Bass - Are you Bi-instrumental too..

[viking]

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)

[nfe]

I play bass live in one band and on recordings for another three.

[Transcend]

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

[Roobubba]

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

[PhilKing]

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!

[Philly Q]

I have an interesting twin neck on the way too - bass & 12 string.  

Mike Rutherford!  :D

[Ian Price]

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

[Philly Q]

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

[Ian Price]

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

[Elliot]

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.

[Roobubba]

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 ;)

[38thBeatle]

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).

[AndyR]

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)

[Afghan Dave]

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:

[Philly Q]

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....)