What made you play the bass?
great basslines such as the ones on pic related (gyrate has better bass, but i don't have a pic of gyrate at the moment)
this
>>65861312
Primus is fucking......
A great bassist can potentially stand out more than a great guitarist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp21F4fimkc
shriekback
>>65861079
Kings of Leon. If was the only band out of everything I used to listen that had an audible and prominent bass. Forever love KOL.
>>65861438
I never thought I'd see someone on /mu/ with a positive opinion on Kings of Leon.
The beginning solo of dig by mudvayne
A dude asked me if i wanted to play bass in his band. and i was like hell yeah why not.
pretty much that
That bass solo in the Cure's Lovecats.
One thing I've noticed from gigging is there is an unspoken bond between bassists. Which is pretty cool.
upright bass and ron carter
Peter Steele because I wanted a larger dick.
>>65861079
Because the band I was in needed a bassist. I was playing auxiliary instruments, (percussion, keys, etc.). Bass player split. I knew enough to hold down the fort. Eventually fell in love. Been playing for about 6 years now.
True Story:
I played guitar. Wasn't phenomenal, but I could hold my own among decent players. One day, a friend who played at a church called me in a bit of a panic.
>h-hey anon, our bass player quit, and we need somebody for tomorrow, you can play bass right?
>well, actually, i...
>and the church will pay you $350
>yes. yes, i play bass
I borrowed a bass from another friend, drove an hour to the church, faked it, got paid. They asked me to keep coming back util they found a replacement. Kept getting paid. Actually started to enjoy it. Used some of the money I made to buy my own bass and amp. Been playing ever since.
>>65861079
Oh my god he plays an instrument as well
lots of prog rock was my influence. listening to how bass could stick out in certain parts, but also be part of the rhythm. i also just love the sound of a bass
The bass groove at 6:30 in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqnvynVTlK8
>>65861466
its bait used to encite Yous
Just how it feels
>>65861079
I had been playing guitar for 8 years as a percussive acoustic player and I figured I'd also be a good bass player
Considering percussive acoustic style is all finger picking, rhythmic playing, and slapping it worked out really well
Also acoustic guitar > electric guitar > banjo > electric bass > acoustic bass
Her~<3
>>65861365
Keep telling yourself that anon
>>65863160
Your waifu is trash
Yui is best girl
>>65863182
Geddy Lee is definitively more prominent than Alex Lifeson.
>>65863242
you shut your whore mouth
>>65863160
Top-tier waifu if you've only seen like 5 anime
>>65861079
4 Visions - Eskaton
Joy Division, The Cure, New Order, Interpol. All great bass bands.
>>65861079
autism
>>65863321
Stay mad mio is shit and will forever be shit. Enjoy having a waifu who flashed her panties in front of the entire school
She's not even a good bass player
this man
>>65861334
...GREAT!
>>65861477
mannnnn. mudvayne seemed like a band with so much potential. maybe pull a scott walker and go full blown wacko. instead they turned into shit.
>>65863146
pleb ranking
banjo>electric bass>acoustic guitar>electric guitar>acoustic bass
![latest[2].png](https://i.imgur.com/HZIPq7R.png "latest[2].png")
There's a part in Majora's Mask where you jam with this dude, and as a kid I thought he was cool and that bass sounded cool. It also seemed less intimidating than a 6-string guitar, so I got interested in learning to play and my dad bought me my first bass when I was like 11.
>>65863705
not him but Cagayake! Girls has a great bass part
>>65863330
arguing about waifus is stupid because at bottom you're just arguing over which character appeals to your own particular emotions problems
Everybody and their grandmother plays guitar. Bands need bassists not guitarists, so I sold my guitar and bought a bass. Joined a band the same day.
>>65864698
>dedicated bassist
>13 years under my belt
>always play guitar on the side
>get into song writing after a nasty break up
>write a lot of acoustic songs over a period of two years
>improve singing
>can fully track an entire song on my own
>tfw people still just want me to play bass
I wasn't good enough to play guitar
>>65861312
pork soda for me
>>65861079
my friends were in a band at school and they had 4 guitarists and two drummers. best thing i ever did though
>>65861515
This. Except, i have no friends to play with, and there are no bands in my town who want me to play for them. And bass is easier than guitar. Kill me
>>65865148
I need a bass player. You're in my band.
I don't really know. I guess I just wanted to play an instrument and bass seemed perfect. I had played cello before so I guess I was swayed into the lower notes.
Also Jaco Pastorius was a major influence when I got into it.
I mostly play punk and emo stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4OhIU-PmB8
>>65864622
>Japs playing american instruments
>>65864259
You're not doing it right. They're supposed to suck, remember?
I started off playing guitar about 10 years ago and about a year or so into it I got a band together with 2 other guitar players and a drummer, and we would switch off playing bass. Ended up really liking it and picked up a bass when I could afford it and took it as a second instrument. I played bass in a jazz band in high school and continued on playing jazz through college. I just generally find it a lot more interesting to play, and my playing style generally fits more for playing bass than it does guitar.
And of course, it's almost too easy to find people to jam with as a bass player.
>>65861079
Playing guitar and having too much of an ego to have an actual bassist play on my projects.
>>65861079
Timi Hansen and Steve Harris
I wasn't a good enough guitarist to be guitarist, so I got saddled with bass
>>65861079
holding his right hand like that is going to give him carpal tunnel syndrome
>>65864928
Did they at least do something unique with the four guitarists, or did they suck?
i just wanted to get in with my local music scene, and didn't know how to play any real instruments yet.
>>65866437
It's most likely just the moment the photo was captured and he was moving his hands
>>65861079
Chris Wolstenholme
i played guitar really badly and my friend wanted to form a band and i told her i could play bass and she was like "you play bass?" and i said "no i dont. its fine" and put my meager savings into the shittiest starter bass + amp i could find and learned how to play it well enough to have fun playing whatever fun songs she wrote. i havent played in a few years but shes in an emo band in san jose now thats pretty neat and its cool to have been part of her development as a musician but playing any guitar is definitely not where i belong myself, i just play the accordion now and its a lot more fun and im better at it :)
>>65866865
no, he's playing like that in all his pictures...
it's painful to even look at.
>>65864622
>you're just arguing over which character appeals to your own particular emotions problems
>implying pointlesss shit talking isnt enjoyable
youre not some intelligent philosopher, that wasnt an original thought. everyone knows this
Simon Gallup, Peter Hook, and the fact I was a hipster faggot who had to be different and pick the thing more obscure than guitar.
Something - The Beatles
QotSA's self titled album made me start playing bass
idk john entiwistle or whatever and mike dirnt i guess. and the bassist from interpol.
He's ruddy in the cheeck, like a two year old, from shame. #phoneyfanponeyponahh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UEt2rAi78
This album. I LOVE Geddy Lee. Rush's entire catalogue inspired me to play bass and guitar, but this one... the arrangement, the tone, it compelled me to pick up bass and learn how to play it. Of course, I ended up really liking the instrument and getting comfortable sitting in a mix, and I branched out to other styles. But fuckin' Rush, man
Talking Heads
>>65863705
1. That was an accident and she was traumatized because of it.
2. There are several HTT tracks with great bass lines.
>>65865462
>not playing American instruments
>ever
look_of_disgust.jpg
>>65861079
Paul d'amour from Tool
Les Claypool
Ryan Martinie from Mudvayne
Gang of Four's records mostly
>>65866320
Primus is fucking suck? Yeah thats about right.
>>65872830
SHIT m8 kewl
>>65863290
except no
>>65874841
i like black people too!
i have never played a musical instrument
>i have never played a musical instrument
>>65874884
The old Geezer himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sBURgUBI
No joke
>>65875182
it's played on a keyboard though
Jon Entwistle from The Who
Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath
Cliff Burton from Metallica
Matt Freeman from Rancid
Matt Sharp from Weezer
Garrett Tierney from Brand New (really just for Sic Transit Gloria)
>>65875196
14 year old me didn't know that
>>65875196
sauce? i don't belief u
>>65862865
HOW high is josh homme doe
>>65875290
https://youtu.be/oVldNNHQWVw?t=2m24s
>>65861466
I really love them. Are they not liked here?
>>65861079
Black sabbath and beyond creation
>>65875103
Hes a God on the first to albums, but after that he just like dissapears from the mix for some reason, so sad.
lack of talent
A friend of mine plays Christian Rock gigs around town. He got one particular show at the last second, and couldn't find a bassist, so he figured that it would be easy to teach a guitarist (me) to play.
I still don't own a bass, but I enjoyed every second I spent with that instrument, so I might get one myself
>>65864446
>>65863146
>acoustic bass
are you faggots talking about a double bass or an acoustic bass, cause we all know double bass is goat
>>65861079
listening to beat happening
>>65861079
in highschool, I hung around with musical people but had no talent
I like the sound desu...
>>65863242
mugi is best tho
>>65865462
>American_______
Off yourself
I play the cello- people kept telling me that bass was "like the cello, except sideways!!!11", so I decided to buy one and start learning.
It's not like that at all; cellos are tuned in 5ths, basses are tuned in 4ths, so all the fingerings and positions are different. Still fucking fun to play tho
>>65861079
Hearing Matt Freeman just fucking rip the shit out of everything on Rancid's second self-titled album back when I was 15.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMhQxhtUb0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNNIt15A-lA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGUJHWupqwE
I started as a piano player, then guitar then vocals. And I remember singing my lines, or waiting for my riff to start and thinking "Man, I wish I could do what the rhythm section is doing". So I learnt how to.
>bass is literaly the easiest instrument to play
>guitar is much harder
>every band needs a bassist but none of them need a guitarist
??????????????????????????????
saw him play live
I decided to play electric guitar and looked at internet for the range of each electric guitar type, my prefered one was the range of electric bass guitar
>>65878751
what?
It has only 4 strings.
>>65878751
>>bass is literaly the easiest instrument to play
>>guitar is much harder
>>every band needs a bassist but none of them need a guitarist
>??????????????????????????????
People play instruments for producing sounds, and select the instruments for the sound they play.
Players to play instrument to, hit the strings, blow the wind instrument, and etc.. and etc..., thats why you usually dont see deaf people playing instruments
>>65879110
yeah but you would expect for bass players to be more common since bass is involved in pretty much every genre and so easy to play
>>65879131
>and so easy to play
How the hell its so easy since its the same instrument but just another range?
Its like saying alto saxophone is easier to play than bass saxophone
>>65879160
it's played slower (because there's no point in playing bass fast)
more space between strings
pretty much impossible to sound bad no matter what notes you play
some techniques are hard though but it's generally easy
>>65879131
I could venture a guess that a lot of guitarists don't play in a band. It's certainly less fun to play bass by yourself than it is guitar. It's also easier to multitask on a guitar if you're playing by yourself. From these conclusions, we can draw that people could be more inclined to pick up a guitar.
when will the "guitar is harder than bass" meme die?
>>65861079
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tdu4uKSZ3M
Best bass
>>65879205
No it's not, what?
Yeah, but you have to mute them
No it's not
What?
>>65879763
>tfw only hearing this for the first time just now
Mom and dad paid for double bass lessons, switched to electric after few years. Now I play both tho
Al Cisneros
>>65861466
i know this is probably pleb tier, but i think their first three albums are underrated. they really played well on those records. love their drummer, nice fills and general rhythm/energy.
I was 13 and too lazy to play guitar. I did pick up guitar eventually though, and keys. Still play bass in a band, and it's very fun surprisingly.
>>65861079
I was shit at guitar
Appreciating the root of harmony and rhythm in any group
the bassline in bloodhail by HANL was honestly the first song to open my eyes about how awesome the bass is. then i started listening more deeply to music that i already knew, and it just felt like something that i needed to start playing
>>65881048
I love their first album
so i could get in a band
>>65881483
truuuuuuuuu
>>65879205
>>65861079
I alway thought Fantano was slightly overweight but it turns outs hes a buff ting.
>>65881849
its easy to weigh less when you have a melonhead friendo
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>>65879763
>The meme song
I was a cuck so bass seemed like the natural choice
>>65881849
It's just a flattering pic he's actually fat
>>65861079
Tbh it was Tame Impala....
>>65861079
There was no one in the band that played bass, no joke.
this bloke right here
this guy's right hand
>>65861312
primus deserves a medal for ugliest album covers of all time
>>65883928
>what is radiohead
I got a nice Westone bass on the cheap from an old metalhead and loved it since. I've played in a lot of bands with different instruments but i always come back to bass
>>65861079
Is he actually a bass player or is this shopped?
>>65883873
but wouldn't his right hand be playing the treble notes? the left hand plays bass on keyboard instruments
>>65879763
>Not posting Squire's solo bass piece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxXMJKCI9F0
>>65884354
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qsKjzWd06lY
>>65875013
Where do I start with him?
Scott Lafaro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knzFrkdV3ok
>>65882004
im confused am i the melonhead ??
>>65879160
>Its like saying alto saxophone is easier to play than bass saxophone
Actually a octo-subcontrabass saxophone is harder to play than other saxophones, but thats is a wind instrument you have to blow and not a string one.
But yes you are right, electric guitar, electric bass guitar arent different instruments.
If I transpose the piano 2 octaves up as some example, I wont have a new instrument
Martyn LeNoble's ridiculously funky basslines on P4P's debut
>>65879750
>when will the "guitar is harder than bass" meme die?
>memes related to guitar
>dying
guitar is the meme of musical instruments, the d&d of musical instruments, the mainstream music of musical instruments
>>65863146
objectively pleb ranking and that's coming from someone who only plays guitar
Flea
>>65885794
Wood Mack
>>65884475
Damn... He's good.
>>65884475
>showing off an explosions in the sky tattoo
how pleb can one melon get?
i'm too ugly for the main guitar
>Get right hand guitar at age 12 because everyone ignores lefthandedness and says "just use your right hand" all the time
>Play moderate skilp guitar for 6 years
>Buy left handed guitar, cant pick no matter how hard I try
>Buy left handed bass and use fingers
>Learn more about music and play better in a year than i managed in all 6 years of guitar
>26 now, still play left hand bass and right hand guitar
>still cant pick left handed
>>65886518
*skill rather, not skilp
>>65864446
rec some banjo tunes?
