Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Afghan Dave on January 11, 2012, 04:26:10 PM
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How many other people are a bit "Bi" on this board?
I started on electrics by playing Bass then moved to guitars yet now I find myself playing and appreciating bass more and more the way I used to.
I love my guitars but I feel I might have been living a costly lie... or is this a phase?
PDT_036
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I have owned a few basses over the years but never got any further, playing-wise, than I have on guitar.... i.e. not very far at all. :|
I find bass physically quite hard work, but the benefit is that the guitar feels tiny, and much easier to play, when you go back to it!
Don't have one at the moment, I sold my Precision just before Christmas.
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I have an 80s Hohner Steinberger copy I use for recording. Its a fun instrument, but I suck ;)
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I play the bass a bit. Nothing fancy though. I fingerpick only and I like to play something relatively slow and groovy in the Muse-like style. :) I have a MIJ'93 4-string SDGR LE by Ibanez.
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Bi's not enough for me :lol:
I started off as a singer, chorister at first, but then around 14 years old I wanted to sing pop/rock stuff.
Obviously, no b@stard was going to accompany me, so I figured I needed to play guitar. I started with acoustic, and that started me writing songs almost immediately.
I switched to electric to play rock/blues. I spent an awful lot of time teaching bass-players bass-lines to my songs, and then when they got any good they wouldn't play the bluddy notes for the harmony I wanted.
Then I ended up with a gig in a church worship band as a bassist for a few years. I thought I'd just sit at the back and keep my head down, but I discovered that bassists are far more important than most of us guitarists are! (don't tell them though, the b@stards :lol:)
Since then, with home recording, I've ended up teaching myself the piano and double-bass.
Piano's the only thing I wouldn't be comfortable playing in a gig situation.
I tried harmonica once, flute, and clarinet for a bit, but I couldn't face the amount of effort it was going to take for what it would give me.
I still want to get a drum-kit one day... :roll:
If anyone asks me though, I'm not a guitarist or a bassist or whatever... I'm a singer-songwriter
Anyway, Dave, I know exactly what you mean about bass - when you get into it as an instrument (rather than "oh we need some bass on this"), it can be a lot more satisfying than the six-string beastie we seem to be sticking so much money into :lol:
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...I know exactly what you mean about bass - when you get into it as an instrument (rather than "oh we need some bass on this"), it can be a lot more satisfying than the six-string beastie we seem to be sticking so much money into :lol:
The love that dare not speak its name... it just "feels so good" :o :P
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:lol:
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I play a bit of bass, but I really suck at it. I like though but almost everything I do on it is by intuition as I have no theoretical or technical knowledge of the instrument (not that I have much on the guitar either).
I actually started out playing drums, but never stuck around so I'm pretty worthless behind the kit. I guess two quarters would make me semi "bi" :D
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I went through a phase ... bought myself a Jazz Bass and a Trace Elliot, pretty good fun making the floor shake with that.
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I love playing bass, but I sold my last one at a car boot sale - it was cheap and nasty.
There's no such thing as "guitar" or "bass" - it's a sliding scale. You 7 stringers and baritone players are the guitar equivalent of bi-curious.
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Yeah, I play a bit off bass myself aswell. Not good at all, but it really can be fun.
I do not play electric bass though, I got myself an Ibanez accoustic bass. Really a lot of fun and it helps me with songwriting (I like to build from the base to the melody rather often).
Also there is nothing like slapping a nice warm bottom.
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Only when I have to be (recording)
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I experimented as a teenager.........
(not really, I just wanted to say that! :lol: )
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I do like to play bass every now and again, though never done it in a band yet - thats the next step, just for the craik. Would be nice to sit back and just lock in the groove. Trouble is, being a guitarist I'd end up being uber-critical of whoever was playing guitar :(
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I am, I started out playing bass, switched to mainly guitar about 6 years ago. Truth is I 'm a much better bass player though haha. I still play bass quite a lot though, enough to start making this
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/Necrite_ist_Krieg/tn.jpg)
started out as these two
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/Necrite_ist_Krieg/2011-03-03151845.jpg)
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Oh yeah.... :)! I just LOVE the bass,always did...My first electric guitar was a Hofner Bass i bought for the amp (my god,it was a Dynacord head with a Echolette 2x12 :))!But it's a problem for me as i started learning the classical guitar first and you really need solid nails to play classical.Even with the electric guitar,i had to change my technique and start using a pick,like most,because steel strings were bad for my nails !So,i do the same with bass but it's a shame because i really do prefer the fingers,not only to slam it but there are nice sophisticated techniques that require to use the fingers.. :( Anyways,there are so many different guitar types & styles to explore already.. 8)
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I play bass live in one band and on recordings for another three.
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I started out on drums but back then nobody wanted a drummer back then....everyone wanted guitarists
so i took up guitar and now everyone wants a drummer but i dont have enough space for a kit and ive put too much damned money into guitar.
I also play bass very grudgingly when i have to on recordings
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Bi-curious here... I've borrowed our bassist's spare ibanez 5-string which I'm using for recording. Actually seem to be enjoying the bass a bit more than the guitar these days, though I'm not really a proper guitarist anyway.
Roo
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I've played both bass & guitar in bands through the years. I enjoy both and don't mind switching. I have 4 & 5 string basses, which also adds a different slant to bass playing. I tend to play bass with my fingers and guitar with a pick, though I have been playing more guitar with my fingers recently (I've always played acoustic with both fingers and pick). I have an interesting twin neck on the way too - bass & 12 string. I also play keyboard badly!
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I have an interesting twin neck on the way too - bass & 12 string.
Mike Rutherford! :D
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Bi's not enough for me :lol:
I started off as a singer, chorister at first, but then around 14 years old I wanted to sing pop/rock stuff.
Obviously, no b@stard was going to accompany me, so I figured I needed to play guitar. I started with acoustic, and that started me writing songs almost immediately.
I switched to electric to play rock/blues. I spent an awful lot of time teaching bass-players bass-lines to my songs, and then when they got any good they wouldn't play the bluddy notes for the harmony I wanted.
Then I ended up with a gig in a church worship band as a bassist for a few years. I thought I'd just sit at the back and keep my head down, but I discovered that bassists are far more important than most of us guitarists are! (don't tell them though, the b@stards :lol:)
Since then, with home recording, I've ended up teaching myself the piano and double-bass.
Piano's the only thing I wouldn't be comfortable playing in a gig situation.
I tried harmonica once, flute, and clarinet for a bit, but I couldn't face the amount of effort it was going to take for what it would give me.
I still want to get a drum-kit one day... :roll:
If anyone asks me though, I'm not a guitarist or a bassist or whatever... I'm a singer-songwriter
Anyway, Dave, I know exactly what you mean about bass - when you get into it as an instrument (rather than "oh we need some bass on this"), it can be a lot more satisfying than the six-string beastie we seem to be sticking so much money into :lol:
So what you're saying is that you are pretty much the BKP forum answer to Prince. Right? :D
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Bi's not enough for me :lol:
I started off as a singer, chorister at first, but then around 14 years old I wanted to sing pop/rock stuff.
Obviously, no b@stard was going to accompany me, so I figured I needed to play guitar. I started with acoustic, and that started me writing songs almost immediately.
I switched to electric to play rock/blues. I spent an awful lot of time teaching bass-players bass-lines to my songs, and then when they got any good they wouldn't play the bluddy notes for the harmony I wanted.
Then I ended up with a gig in a church worship band as a bassist for a few years. I thought I'd just sit at the back and keep my head down, but I discovered that bassists are far more important than most of us guitarists are! (don't tell them though, the b@stards :lol:)
Since then, with home recording, I've ended up teaching myself the piano and double-bass.
Piano's the only thing I wouldn't be comfortable playing in a gig situation.
I tried harmonica once, flute, and clarinet for a bit, but I couldn't face the amount of effort it was going to take for what it would give me.
I still want to get a drum-kit one day... :roll:
If anyone asks me though, I'm not a guitarist or a bassist or whatever... I'm a singer-songwriter
Anyway, Dave, I know exactly what you mean about bass - when you get into it as an instrument (rather than "oh we need some bass on this"), it can be a lot more satisfying than the six-string beastie we seem to be sticking so much money into :lol:
So what you're saying is that you are pretty much the BKP forum answer to Prince. Right? :D
Oh maybe Roy Castle....? :P
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I'm not really a proper guitarist anyway.
Oh, we all knew that. You need to have played a Tele to be considered a proper guitarist. :D
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I have a bass (only a Squier) and can play easy things like Money and Come As You Are on it. But like the guitar I am never going to be any good on it.
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I'm not really a proper guitarist anyway.
Oh, we all knew that. You need to have played a Tele to be considered a proper guitarist raving homosexual. :D
Fixed ;)
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I would consider myself to be a bassist turned guitarist. I have been known to show the bass player in my band how to play stuff. I feel far more competent on bass having had a great teacher (Roo's mate).
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So what you're saying is that you are pretty much the BKP forum answer to Prince. Right? :D
Oh maybe Roy Castle....? :P
:lol:
Nah, can't get a note out of a trumpet - wasn't that his main instrument? (I can't dance either)
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So what you're saying is that you are pretty much the BKP forum answer to Prince. Right? :D
Oh maybe Roy Castle....? :P
:lol:
Nah, can't get a note out of a trumpet - wasn't that his main instrument? (I can't dance either)
Didication.. that's what you need. :lol: :lol:
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So what you're saying is that you are pretty much the BKP forum answer to Prince. Right? :D
Oh maybe Roy Castle....? :P
:lol:
Nah, can't get a note out of a trumpet - wasn't that his main instrument? (I can't dance either)
Yeah, but at one point he held the record as "most versatile musician in the world"! Which must have been right, because Norris McWhirter was there...
(Admittedly, that included a lot of things like washboards and lengths of hose with a funnel at the end....)
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Sounds like you watched (or remember) Record Breakers more than I did :lol:
My image of Roy Castle is always Carry on up the Khyber nowadays - that's the first thing I thought of when I read the post above :lol:
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My image of Roy Castle is always Carry on up the Khyber nowadays - that's the first thing I thought of when I read the post above :lol:
At least it's one of the best Carry Ons! :D
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Agreed, but we don't watch it very often (same as Cleo), probably because we've seen it so often (we have all of them except the ill-conceived one a decade or so later with all the current right-on comedians of the time). My favourites at the moment are "At your convenience" (which was apparently a flop because they didn't realise their core audience would not dig a pop at trade unions at the time) "Abroad", and "Don't Lose your head".
... this might seem like a monumental thread de-rail... but I feel that discussing Carry On films is, er, carrying on the "snicker, snicker" spirit of Afghan Dave's original post :lol:
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I think my favourites would have to be the aforementioned "...Up The Khyber", "...Cleo", "...Spying", "...Cruising" (just love the bit where Dilys Laye says "Her-cu-lees!" about the physical trainer bloke :lol: ) and, best of all, "Carry On Screaming!" - I think Harry H. Corbett is brilliant, even though the role was obviously meant for Sid James.
I like nearly all of them really, although the quality tailed off a bit in the '70s, especially the last few films.
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Definitely "...Up The Khyber", "...Cleo" for me... both fantastic. :P
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I feel a bit of a Khyber or Cleo coming on tonight... :D
Although, Screaming is one of Mrs R's favourites... "Frying tonight!!"
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Love Khyber...
"Fakir - off!" Genius :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Yup, that is quite a derailment!
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If you stumble into this forum God alone only knows what you would think... :? :)
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I used to play bass in my first band, and in a later band I sat in for our bass player in a pinch for one gig while he was abroad. But I had to practice the songs for two weeks each day - as Philly mentioned it is physically quite harder than playing guitar.
I also played Dobro for four years in a Bluegrass band.
I started playing violin as a child before picking up the guitar.
I still have a mandolin but to say I play it is a blatant exaggeration - I fight it more or less, and most of the times the mandolin comes out winning ...
Cheers Stephan
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A few years ago I built myself a bass, and really enjoy picking it up-- strangely I don't really like playing the same things as I do with guitar... I'd quite like to play bass in an R&B style band, which is not hugely.... me :)
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-- strangely I don't really like playing the same things as I do with guitar... I'd quite like to play bass in an R&B style band, which is not hugely.... me :)
Do you not find that with guitar as well though?
I would love to be able to play jazz and country, even though I don't particularly enjoy listening to either!
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Hey! Some people are trying to get the thread back on track - wot r u doing?! :lol:
Well, Mrs R says "Screaming" would be good, but she wouldn't mind "Khyber" either... not "Cleo" tonight though...
A few years ago I built myself a bass, and really enjoy picking it up-- strangely I don't really like playing the same things as I do with guitar... I'd quite like to play bass in an R&B style band, which is not hugely.... me :)
Same here on bass for me - I use it to get myself away from my usual blues/rock noodlings.
I'd recommend that any guitarist gives bass a go - explore bass-lines from songs you like but have never paid much attention to what the bassist is doing. It's a real eye-opener if you've never tried it. It's even better if you can play bass "for real" in a band, even if it's only a rehearsal/jam, you suddenly find out a whole bunch of what it's about when it's a decent volume and you feel the interraction with the rest of the band.
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-- strangely I don't really like playing the same things as I do with guitar... I'd quite like to play bass in an R&B style band, which is not hugely.... me :)
Do you not find that with guitar as well though?
I would love to be able to play jazz and country, even though I don't particularly enjoy listening to either!
I think on the RnB front, it's what the bassist does that makes the music interesting. He/she has the groove and feel and often the melodic counterpoint to the lead line. The guitar/whatever is important, but not that exciting (although it does feel good when you play minimal guitar in a grooving combo - it's just not what most of us widdlers are fiddling with and dreaming of all the time!).