guitar player in a band....

[jinx]

Any around here play in a band as a bass player, though being more of a guitar playeR?

[demeyes]

A few years ago I played bass in my first band even though I'm a guitar player. I might join a second band as bass player again as it would be fun and I still have a bass rig even though I currently play guitar in my band.

[jinx]

could one have a gigable rig including a bass for 1k? I have some friends that want to start a cover band, and we all play guitar. Since they are a bit more skilled than me I will be taking the bass duties. We will be covering Priest, Sabbath, Deth, Metallica, Zepplin, etc.

[AlexL]

Depends on the amp setup. If you run direct in to the board, or don't need much stage volume, you may be able to pull it off.

A powerful bass amp and cabinet to be heard over guitars and drums in a practice space environment will run you close to 1,000.00. Then, you need a bass...

I use a Mesa M-Pulse 600 (800.00 used) and an Eden 410XLT cabinet (500.00 used), and that has all the power I need.

Before my current rig I had an Ampeg B2R and an Ampex 2x10 cabinet, and it was not a powerful enough of a setup to be heard over drums and guitar.


- E.


- Eric

[jinx]

this would be all our first time playing in a band, so we won't be playing very large venues are big crowds. Just small little bars i would think and peoples parties.

[horns666]

I RULE on bass..

I am the shit..I taught God how to play bass..

I'm trying to master 6 and 7 strings now..ummm, that's been more of a challenge.

[TrendkillDBD]

Yup, but now I'm just as much of a bassist as guitarist.

I'm sellin a completely modded out NJ Warlock bass, if you're interested. PM me for details.

[horns666]

Yup, but now I'm just as much of a bassist as guitarist.

I'm sellin a completely modded out NJ Warlock bass, if you're interested. PM me for details.

Negative on the bass..but thanks..my next bass will be my fave..a G&L..this will be my fourth ..if I were to buy one.

I got my kid a $200 "First Act" bass for under $50 bucks..don't laugh..me and my son slap the shit out of it everday..I owned many very nice basses.

Good work..yeah, I'm a very good writer and player..Not Jeff Loomis good, but I'm slowly thrying to get there...I just discovered the art of moving my favorite shapes I like to play really fast in thirds, fourths and fifth..my fave is fourths.

Funny thing is..I showed all that I know to my 12 year old son (who smokes on drums) and it took a weekend or two to master what took me years..I don't play drums but I taught my son what to do on drums..by tapping on the table, wall and jamming with him since he was 5..now he kills.

I showed him the intro to "higher ground" from the RHCP's for starters and he grabbed the basss from me and played it on the spot..it was a little rough..but he smoothed it up that night..WTF is that??

How I got good on bass is that I always played to a click track..a preset on my Roland 505 Drum Machine..I would slap or tap to a beat, then gradulally turn the tempo all the way up and still stay in time..


Now my son is my click track..so allmy riff originate with a beat..so I can lay everything out to a simple click...no matter how complex it sounds.

[Boxcar Willie 84]

me! I use ampeg stuff that i kinda lucked into getting for cheap from a friend and i have a g&l tribute L2000 bass and a fender pbass i just bought. I love the band I'm in now but I miss playing guitar in bands a lot sometimes....

[jinx]

me! I use ampeg stuff that i kinda lucked into getting for cheap from a friend and i have a g&l tribute L2000 bass and a fender pbass i just bought. I love the band I'm in now but I miss playing guitar in bands a lot sometimes....

those gl 2000 look great, I couldnt afford more than a tribute though. I would def buy a used head and cab next problem would be my mustang lol.

[horns666]

me! I use ampeg stuff that i kinda lucked into getting for cheap from a friend and i have a g&l tribute L2000 bass and a fender pbass i just bought. I love the band I'm in now but I miss playing guitar in bands a lot sometimes....

That's right..I must get me another bass set up..a G&L L2000 for starters.

Carvin and Ampeg amps are only bass amps I care for. Since I had so much luck thru the years gigging with Carvin, I must go with what I know.

[jinx]

That's right..I must get me another bass set up..a G&L L2000 for starters.

Carvin and Ampeg amps are only bass amps I care for. Since I had so much luck thru the years gigging with Carvin, I must go with what I know.

so do you play guitar or bass in a bnad? you also have an ubershall right?

[horns666]

I just play guitar now...but I play both guitar/bass/ on my demo.

I haven't picked up a bass in a while but whenever I do ..I slap the shit out of it like I never put it down.

I bought my kid a bass for Christmas...I brush up my chops when showing him stuff..which he picked up quick.

Yeah, I love my Uberchall..I jam with my son all the time..He's my drummer at this time and we write together.

[Chromatic]

I've played bass when needed on bands and also when recording.

Bass is so much fun... but Guitar for me is sex, the best sex of them all

[jcm800x]

I play bass on most of my recordings, I started on bass before guitar. I enjoy bass almost as much as guitar but I play entirely different music on both. I got a fretless a few weeks ago and I'm digging it!