The Bass thread (Nirvana, Paul McCartney, guitarist, quote, songs)

[mosesandtherubberducky]

Originally Posted by thebassistX

so what if u cant play chords on bass? chords are the easist thing on the guitar anyway...mastering bass and guitar are about the same anything the guitar can do the bass can do (except chords) ..its just a lil harder cuz the strings are bigger and the frets are bigger.....
also the playing concepts of bass and guitar are different the guitar is meant to add to a piece and make the song sound better where as the bass is meant to be a support and ground for the band......j
just cuz u can pull of crzy riffs on guitar dont mean u can come up wit a good groove on the bass

no chords are not the easiest thing on the guitar. The easiest thing that pertains to playing either guitar or bass is probably holding one note while picking/fingering that note. And you can play chords on a bass there is no rule saying you can't. Also the bigger strings and frets make it easier because it is a larger area to press your finger on. And I also take it you haven't heard many funk bands because the guitar is filler and rhythm while bass adds to the flavor. And normally if you can play a "crzy riff" on the guitar it means you have enough experience to be able to pick up a bass and apply the basics of playing the guitar (those being rhythm, scales, and keys) to playing the bass and making a riff with a groove.

[thebassistX]

no its actually harder to play wit bigger frets and strings its harder to stretch and move as fast on the bass than guitar so therefore u put more effort in it also picking on the bass is harder to master cuz the strings are soo big u cant tell me that its easier to pick fast on bass then guitar

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by thebassistX

so what if u cant play chords on bass? chords are the easist thing on the guitar anyway...mastering bass and guitar are about the same anything the guitar can do the bass can do (except chords) ..its just a lil harder cuz the strings are bigger and the frets are bigger.....
also the playing concepts of bass and guitar are different the guitar is meant to add to a piece and make the song sound better where as the bass is meant to be a support and ground for the band......j
just cuz u can pull of crzy riffs on guitar dont mean u can come up wit a good groove on the bass

No, Chords are not the easiest thing on the guitar, power chords being the exception to the rule, but some chords are so complicated that I can hardly play them without breaking a finger, like the F#7 chord... Playing chords while fingerpicking is especially hard.

I have fat hands and boney fingers, thus a bass is actually much easier for me to play (bigger frets, only 4 strings, etc)... And not having to worry about chords takes a load off as well.

Granted coming up with a good groove on bass is damn hard, especially when employing the slap and pop technique.

[thebassistX]

thats if u play the tonic of that bass hah im not talking about noob bass where the person only play the DAM tonic its about the same if the bassist plays a good walking bassline

[mosesandtherubberducky]

Originally Posted by thebassistX

thats if u play the tonic of that bass hah im not talking about noob bass where the person only play the DAM tonic its about the same if the bassist plays a good walking bassline

hey dumbfuck speak english and quit making the bass sound like it's such a hard instrument to play. Let's neglect the piano or harp.

[boo boo]

Bassists need to face the fact that bass is not one of the hardest instruments to play, anyone can play it, but granted not just anyone can play it well, I still have a hell of a lot to learn about bass playing, so I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert... But I can say that from my own experience of playing other instruments like Guitar, Keyboard and Banjo... Bass is difinetely the easiest.

[andy]

Originally Posted by thebassistX

so what if u cant play chords on bass? chords are the easist thing on the guitar anyway...mastering bass and guitar are about the same anything the guitar can do the bass can do (except chords) ..its just a lil harder cuz the strings are bigger and the frets are bigger.....
also the playing concepts of bass and guitar are different the guitar is meant to add to a piece and make the song sound better where as the bass is meant to be a support and ground for the band......j
just cuz u can pull of crzy riffs on guitar dont mean u can come up wit a good groove on the bass

LOL

Anyway, you can do many things with the guitar you can't with the bass.
The Bass is generally considered a rythm section instrument, the whole Idea of a bass is to keep the basic time and groove to the song, not to do crazy solo's and all that.
Country: Guitar playing alternating Basslines
Shred: Basically the same
Jazz: This is the part where chords come in, you say chords are the easiest thing? You are an idiot if you truly believe this, although Jazz Bassists are generally considered skillful, looking at Tony Levin and Jaco.
Rock: The Guitar is definetely the dominant instrument here

Going right through to the Blues and Classical, the guitar is far more versatlie when you think about it.
And yes many things you can do on guitar you can do on bass, but what's the point in that? They are different instruments, basically the guitar has a higher range than the bass, Built differently, to a specific way, is it not stupid to compare the two?

Anyway, the guitar is the harder instrument, none of this ****e about thicker strings and wider frets

[boo boo]

Difinetely, the thicker strings and wider frets actually work to ones advantage, with bigger strings, they don't break as easly, and even better, they're much less likely to go out of tune... And you don't have to pick them as hard to get a quality sound.

The frets actually make it easier to position your fingers and controll notes much easier.

[thebassistX]

If bass is so dam easy to play than anyone should be able to pick up the bass and play like VIctor wooten in a couple of hours. Just cuz the bass only has 4 strings dosent mean its easier to play. The violin only has four strings is it easier to play than guitar? NO. The piano has 88 keys is it harder to play than violin? no there about the same (i know i play both) Any instrument is easy if u play only the basics of it. ie. the guitar is "easy" if u only play power chords and bass is easy if u only play the tonic.
Dont get me wrong im not trying to make the bass hard to play im just trying to get some respect for bass playing and bassist in general. Comments like "bassist are failed guitarist really pissed me off and is COMPLEYE BS. If that were true any guitarist could pick up a bass and play it at a high lvl. And yes i admit basslines are usually simpiler in songs that guitar parts but the concepts in the intruments are different so its hard to compare. However you cant say MASTERING the bass is easy. Its not like Flea got as good as he did overnight. It takes hardwork to truely master the bass. Say that mastering the bass is easy to victor wootens face and hed probably slap u hes been practicing the bass since he was 5. Even if u are a genious it takes practice.
A virtuoso (cant spell) guitarist cant pick up a bass and play like a virtuoso bassist. Yes playing guitar does help with bass but that can also be reversed.
So for u guitarist who think the bass is soo "easy" plz pick one up and start playing lke jaco i mean if ur good at guitar ur porbably master of the bass.
SO PLZ GIVE BASSIT SOME DAM RESPECT!

[mosesandtherubberducky]

Originally Posted by thebassistX

If bass is so dam easy to play than anyone should be able to pick up the bass and play like VIctor wooten in a couple of hours. Just cuz the bass only has 4 strings dosent mean its easier to play. The violin only has four strings is it easier to play than guitar? NO. The piano has 88 keys is it harder to play than violin? no there about the same (i know i play both) Any instrument is easy if u play only the basics of it. ie. the guitar is "easy" if u only play power chords and bass is easy if u only play the tonic.
Dont get me wrong im not trying to make the bass hard to play im just trying to get some respect for bass playing and bassist in general. Comments like "bassist are failed guitarist really pissed me off and is COMPLEYE BS. If that were true any guitarist could pick up a bass and play it at a high lvl. And yes i admit basslines are usually simpiler in songs that guitar parts but the concepts in the intruments are different so its hard to compare. However you cant say MASTERING the bass is easy. Its not like Flea got as good as he did overnight. It takes hardwork to truely master the bass. Say that mastering the bass is easy to victor wootens face and hed probably slap u hes been practicing the bass since he was 5. Even if u are a genious it takes practice.
A virtuoso (cant spell) guitarist cant pick up a bass and play like a virtuoso bassist. Yes playing guitar does help with bass but that can also be reversed.
So for u guitarist who think the bass is soo "easy" plz pick one up and start playing lke jaco i mean if ur good at guitar ur porbably master of the bass.
SO PLZ GIVE BASSIT SOME DAM RESPECT!

Well the only thing to say to this is...you're really really dumb. You totally missed all the points given in contradiction to your views and yet you still hail the bass as though it is the holy grail of musical instruments.



Oh and you isn't spelled u. the Penatonic scale isn't tonic. Please isn't PLZ. Damn isn't dam. Like isn't lke. your isn't ur.


Oh and I can play bass and guitar. Guitar being my strong point but bass isn't harder than guitar, try learning some suspended chords or how to sweep.