheets! _____________________________ Bill R. North Alabama | |||
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What are the four knobs for on an electric guitar? | |||
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They can be wired to do many things, but typically a volume and tone (high frequency attenuation) for each of two pickups. Often, the output of the two pickups can be combined or blended.This message has been edited. Last edited by: P220 Smudge, ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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