Anybody like to play both guitar and bass?

[6stringslinger]

Sometimes I play all bass all night long, then other nights it is guitar all night and many nights I play them both equally. I like to record basslines then put guitar over them and vice versa.

If I decide to play in a band one day bass is my favorite.

Anybody else like that??:wave:

[User Name]

yeah, and i play drums too. Mostly guitar though

[Foxfire]

I've always been tempted to buy a decent guitar...but I don't know.

I don't feel like buying another semi-decent rig.

[fathergoat]

Both are good.
Both can help develope techniques used on both.
I like all instruments.

[70 Cam Guy]

I enjoy guitar too. I have a 7-string Ibanez and a 6-string Schecter. I am a guitar and bass addict. I go on withdrawals during the week because of school and work :lol:

[naut]

i don't like playing guitar.

[faelun]

i have a guitar but it's not the same... it's not properly set up or anything either so maybe that dosnt work i my favour but bass pwns guitar IMO most guitar players i meet at school n stuff are posers... all the kids who play/want to play bass are seruous musicians

[Yman]

i play both. i write stuff on guitar alot. it helps when your dad plays guitar and you can just use his gear. Recently ive been all about bass though...guitar is feeling lonely.

[Mr. Pickle]

i do both

[Guitar_fool202]

i play both and i would pay drums too but i dont have a drum set. :upset:

[Sergio]

Of course! I'm a guitarist just as much as I am a bassist. :thumb:

[70 Cam Guy]

i play both and i would pay drums too but i dont have a drum set. :upset:

I would love to have a drum set if I had the space and the sound proofing :lol:

[6stringslinger]

I seem to automatically balance both, if I have been playing bass for more than an hour I soon pick up the guitar and play for just as long..

[darrell]

i don't like playing guitar.

12... well, I like playing acoustic guitar. Not really electric.

[FunkMetalBass]

I like playing acoustic guitar, but not the electric.

I love playing around with chordal melodies and just learning chords to songs that I can sing round campires or to women and the like.

[Machines]

I started learning guitar first, until I found there were some bass parts of songs I wanted to play. I played both equally for about a year until I just ended up not bothering with my guitars.

Nowadays I reckon I play my bass over my guitar at a ratio of 20:1.

[tomtom]

i play bass now, and am learning to play guitar.

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

i kinda regret getting a guitar, i wish i had bought a mim jazz or something

[Shy Ted]

I started off playing guitar but when I started playing bass it took over almost completely. It's still nice to be able to pick up an acoustic and hammer out a few chords though.

[super deluxe]

I also play the wee chin guitar.


I mean, violin.

[Jaded]

I play a lot of guitar. I want to play in one of my bands, and it looks like that's going to happen.

[SixnStones]

i dabble...

[Laetus]

I like them both and play them both..

The nice thing with playing bass are, that you know that this or that tune is really getting spiced up even if you're just hitting a single note at each shift.
Some people refer the bass to being the glue in all modern music, and I agree. It's neat to listen to a single guitar or two play a nice tune, but I always miss the bass.

Drums and guitar doesn't work without the bass - it's tame and boring.

Plus... I'm a biiiig fan of funk and a real energetic (but well placed) funk bass is simply the prime of funk.

[blizzard]

I play both bass more so then guitar but i originally started on acoustic guitar -> electric guitar -> bass guitar -> and now double bass as well. I'm not bad on guitar i can outplay the rythym guitarist in my band.

ps. My brother plays drums so I also can play a some simple drum beats :naughty:

[kilian]

Guess who has an accoustic in his hands now :p

My dad also bought this practise drumkit, which I'm also going to use ofcourse!

[gaslight]

I play acoustic and electric as well as bass.

[Riouken]

Nah, I really don't enjoy playing guitar.

Drums, me like playing the drums, but nothign serious! And piano, I lvoe playing the piano, but again nothing serious.

Bass is the only instrument I spend hours on, anything else is just a kind of fiddle thing.

[gaslight]

Piano is great :). I suck at playing in keys other than C on it though :lol:. I'll have to practice more.

I'm starting some drum lessons soon, I bought some sticks so I can play at uni sometimes.

[Manadar]

I seriously suck at drummin, so i try sometimes when i'm at the drummer in my band and he try's to teach me a little but it isn't much. Same with Piano only i don't practice.
I play accoustic guitar sometimes but i haven't really got the hang of it.
So bass is obviously my favorite instrument of those three to play.

I've also found that everyone at school who starts playing bass just to impress has switched to guitar so there are like 2 serious bass players at school, including me *Ego :rolleyes:*

[Sergio]

I've also found that everyone at school who starts playing bass just to impress has switched to guitar so there are like 2 serious bass players at school, including me *Ego :rolleyes:*

Try being the only bassist in your town!(Well, other than my dad...) :upset:

[lemoley]

i love the guitar just as much as the bass :)

[muthafunkabass]

i love the guitar just as much as the bass :)
oh, lemoley, ur like gav before he was a mod. always nice and never took sides.:thumb:

[Viscous Fridge Magnet]

When i have my guitarist's guitar at my house i like to have a wee whirl on it, but i'd never consider taking it up seriously.

[lemoley]

:lol: well i do try

:thumb:

[muthafunkabass]

:lol: well i do try

:thumb:
next mod should be either u or edge.

[lemoley]

sorry to steal the thread TS but...

wasn't edge already a mod?

[muthafunkabass]

sorry to steal the thread TS but...

wasn't edge already a mod?
it doesnt show 4 stars on top of his avatar so i guess not.

[lemoley]

oh okay then, well thanks for your support man lol :)

[Sammy_L_D]

I'm primarily a bassist, but I also play the guitar.

Bass is definitely my preferred to play.

But both instruments are fantastic. :thumb:

[bryce_the_cat]

I also play guitar. I just find bass more fun... and better...

[peeted]

i play both, most of my guitar playing nowadays is just to help me understand it so i can get beter at bass though. allso i only realy play acoustic guitar because wen i plug my guvnor through my electro acoustic it = huge feedback. it works ok with teh big muff though so i might use distortion more now.

[somrandomguy]

I've dabbled in guitar a bit. I'm working on getting a really cheap electric to teach myself so I can write songs, but that's the only reason.

[6stringslinger]

^^^^that is the exact reason I started on guitar

I now write music on my 8 track recorder with bass and guitar..

[thelowsoundofbass]

Try being the only bassist in your town!(Well, other than my dad...) :upset:

try being one of 4 really talented bassists in your grade at your school. and there are about 3 or 4 other good ones in my school as well. i play both, but i usually just shred the crap out of my guitar

lowsound

[Bitchwax]

I play some guitar, it's fun stuff. Though bass is much better imo. (my fingers don't mute out bass strings because they are postioned too close!)

I'm going to learn to play Piano and Drums pretty soon too.

[Bitchwax]

try being one of 4 really talented bassists in your grade at your school. and there are about 3 or 4 other good ones in my school as well. i play both, but i usually just shred the crap out of my guitar

lowsound
Well that's much better than being the only one, because when there are more people at or about the same level musicianship as you, you are pushed to better yourself.

I'm surrounded by musicians that are tons better than me, and as overwhelming as it is sometimes, I love it!

[thelowsoundofbass]

Well that's much better than being the only one, because when there are more people at or about the same level musicianship as you, you are pushed to better yourself.

I'm surrounded by musicians that are tons better than me, and as overwhelming as it is sometimes, I love it!

don't get me wrong i love it, but there is one good guitarist in our entire town. but that just forces us to expand bass, right now there are 3 of us writting a song with 3 bass parts. one high up lead, one rythem/groove(thats me) and one person chording. so far it sounds good

lowsound

[Bitchwax]

don't get me wrong i love it, but there is one good guitarist in our entire town. but that just forces us to expand bass, right now there are 3 of us writting a song with 3 bass parts. one high up lead, one rythem/groove(thats me) and one person chording. so far it sounds good

lowsound
ah, I see your point.

if you record that song you should send it to me, I wanna here it. or you could post a link, heh.

[The_Red_Death]

I actually just got a guitar a couple weeks ago, Epiphone Les Paul Special II. Bass is still my main instrument though.

[thelowsoundofbass]

ah, I see your point.

if you record that song you should send it to me, I wanna here it. or you could post a link, heh.

its just us screwing aroudn right now, if we ever record it ill be sure to post a link tho

lowsound

[georgestrings]

I've played guitar longer - and in more bands - than I have played bass... The last 7 or 8 bands I've played in have been as a bassist, though... I play quite a bit of guitar, and don't even pick up a bass unless I'm playing one in a band... I find that I write easier on the guitar, and typically write a piece on the guitar, then write a bass line to it afterwards... Between the two, I find it harder to sing while playing bass, than to sing while playing guitar... I've probably got more $$$ into my bass rig than I do guitar equipment, but I've managed to keep a fair amount of guitars and a decent amp... In my current band I play bass, but we're talking about doing some "unplugged" stuff, where I'll play acoustic bass, classical, 6 string, and 12 string acoustic - and our singer and I jam with me on an acoustic guitar...



- georgestrings

[was_so_beautiful]

yeh! i do that. it's really convenient. if i come up with some cool chord progression, i record that on the guitar and come up with a bassline over the top.

[twopelu]

I prefer playing guitar when alone but I enjoy bass the most in a band context. And of course Im more skilled at bass cause its my main instrument.

[PaulR]

I play guitar as well.

I've been playing bass longer, and thus am better at it.

[Jabawanga]

You can hear the guitar, but you can feel the bass.

[d-mart]

All i really do with the guitar is shred my tits off, i have'nt got the idea of the chords yet. I find the main problem i have with it is the size, way too small and the strings just feel stupid to me. I like to have something big in my hands when i play music.

[national_chaos_jolliffe]

yea occasionally

[Noushi]

I have an acoustic guitar, which was a christmas present, and a really bad knockoff "Barracuda" brand electric guitar. I also have a fantabulous little Kustom 10 watt amp... yeah... I usually play the electric through my bass amp for a clean tone.

I mostly like to chord around on the acoustic... fiddle with chords, hammer-ons, odd rythyms that kind of thing. I also tend to occasionally play bass lines on the electric instead of the guitar line.... The electric is mostly used for melody. Usually just playing along to either a chord progression I figured out on the acoustic or whatever Winamp kicks my way...

Yar.

[The_Red_Death]

I have an acoustic guitar, which was a christmas present, and a really bad knockoff "Barracuda" brand electric guitar. I also have a fantabulous little Kustom 10 watt amp... yeah... I usually play the electric through my bass amp for a clean tone.

I mostly like to chord around on the acoustic... fiddle with chords, hammer-ons, odd rythyms that kind of thing. I also tend to occasionally play bass lines on the electric instead of the guitar line.... The electric is mostly used for melody. Usually just playing along to either a chord progression I figured out on the acoustic or whatever Winamp kicks my way...

Yar.

Yeah, I play my bass through my guitar amp too. Which is also a fantabulous 10 watt Kustom. Only problem is, even with everything on low, it's still crazy loud to run my guitar through my bass amp. Meaning I can't even touch my new Zoom multi effects pedal without blowing something up.

[WombleKiller]

I can't play guitar at all. I can't use my little finger to play, it's buggered. So playing guitar is pretty impoissible.

[wells902]

yea i play bass guitar and drums

[bass&cookies]

both+assorted band instruments

[rhinestone04]

I love jamming on guitar every now and then, especially doin a little jazz improv in our combo (haven't done it much because we need a bassist, but I got my friend to walk a bassline on the piano while I soloed on guitar...fun fun times...didn't go so well at first, but it picked up and I had fun with it).

[trumpeter]

i play both.

and i am much better at bass because of guitar.

[:amaze:]

I like playing guitar too. And drums. And harmonica.





:amaze:

[Oskanot]

I've kinda gotten into guitar recently. I can play a bit of Grace.
I am very proud of myself.

[katana_manatee]

I love playing both, I am predominantly a bass player but I play guitar a bit aswell. On bass I mainly like to play jazz and funk whereas on guitar I love metal. For a while I was trying to learn to shred and by god it helped my plectrum technique.

[Spencer]

I started out playing guitar. It was my dads its a fender The Paul and a yamaha b212 amp and some hot tubes distortion box. It was all about 30 years old. One day my dad pulled it outof the closet and was playing and I never knew he had a electric cause all he ever played was acustic. He tought me lots of stuff then. I was better than anyone I know.

But we me and my friend got together [he plays guitar] we both piled up on the same chords and sucked. We could never let the other person play, all the songs we know had 1 guitar.

One day my dad bought me a cheap bass from guitarcenter. I have no idea why he just said it was so I could know how to play more than one instrument if I a band ever needed a bassist or something.

Before this I thought bass sucked they looked so stupid and backthen my fav band was linkin park. Me and my friend made fun of bassists and the guitars with the huge strings and how none of their parts were hard.

Well we took turns playing the bass as the other one played guitar. He was left handed so It was much easier for me to play it. Then I found RHCP I know flea isn't the hardest but when your new to bass its hard to hear it in songs so I never knew that some songs had cool basslines. but with RHCP you could hear it since the gutar and bass played totally diffrent things. I learned many of their songs and then I started switching to other bands and stuff.

I sometimes pick up my guitar and play some stuff one it. But the only things I know are stairway to heaven and underthe bridge rhcp I never really try to learn other songs since I get really bored with it. I only use guitar to well make guitar parts for songs. With my bass Im never bored. Looking for a new bass right now I found when I switch basses I come up with a cool style and some cool riffs. Thats my whole life story

Started playing guitar for 2.5 years and I guess bass for almost 1.5

[neal_672]

Yeah i own an alright acoustic and a pretty good Ibanez S Series guitar (a bargain at £100 from a market stall ;) ) I like guitar better for writing on, but i prefer bass in general. Been playing bass erm nearly 2 years this Xmas, and guitar for about 1 :thumb:

[blacklungfever]

I play guitar and bass equally. I'm better at bass though. I also play trombone and piano, but I play those much less than guitar and bass. Once I get a synth though, there will be no end to the organ playing from me :D

[Munky_Jam]

I'm a both kinda man! Bass is my main but i also play guitar (wanna get an electric too) violin (electric and traditional) cello (upright guitar) uke (midget guitar) djembe, that asian fish thing

[Munky_Jam]

ooh and piano, the ULTIMATE INSTRUMENT bar none

[aarono]

Bass and drums, I don't know why but I never liked guitar. It got me into music game, but it's not keeping me in.

[burtonbassist_101]

i actually love to play guitar...especially electric. i just love that heavy metal distortion sound :p

[Bass Queen]

i like both

[Stained Glass Cross]

for the past... oh i dunno year? ive been playing guitar, while the bass has been collecting dust. That might change soon, though.

[JDC III]

i try to play guitar its sad