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Is this how you became a bass player?!
Once you figure out that a bass line is basically a guitar solo that lasts the entire song and you don’t have to worry about the B string things go swimmingly
Genial
Don't you mean G string?
@@Avram42 i think they mean the high B and E strings that are on guitar but not bass
yeah a really boring solo that last the entire song
@@joelrios3704 It doesn't have to be boring
I thought: "He's not a bass player, he's just another guitarist with a bass who will give us bad rap", until at day 4 he did that bass face. A true convert. You go, brother.
You are loved and things will be ok so never give up and never lose hope keep going in life ❤️
Isn't the expression "Bad wrap" or have I been fooled?
@@kevinsundelin8639 i think it's bad rep as in bad reputation
@@TothLaszlo77 I always said bad rap, but I always thought the dentist in Rudolph was named Herbie not Hermie.
@@kevinsundelin8639 "bad rap" is correct, because it's the same "rap" as "rap sheet"; it specifically means an (according to the speaker/person being referenced) undeserved bad reputation. "bad rep" is a separate statement, and is neutral on why; it's just shortening the word "reputation" to "rep" in "bad reputation".
I have the luxury of being both. And yes, once the shirt comes off, you are officially in the Flea phase
It could be a Victor Wooten phase, but let’s be honest no one wants to see that
@@redram5150 I love the guy, but not that much
I hate flea more than actual fleas
@@Hevvvyyy
Why?
@@Hevvvyyy Yes, why?
After 20+ years as a guitar player I turned to bass. Never went back.
Two things:
- bass is lots more physical. Longer distances, thicker strings, thicker neck. Muscels have to adopt. Take few weeks.
- the role of the bass is most often to provide a fundament, carrying the whole band on your shoulders. The effect is, that even playing the simplest bass line, it asks for total mental awareness and consistency in execution. This is the demanding part. Takes quite a while to build this mental and physical strength and endurance.
foundation and glue i would add. i played mostly drums for 30+ ; bass and guitar off and on but never committed. i finally jumped into bass fully and i love it. occasionally i miss banging on the drums but i forget all about that when i’m standing in front of my rig.
going through that
you mess the bass you mess everything, it's a PITA
you solve all these problems and ascend to God hood by adding your bass face
Just check the bass player from :Cultura Profetica", singing and playing the bass at the same time🔥
So what I've gotten from this is playing bass is almost as cool as playing drums, allllmmoost
"Can't use a pick"
Punk bassists might have a thing or two to say about that.
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picks make it more "bite-y". there are times when they should be used.
Fingers go thump, picks go plunk. Personally, I'm a plunk guy
I started playing bass in high school after my music teacher asked if I’d want to join the school band as a bassist and I’ve still been playing it alongside guitar throughout my current college music program (about to enter my third year next month), it’s definitely really fun to play
Same here! IMO it's easier to start playing but way harder to get good or great at than guitar and a great bassist can do way more for a band than a great guitarist too.
I'm in the same position as you we're. Just started school band and I'm gonna play bass because there are too many guitarists. Been playing guitar almost 3 years
@@Tra539 For me it was more I was the only guitarist and my teacher put me on bass because there weren’t a whole lot of guitar charts for the songs we were learning so I was given tuba parts and occasionally electric bass, still a good learning experience though
Me and my friends formed a punk band, I drew the short straw. But I did love RHCP and Primus and hated holding picks, so it ended up fitting me.
You are loved and things will be ok so never give up and never lose hope keep going in life ❤️
How most bassists come to exist:
"Well we already have two guitarists man, can you learn to play bass?"
Unless you’re the guy who led the Greek black metal band Necromantia, in which case it’s more like: “We don’t want a guitarist, can you learn to play ANOTHER bass?”
I love how you slap as far away from the fretboard as possible lol
LOL This is exactly what happened to me in high school. My three friends and I were all learning guitar and starting a small worship band for our youth group. However, we realized that 4 acoustic guitarists was not efficient; so our de facto leader stayed with acoustic, one got an electric guitar, and I ended up with bass. I'm not complaining. It's helped me expand my music horizons.
PS: If you are wondering what happened to the fourth guy, well he didn't take up drums or percussion like we wanted him to. He instead got a girlfriend and hardly ever payed with us.
One man take guitars, good man take bass, worst man got a girlfriend
P.S. true man still don't kill coyotes
Tale as old as time 😅
Ahhhh the dreaded girlfriend nothing will break up a band faster even John quit and even Jody got married
He was getting 🐈 while you played in church ☠️
Hahahaha!
The Flea thing got me laughing.
As an incredibly average metalhead guitar player in the 90s I joined a band as a bass player. Other than the occasional out of key doodly doo I pretty much did nothing but play second guitar on bass. With a pick. And a distortion pedal. Loudly. Recorded a bunch of stuff and toured the country 4 times based on that.
Edit: One more 'like' for the magic number.🤘👹🔥
What was your band called? Any recordings exist online? Sounds like a fun listen.
@@dylansguitars The Pist. There's actually quite a few videos right here on RUclips people have loaded over the years. Can't get it to link but just search 'The Pist - Sedate'. That would be my recommendation on what I was talking about with the distorted bass. Song is almost 30 years old.
Another video I would suggest is 'The Pist -Reunion at Tune Inn'. The board doesn't pick up the bass well but it will give you a decent idea of what shows were like.
And sorry. But you asked.
Edit: Actually it's an old camcorder catching most of the sound at this show. The board is other videos.
@@JohnSmith-mj6qx thanks so much! Really awesome music! The reunion show looked like a blast. New fan for sure!
@@dylansguitars Thanks dude. We did a couple more reunions after this one up to 2010. And the rest of the boys with another guy on bass have done a few more. Last one was supposed to be in 2020 but got cancelled because of you know what. Think they may have done one since then. Not sure.
Anyway. Thanks for listening.
Based on that. I see what you did there.
We guitar players need to appreciate bassist players more
For sure.. I’m totally not a bass player my self though
Any guitar player who plays in a band completely appreciates their bassist.
Without the drummer, we bass players are nothing. you respect the drummer more than the bassist.... Mainlhy because you will always have major problems finding a drummer more than a bassist
That's not gonna happen. There is nothing stronger than a guitarists ego 😂
@@Tomsthumb I think it depends on the area. Here in the metro Detroit area, my freind who gigs at bars and clubs says that it's hardest to either find a Bassist or a guitarist but there are loads of drummers and keyboard players.
I really wanted to be a guitar player until I played a bass through a full stack and it shook the entire room. Fell in love with it right away.
My guitar teacher was a bassist himself and I loved Joy Division. Hearing those unique bass lines got me into playing bass and while I typically write on guitar, I'm much prouder of my bass playing. It's so much more fun and it just clicks with certain people. I was one of those people
I think I'm one of those people with whom bass just clicked, despite having originally learned on guitar. Bass just makes more sense to me and I have really enjoyed delving into the instrument since!
I hate that everytime I pick a guitar I just start writing songs out of nowhere. But I actually feel comfier playing bass. The day I come up with a bassline I'm proud of for a song I wrote on guitar is the day a banger will be born.
I play both and bass is definitely the fun one. Can't describe why but it just feels therapeutic. The lower frequencies resonating through the wood, and the warmth of the sound. It's peaceful, even when it's at 200 bpm.
McCartney figured it out pretty well. Even kept the pick
Picked bass sounds rad as fuck and you cannot convince me otherwise.
its surprising how many bassists use picks. More often than not they use pick, or at least in the music i listen to
Many people famous for playing the bass started as guitarists: Paul McCartney, Carole Kaye, Geddy Lee etc. They came into the role because there was no one else available. Same thing happened to me. I was playing guitar in a church band, and there was no one to play bass, and I was "voted" to that position. At first I felt I had been demoted, but must admit that now I really enjoy it. Also, you get more work as a bassist. There are so many guitarists around, and not half as many bassists.
This is exactly what happened to me. OG guitar player and I've never felt more powerful with a bass
I didn't get into bass until after I played guitar for two decades. I just kinda found myself paying more attention to the basslines in songs and I really enjoyed them. Now I play bass about as much as I play guitar.
Bro did u really get something from him???
@@zacbdeo6175 Nah, that's a scammer.
Always wanted a bass. Always had basslines in my head without the ability to perform them. Saved up and got one right out of my freshmen year of college this year. A 2008 USA fender P. Needless to say, after playing keys, guitar, and drums all my life, and dabbling in many other uncommon instruments, my compass finally feels whole. Bass is truly a dream and tests the skills of a musician in almost every way imaginable. Rhythm, dynamic, mood, feel, tone, countermelody, and melody. Bass is far from the simplest instrument despite its humble 4-stringed appearance.
Great video, brother. Keep jammin 🎸
Easy to learn but hard to master
2008 is when I got my Pbass (deluxe)! Still the #1
I started playing guitar and bass 3 years ago. I still play my guitar occasionally, but mainly play bass as a solo instrument. And when playing with people, I find bass to be better at playing along with other instruments than guitar. It also sounds sexy.
A more versatile instrument for sure
I started off as a bass player as a teenager.
Long story short: after developing both tendinitis in my fretting hand, and widespread chronic pain, I had to spend a few years not playing any musical instruments.
Now, in the present, I’m comfortable solely being a multi-instrumentalist with limited chops, and a much better composer/songwriter.
I’ll never forget the bass guitar though….
The bass is my second love, after the 5 string banjo!
The thing guitarists need to understand about the bass, is that musicians like Les Claypool and Flea proved that it can do SO MUCH MORE than just play the root notes of any chord progression!
But, jazz bassists have always known this secret 😂😂😂😂
In high school I played guitar, and played up till about a year and a half ago when my two buddies from that band decided to do some originals. We never really had a steady bass player. So, I decided to pick up the bass. And, I glad I did. Not only is it fun and rewarding hearing the music we are creating, but I'm loving being the bass player. We have a full sound, just the three of us! Since we are old now, it's the way we are gonna go out! so to speak!
I had a bass for over a year now, maybe even two. Been a guitarist for 10 but i’m now starting to feel more and more like a bassist predominantly
I love playing both Guitar and Bass, I main guitar but it's nice to have variety to keep you interested in music.
I was a guitarist who was surrounded by great guitarists and just wanted to make music. No bass players around. At least not good ones. So the drummer in the band we were starting had a 5 string Ibanez chunky boy I played. I fell in love with the instrument. I often had folks comparing me to players like Les Claypool and others I never heard of. I sat down and listened to those bands and was feeling great about myself. I didn’t think I was anywhere near as good as those guys but it was nice that others thought so. To this day I take what I learned from bass and apply it to my guitar style. I’m not amazing but surely unique.
This happened to me. One day a friend asked me if I'd fill in and play bass for his show and next thing you know I'm now a bass player for 3 bands. To be honest I really enjoy it!
hehehehe... well done dude! Senpai definitely notices you!
just started playing bass for a friend’s band and i am in love with it. i’m lucky that his album has killer bass on it, so i’m learning really solid and fun stuff out of the gate
i think it would be way less fun if i was coming up with it myself right now, i really didnt know how creative you can be!
also goddamn is it getting my arpeggios on point lol
I went from guitarists to bassist in my early journey (still play both) with bands, but then when people found out I could do crazy metal vocals/“Scream” and do nasty deep long gutturals and had crazy range with mids and highs and could “tunnel throat” before it was a common thing, I was forever forced to do vocals lmao so now I’m a bedroom player as my voice is my instrument and has been for almost 20 years when working with other musicians. I gained a reputation in my local area. When people asked if I wanted to “jam” what it meant was, we dont know any good vocalists, we need you for that role. All because I had to start belting out parts to bands like Whitechapel, I Declare War, Beneath The Sky, etc. on a road trip. Sucks being forced into
Some roles because everyone plays instruments, but not many learn vocals.
It's funny, I was never into bass until I started performing my own bass parts in the songs I wrote. I wrote bass lines but usually I just put them in as synths. I finally started recording them myself and it's so much fun!!
Yup! Once you start slapping an the shirt comes off, you have officially entered into the flea faze my friend lol btw, as a subscriber, I always enjoy the content. Keep up the good work 👍
A band wanted me to fill in for their practice and let me borrow their bass and rig… three years later I’m loving it!
"Token you play bass!"
"But Cartman I cannot play bass!" "Token! You are black, so you can play bass!"😂
This warms my heart ❤ the world needs more bass players
Said it before: solid guitar comedy. Original and funny. Love your shorts.
You dont choose the bass, it chooses you.
I appreciate it. I struggled with the bass for years. Just couldn’t get it lessons or not. I like all the videos and am enjoying trying to figure it out on my own pace.
I have that same bass, it’s sweet. Squier quality has gotten so good the last 10 years
I just heard Les Claypool, Peter Hook, Ben Shepperd, Thundercat, Andy Rourke, Simon Gallup, Steve Severin and ppl alike and I just know that owning a bass would make me a happy guy (saying this as a guitarist).
P.s: and I'm probably forgetting a thousand more great bassists I love
Bro a guitarist can never go without also playing a bass it's too damn fun bro.
hang in there man its a great instrument. the acoustic guitar and the bass are my favs!
After 30 years as a guitarist, I turned to bass. Now I play BOTH.
It’s been a few years since I got into bass, currently in my Claypool phase (with a hint of Jaco) and went full on getting a 6 string fretless. Still trying to learn how to do the percussive solos correctly.
ah those solos are so hard but so fun
I'm currently trying to figure out if I should get a p bass or a 5 string fretless. I've been playing for a year
You’re the bus driver now. You control everything. It’s insane how much control you actually have. If your guitar player hits an A minor chord and you play an F under him it’s no longer A minor now it’s F major 7. Have fun.
Love how the shirt comes off after you get into slap.
I became a bass player because most of the bands I were in could never find good or dependable bass players... Bass was easy to play but very hard to master. A bass player's state of mind is focused on the groove, locked in (MOSTLY) with the drummer.... I had to change my state of mind, my thinking and "being" with music and truthfully, it was the best thing I ever did...😊
I never left the flea phase. I still can’t help but slap out the intro to Higher Ground (love the cover of the great Stevie Wonder) every time I plug in. It’s ritual.
Bass presence will not be felt much like those others but its absence is felt to a great extent
I was playing classic and one day went:
"Man, I'm kinda bored. What is the thing that goes 'bum bum dum bum?'"
I had always felt my guitar was way too small, it turned out I just needed a bass. Literally the perfect instrument for me in all aspects.
bass is a ton of fun & easier to sing with
just like that badass Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy!
I inherited my aunts Fender Musicmaster after playing guitar for years. Not having a b string is really cool.
Kept trying every 6 months or so to learn the guitar for the past decade. Always gave up after a few weeks, only learned a few chords and songs. Couldn't find the motivation. Picked up a bass 2 months ago after a student of mine told me to try it out and I haven't put it down since. Every day or two I'm playing for at least 3 hours. Super fun and interesting especially when you find some really good basslines and songwriters. Melodic bass is soothing. Slap bass and really anything Flea or funky is fun and perks you right up.
I switched over to bass, and i have never been more musically happy
me who's been playing guitar for 10 years: hey this band Bell Witch is pretty cool, how are they getting that tone?
Bell Witch: its literally a tri-amped 6 string bass
me: omg i love bass now
From my own experience from a guitar player only to now a guitar and bass player becoz of a band, this is so TRUE. Now I love playing both guitar and bass
I haven’t started my flea phase, I haven’t left my Roger Waters phase. I’ve been playing Money and Echoes for like 4 days straight
Joshua Winstead is probably my favourite guitar guy turned bass guy. Dude just HAS IT.
played guitar for 11 years, fked about on a bass one time at a friends house, discovered slap and never went back to guitar. Now i spend my time converting old guitar riffs i knew in to slap bass riffs
OMG slapped like immediately! Davie would be proud
I made this transition and haven’t regretted it since. I got good at heavy metal leads/rhythm but I love the absolute heaviness of the bass, the percussiveness and it’s beautiful higher range. So I’ve combined the two and now became a heavy metal lead bassist. So I do more leads and prominent playing, even harmonizing with the guitar instead of just being in the background playing root-notes all the time. I thought solos on guitar were tricky but on bass they can be even harder, thicker strings, wider string spacing, harder to play and since there’s no high 2 strings it forces you to get creative.
LOL, I love playing both. the crazy thing is now on guitar, I'm so heavy handed since I grew up playing bass, so I'm refining those skills. I think it's cool to play both because there's more jam session options. I'm learning piano now to and that's a lot of fun too!
0:23 "will I be able to speak after a stiff drink"
As soon as i got a bass in my hands i thought damn this shit kinda fire and never looked back
You're going to get it.
Hang in there.
Algorithm did not steer me wrong, subbed!
Yup, everyone in the band wanted to be the guitar player. Including me. But once I heard Fieldy and Les Claypool... I'm unstoppable baby!!!!🤘😈
Although the most common was is being told they aren't good enough to play guitar in a band but they could play bass.
the bass is rhythm section with drums an accompany instrument with guitar also makes bass players seethe
Slap a da bass man. The world needs more bass players . This should the global ad campaign for recruiting new bass players 😂
Bro I love playing Bass I can totally jam my way , my groove the whole song or I can just play the 8th notes and let my body do all the grooving part! So much freedom!
Tip, slap and pop closer to the neck. Strings got a lot of tension nearer to the bridge which makes the pop a bit difficult. If you slap/pop near the neck you'll find your tone and dynamics are much more even
I’m a guitar player that started playing bass when I found out that you don’t need vacuum tubes to get a really good sounding bass amp.
That's very true.
To be honest you do not need vacuum tubes to get a really good sounding guitar amp either, unless you can hear the price tag.
@@TheVoitel agree to disagree
@@germandirt641 That is nothing to disagree upon. If you seriously claim that you need vacuum tubes to get a good sounding guitar amp you either belong to the group of people who listen to music on vinyl "for the superior sound" or you have spent too much time with such people.
This video reminds me of that bass guy😂
Superb! Charming humor as well. Applause, applause!
You are loved and things will be ok so never give up and never lose hope keep going in life ❤️
This is so accurate
Funny. I think you actually sounded great with that pick.
See you around when you hit your John Entwistle phase 🔥
bro this is exactly what happened to me in middle school band, bass is so much cooler
Entering the flea phase... you're about to save so much money on T shirts.
Do one on bass player who learned guitar. It actually improved my base playing a lot by giving me a lot more speed and dexterity as i switched between fret boards. Naturally I also fret extremely aggressive on guitar because fuck it.
ahaha!!! It's a great video and a "Flea Phase" made me laugh
I’ve never officially entered my “Flea phase” because nobody, and I mean NOBOBY wants to see me with my shirt off.
I’m so fat😔
Bass ties rhythm to song chord structure, it has both. It's glue, or perhaps the cheese in a cheeseburger, wedding meat to bun? Particularly during guitar solos, it keeps the actual song going. Otherwise the guitarist might not know when to stop! lol
Haha, the Flea phase - when you get itchy fingers from the bass bugs in your sonic bed, symptoms are sweating and that characteristic Bassface :) Going through similar at the moment with my first bass. A Squier CV Mustang, which I'm getting on well with the lighter flatwound strings (La Bella Deep Talkin Bass 760 MUS) and shorter scale. I think the key for me enjoying it is a reasonably good amp so you feel as well as hear it. I got an Ampeg Micro VR with a pair of SVT210AV cabs. Changing the fan for a Noctua now, with a 24-12V convertor and the rubber dampers to quieten the fan for recording. Bass amps generally cost a bit more than the a guitar amp, because they need more power, bigger heavier drivers and cabs. Closed box 2 x 10", like that or the Ampeg Rocket 210, are a good compromise for guitarists used to melodic midrange, tight sounding, but still with decent power. A compressor, for evenness, and a tuneable bass dual drive with EQ, like the Darkglass ones helps a lot too, to get the melodic midrange to poke out. I use a Darkglass Hyperliminal Comp into a Darkglass Alpha Omega preamp/drive. I like to shape the sound, just like you would with a guitar, but in a different way that takes your ear time to adjust to. After that, really enjoying Octave pedals like the MXR Poly Blue Octave and KMA Queequeeg 2 into a Green Russian fuzz. Next, I would like a Mutron, or clone.
I started with guitar. I was curious about bass mainly cause I thought it looked cooler than a regular guitar. First time I held one it just felt right.
Within a few weeks I was barely playing guitar anymore.
I like bass better because it "feels fuller" to me when I play it. The playing style is.more dynamic. I get bored playing chord progressions. I like playing scales better.
Bass has a more solid sound. With guitars, especially distorted guitars, you get a lot of texture but the notes aren't as present as in bass. Bass you hear the note first, texture second.
I discovered Primus. Immediately sold on bass being the coolest instrument because it felt like to me like it was unexplored territory. While it feels like guitar masters have taken flashy guitar playing as far as it can go, revolutionary bass players that play outside the box are few and far between. I could spend 20 years perfecting guitar playing just to be a dime a dozen or spend that time on bass and become part of a small, exclusive club with the likes of Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, Mark King, etc (a guy can dream).
Love percussion as much as melody. With bass you can have it all!
*Bonus advantage later on: I've been asked by many women over the years if my bass finger picking skills translate to *ehem* other contexts. And the answer is a resounding YES. ;)
Could you jump into bass without playing guitar first? Or do I need to learn guitar?
Bro did u get anything from mike? Or did u not follow thru with it?
@@assideo yeah, totally
I remember just how fun and painful my flea phase was haha
As James Brown once said, " THAT'S NOT A BASS GUITAR THATS A DRUM! "
The last scene is hilarious.
I love how you can hear the bass aside from the initial thump (in the vid).
A bass player is ALWAYS WANTED! Play BASS NOW! WOO WOO
..it's safe to say that I've entered my Mark King phase.
I just lol’d at the end. Good video man!
That's when you start your own band!
I started on guitar but I would love to play bass as well.
Guitarists turn into bassists when an amplifier breaks down at a concert and can no longer be heard.
Lol, "Flea Phase", shirt off. 😆. That was great.
Best bass player I have ever known only plays with a pick
To complete the Flea Transition, you just need a strap long enough to get the bass down around your knees.