I don't know why exactly... someday I just have bought a bass and start playing

My friend needed bass player to his band. I've decided to buy a bass and join to the band.

Me and my buddy played guitar, our bass players were flakes, so I switched to bass and we became a three piece.

my parents bought me this really crappy beat up Cruise guitar when i was 10, and after about two weeks, i decided it would be a good idea to take it apart and see how it worked. in the process i destroyed this guitar. so i decided to play bass instead.

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A year ago I picked up a Warwick corvette bass and fell in love with it. I don't have much bass equipment yet myself, but I'm getting into it. And saving up the hefty $850 for that Warwick...

I started playing bass as soon as I started playing guitar. It wasn't always my first choice, but at least I could play something.

When I got to high school the stage band director chained the damn thing to me!!! It pissed me off because he let a guy who SUCKED play guitar.
Looking back I can see that he NEEDED someone good on the bass more than he need a guitar player.

Shit hit the fan my senior year. All these years I had never owned a bass, let alone a bass amp. I would take the schools bass home with me along with the sheet music to practice.
What they didn't know was that I learned that stuff inside and out and I learned it fast.

Doing that left me with enough free time to play the schools equipment in a band that had a gig at a dive-bar less than a quarter mile from the school.
This was back in 1976. I was 17 and playing in a bar (I played my first bar-gig at the tender age of 15). Can't do that these days for some strange reason.

Word got around. The Band director and the Choir director stopped in on me to see if what they had heard was true. Seeing those two guys in this place was like seeing fish out of water, but funnier.

The stage band director was mad as hell and never let me take that bass home agian!
The choir director got a pretty good buzz on and told me that me band-mates were "just a bunch of little shits". After that he said that if I EVER needed to borrow a bass, he had one I could use!!!!

I just like playing music, if I can make it playing a bass or a guitar, so be it.
I have but one Bass, a MATAO. I bought it used, I think it was made in the mid 80's.
It is a black Japaneese P-Bass copy with a brass nut, brass bridge, and maple neck and fretboard. Stays in tune like nobodys business.
Got it cheep too. It even came with a fender-style hardshell case. I"ll try to post a pic of it in the Guitars Under $200 section.

For strings I use D'Addario half-rounds.

I still don't have an amp for it because every band I've played bass for has had an amp for me to use. In return I bring a van full of P.A gear.
I have a LINE6 BasspodXT for recording and going direct.
The amp I get to use these days is a Rouge head (200 watts I think) and a SWR 2x10 w/horn cab.








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Bass always seemed like the right fit for me. Never really had a strong desire to play guitar, though I've dabbled with it for about two years now (Been playing bass for about 5 1/2ish), but bass has always been my instrument of choice. I like the sound, the power it commands when you lock in just right with the drummer, how it helps control behind the scenes, and how it helps build up in ways to accompany the guitarist. Plus, nothing makes one move better than a really funky bass line.

hearing jack bruce on the live version of crossroads that cream did! love that tone!

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am actually a strummist but have recently become bassist for no other reason other than because there aren't enough in my town. well, guitarists are ten a penny but a good bassist is hard to find. av been playing rythm guitar in rock bands for near 6 years, but a wanted to play bass first anyway. it seems that av found ma calling as a bassist, you get creative freedom and a love the growl. just got ma first bass about 2 months ago, a 5 string active cruiser, it's adequate for what am doing but am still amp-less. looking at the warwick blue 60 combo. appologies for ma english by the way, am Scottish!








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cxo wrote:

A year ago I picked up a Warwick corvette bass and fell in love with it. I don't have much bass equipment yet myself, but I'm getting into it. And saving up the hefty $850 for that Warwick...

ive got a warrick corvette , it is lovely.... sooo smooth... mmmmm droolll.. t hehe



Started playing because we had 3 guitarists in the band with no bass player, i picked the short straw and loved it.








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Epiphone SG 'Les Paul' Custom > Korg AX1500G > Marshall G30RCD

LES CLAYPOOL...

Thats it..








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None of these "opinions" are representative of Great Southern Music.
They are my personal opinions.

Txguitarbuilder wrote:

LES CLAYPOOL...

Thats it..

that is a heckova good reason !
the guy is amazing.








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same reason as a couple of you, before i played guitar despite mesmorizing it i picked up a bass at 9 played till i was maybe 16, im sure i could pick one up and play and i have a few, but i eventually dropped it cause at a party nobobdy said hey take out your base and hit us with a riff