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Genre: People & Blogs
Date of upload: Aug 10, 2022 ^^
Rating : 4.958 (325/30,438 LTDR)
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
After 20+ years as a guitar player I turned to bass. Never went back.
Two things:
- bass is lots more physical. Longer distances, thicker strings, thicker neck. Muscels have to adopt. Take few weeks.
- the role of the bass is most often to provide a fundament, carrying the whole band on your shoulders. The effect is, that even playing the simplest bass line, it asks for total mental awareness and consistency in execution. This is the demanding part. Takes quite a while to build this mental and physical strength and endurance.
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LOL This is exactly what happened to me in high school. My three friends and I were all learning guitar and starting a small worship band for our youth group. However, we realized that 4 acoustic guitarists was not efficient; so our de facto leader stayed with acoustic, one got an electric guitar, and I ended up with bass. I'm not complaining. It's helped me expand my music horizons.
PS: If you are wondering what happened to the fourth guy, well he didn't take up drums or percussion like we wanted him to. He instead got a girlfriend and hardly ever payed with us.
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The Flea thing got me laughing.
As an incredibly average metalhead guitar player in the 90s I joined a band as a bass player. Other than the occasional out of key doodly doo I pretty much did nothing but play second guitar on bass. With a pick. And a distortion pedal. Loudly. Recorded a bunch of stuff and toured the country 4 times based on that.
Edit: One more 'like' for the magic number.🤘👹🔥
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Many people famous for playing the bass started as guitarists: Paul McCartney, Carole Kaye, Geddy Lee etc. They came into the role because there was no one else available. Same thing happened to me. I was playing guitar in a church band, and there was no one to play bass, and I was "voted" to that position. At first I felt I had been demoted, but must admit that now I really enjoy it. Also, you get more work as a bassist. There are so many guitarists around, and not half as many bassists.
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Always wanted a bass. Always had basslines in my head without the ability to perform them. Saved up and got one right out of my freshmen year of college this year. A 2008 USA fender P. Needless to say, after playing keys, guitar, and drums all my life, and dabbling in many other uncommon instruments, my compass finally feels whole. Bass is truly a dream and tests the skills of a musician in almost every way imaginable. Rhythm, dynamic, mood, feel, tone, countermelody, and melody. Bass is far from the simplest instrument despite its humble 4-stringed appearance.
Great video, brother. Keep jammin 🎸
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@jeffhebert2449
1 year ago
Once you figure out that a bass line is basically a guitar solo that lasts the entire song and you don’t have to worry about the B string things go swimmingly
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