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I was just wondering if it was worth the money.
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Well that's a hard question to answer. Do you want to play bass guitar?
Because if yes I'd say it's worth it. The bass can be an awesome sounding instrument. And pretty much every band needs a bass player too.
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forkboy wrote:Well that's a hard question to answer. Do you want to play bass guitar?
Because if yes I'd say it's worth it. The bass can be an awesome sounding instrument. And pretty much every band needs a bass player too.
Just don't try to sound like Flea, please? Furiously agreed |
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I play (I happily own a Sunburst Fender P-Bass) and it is definately worth the money. I actually found it harder to learn bass than I did guitar (which now bores me, as I have no use for my shitty playing anymore) Because keeping rythm and being on beat all the time is, to me, much harder than writing riffs.
Definately worth the money, if you want a challenge. |
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Gildermershina wrote:I own a bass guitar. The shunning I've given mine for the past year, I'd empathize with this statement. |
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I play bassss!
If you want to be in a band fast, learn bass. Bassists aren't as easy to find as guitarists for instance.
I've played bass for about five years now - as sad as that is [; |
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^ very true fact for around these parts also. |
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I can proudly say I can play Guitar, bass, piano, drums, and trumpet :) |
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I find too many people want to play like Hendrix or whatever, all showy and flash, and guitar is better for that. In some sort of hip rejection of this, I go for clumsy bumbling which is probably worse. I can play bass notes, I can string together basslines, but I can't keep a rhythm, and I lack the patience to learn properly. It's moot anyway because the only reason I'd play bass is for recording, and my bass' output seems horribly low and noisy, thanks Ibanez. |
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Been Playing bass for 1 year & a half now, get a bass! |
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Gildermershina wrote:I find too many people want to play like Hendrix or whatever, all showy and flash, and guitar is better for that. In some sort of hip rejection of this, I go for clumsy bumbling which is probably worse. I can play bass notes, I can string together basslines, but I can't keep a rhythm, and I lack the patience to learn properly. It's moot anyway because the only reason I'd play bass is for recording, and my bass' output seems horribly low and noisy, thanks Ibanez. Upgrade the pickups then.EMG HZ passives are really good but the actives are really nice too. |
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The Nimrods wrote:Gildermershina wrote:I find too many people want to play like Hendrix or whatever, all showy and flash, and guitar is better for that. In some sort of hip rejection of this, I go for clumsy bumbling which is probably worse. I can play bass notes, I can string together basslines, but I can't keep a rhythm, and I lack the patience to learn properly. It's moot anyway because the only reason I'd play bass is for recording, and my bass' output seems horribly low and noisy, thanks Ibanez. Upgrade the pickups then.EMG HZ passives are really good but the actives are really nice too. Problem is, it's a five string, and I'm broke. |
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Gildermershina wrote:I find too many people want to play like Hendrix or whatever, all showy and flash, and guitar is better for that. In some sort of hip rejection of this, I go for clumsy bumbling which is probably worse. I can play bass notes, I can string together basslines, but I can't keep a rhythm, and I lack the patience to learn properly. It's moot anyway because the only reason I'd play bass is for recording, and my bass' output seems horribly low and noisy, thanks Ibanez. Not a fan of Ibanez myself either really... I'm very much a Fender man as I like the smooth sound you can get. Can't go wrong with a precision. But yeah pretty much the only purpose I have my bass for nowadays is accompaniment on recording I do if I desire, or if a friend asks me to fill in because their bassist dropped out of a performance and they need a fill-in. |
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mouj wrote:Play bass, there aren't enough bassists this generation. Too many drummers and guitarists. Don't forget singers.....and dancers. uuuuhhhhhh.... |
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xNightsidex wrote:Gildermershina wrote:I find too many people want to play like Hendrix or whatever, all showy and flash, and guitar is better for that. In some sort of hip rejection of this, I go for clumsy bumbling which is probably worse. I can play bass notes, I can string together basslines, but I can't keep a rhythm, and I lack the patience to learn properly. It's moot anyway because the only reason I'd play bass is for recording, and my bass' output seems horribly low and noisy, thanks Ibanez. Not a fan of Ibanez myself either really... I'm very much a Fender man as I like the smooth sound you can get. Can't go wrong with a precision. But yeah pretty much the only purpose I have my bass for nowadays is accompaniment on recording I do if I desire, or if a friend asks me to fill in because their bassist dropped out of a performance and they need a fill-in. Yeah, Fenders really are the way to go. I quite fancy an Ernie Ball bass actually, there's some affiliation with Fender there too, but I can't remember how exactly. |
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old.gregg wrote:xNightsidex wrote:Gildermershina wrote:I find too many people want to play like Hendrix or whatever, all showy and flash, and guitar is better for that. In some sort of hip rejection of this, I go for clumsy bumbling which is probably worse. I can play bass notes, I can string together basslines, but I can't keep a rhythm, and I lack the patience to learn properly. It's moot anyway because the only reason I'd play bass is for recording, and my bass' output seems horribly low and noisy, thanks Ibanez. Not a fan of Ibanez myself either really... I'm very much a Fender man as I like the smooth sound you can get. Can't go wrong with a precision. But yeah pretty much the only purpose I have my bass for nowadays is accompaniment on recording I do if I desire, or if a friend asks me to fill in because their bassist dropped out of a performance and they need a fill-in. Yeah, Fenders really are the way to go. I quite fancy an Ernie Ball bass actually, there's some affiliation with Fender there too, but I can't remember how exactly. I like some Ibanez basses but I'm a personal fan of ESP, good instruments and I got a free bridge.But like Lewis and Elliot said, can't go wrong with fender basses, the jazz bass is really nice too. |
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Chimp Records wrote:mouj wrote:Play bass, there aren't enough bassists this generation. Too many drummers and guitarists. Don't forget singers.....and dancers. uuuuhhhhhh.... GOOD singers and dancers would be an apt correction. Though both are scarce round here. I considered doing AS Dance for a time, but never bothered. |
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xNightsidex wrote:Chimp Records wrote:mouj wrote:Play bass, there aren't enough bassists this generation. Too many drummers and guitarists. Don't forget singers.....and dancers. uuuuhhhhhh.... GOOD singers and dancers would be an apt correction. Though both are scarce round here. I considered doing AS Dance for a time, but never bothered. And the rarest are Good Dancing Singers.Mainly Micheal Jackson impersonators. |
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