Anyone play one? I've got an itch to purchase a second hand bass to try out with a drummer. Think it will be hard to pick up for playing reggae and funk?
easy to pickup playing bass? :D
You have any experience? I'd like to learn the basics for making some backing tracks with a drummer, and then see where it goes from there.
your not going to pickup bass or any instrument overnight.
i would suggest a midi control keyboard and reason software.
probably the cheapest way to get appregiated bass sequences for you to jam to
I wasn't hoping to learn it overnight. Maybe a couple of months. Do you play bass too?
If I was you I would use some of the bass tabs on this site and practice them on your guitar before you buy a bass. They are familiar songs for you and it will give you an idea of what it's all about.
i've been wanting to get a bass for years. every time i bring it up, my wife reminds me that i don't even play my guitar anymore. i'd love to get one of those HT bass cabs, but my money has been going towards new houses, kids and most recently, a new boat. the next thing i really need to get is a decent guitar. the hollow body ibanez isn't so great. i'd love to be give AO some money right about now. btw, i was reading a thread on PT the other day and saw that some guy has 2 languedocs. a g2 and a g4. you guys ever talked to that guy?
Quote from: strangedesign on August 11, 2010, 10:17:25 PM
i most recently, a new boat.
Boats are cool......And if you really want a bass try this. "Honey, it would be so cool if you could play bass while I play guitar. We should buy one for you."
Quote from: strangedesign on August 11, 2010, 10:17:25 PM
i've been wanting to get a bass for years. every time i bring it up, my wife reminds me that i don't even play my guitar anymore. i'd love to get one of those HT bass cabs, but my money has been going towards new houses, kids and most recently, a new boat. the next thing i really need to get is a decent guitar. the hollow body ibanez isn't so great. i'd love to be give AO some money right about now. btw, i was reading a thread on PT the other day and saw that some guy has 2 languedocs. a g2 and a g4. you guys ever talked to that guy?
I love my artstar ;). Have you redone the wiring on it... Made a huge difference for mine.
I'll probably be picking up a used squier or ibanez bass from GC soon. I think I can probably get something cheap to try out... Basses don't seem to cost near as much as guitars, even the amps are reasonable. I don't plan on getting anywhere near the level of Mike or Flea, but I find bass to be an extremely interesting and vital link between the drums and guitar when a simple groove is going (think of the bass opening to the reba jam). I hope it's not beyond my reach to play useful bass grooves.
Quote from: sour d on August 12, 2010, 12:26:05 AM
Quote from: strangedesign on August 11, 2010, 10:17:25 PM
i most recently, a new boat.
Boats are cool......And if you really want a bass try this. "Honey, it would be so cool if you could play bass while I play guitar. We should buy one for you."
WINNER!!
I did the exact same thing.
I even bought her a Paul McCartney style bass. She learned "Love Me Do" then quit.
I now have a 4 string to mess around with.
My bass has arrived. Today I traded in a crappy epiphone les paul jr that impulsively bought last year for a yamaha rbx170 (which is actually one of the cheapest basses ever). It sounds very nice to my ears, and I even fooled around and stumbled onto Makisupa and the intro to dwd while I was trying it out at the guitar store. Soon enough it will be time for me to unleash the funk. I will say it was nice to be the only one in the bass demo area while all the other people were wanking the same boxed up SRV guitar store show-off solos next to each other in the guitar area. Ironically, that would probably be me over there if I was trying to buy a guitar. Next, I'll probably be saving or trading for a nice 15" amp combo.
Quote from: sour d on August 12, 2010, 12:26:05 AM
Quote from: strangedesign on August 11, 2010, 10:17:25 PM
i most recently, a new boat.
Boats are cool......And if you really want a bass try this. "Honey, it would be so cool if you could play bass while I play guitar. We should buy one for you."
she played piano when she was a kid, so we tried this with the keyboards and she never made it to the first practice.
I've got an mp3 I made if someone knows where I can host it.
may I ask how old you are beebs? ;)
25
Here's the mp3: http://ia360707.us.archive.org/22/items/SoundCheck_850/soundcheck-0.mp3
Feel free to comment. I hope that some of you can use this as a practice backing track, or even possibly upload an overdubbed lead. The drums are from a drum machine program.
If that link doesn't work, it's on this page. http://www.archive.org/details/SoundCheck_850
Just an update, I've decided that I'm going to learn bass from the ground up the right way unlike what I did with guitar. I am picking this instrument up to be able to play it musically, not just try and wander through a sea of knowledge trying to sound good or wail out guitar solos and tricks like I did with guitar for a few years (never took lessons and tried to rush straight into a lot of things and developed bad habits and hit several plateaus as a result). I am going to learn to read sheet music and become proficient with finger picking with the help of professional lessons and studybass.com. I'm not giving up on guitar though, I'm just ready to become a musician instead of someone that owns and plays guitar at home.