This is why bands usually only have one bass guitar. They tend to play off at each other until one of them asserts it's dominance over the other.

My oldest brother fancies himself as a guitar player, and EVERYTIME he covers something, this is one of the three songs he plays, and wants someone to sing with him. It's basically the same as me picking up a bass guitar and playing Tom Sawyer, except I stopped doing that 30 years ago because nobody wants to hear you play the same thing everytime you play.

Now everytime he does it, people loudly groan in disgust. lol

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Interesting to see that compared to a guitar version of one of these, there's a lot more soul and funk.

BTW "Treat Her Right" was a Roy Head song, The Commitments were a fictional band and just did covers, and the very first song (Seven Nation Army) doesn't actually have a bass guitar in it (it's an electric guitar through a Digitech Whammy pedal down an octave).

Still the 4 string guys don't get nearly enough recognition, so *promote the low end!


edit: just finished watching.. no The Chain?!!?! WTF, dude!! give me back my promote, you couldnt-handle-six-strings bastard!

No bass guitar? Wow, these couch skits are getting longer and longer. It is somewhat better than the whole episode! Oh, and I like classical music more than jazz.

I modified my electric guitar to accept baritone tuning not so long ago. I really like the low grunt and the fact that i have more space between regular and bass guitar.

Hmm...
>> ^deathcow:

I'm not sure what you mean sir, I was naturally referring to the ice cream treat:
http://www.icecreamsource.com/assets/images/Uploads/Dibs_crunch_lg.jpg

>> ^Duckman33:

>> ^lwi:
but he's picking it! It's only acceptable when Lemmy does it.
>> ^shuac:
Upvote for the Rickenbacker bass. Looks like a 4003. Noyice!


Picking a bass = guitar player that decided to play bass because guitar players are a dime a dozen.


This is probably true. It was of me anyway.

I've always admired finger-pluckers during live performances. But for recording, using a pick generally always sounds better in the mix.

>> ^lwi:

but he's picking it! It's only acceptable when Lemmy does it.
>> ^shuac:
Upvote for the Rickenbacker bass. Looks like a 4003. Noyice!



Picking a bass = guitar player that decided to play bass because guitar players are a dime a dozen.

>> ^chicchorea:

Tried guitars a little as well. Always wanted to play it from a very early age. It was thought it might detract or distract from my piano playing so....
I play neither now for too many years.
How long have you played? What instrument do you have?
In reply to this comment by ZappaDanMan:
I could never connect with the guitar for some reason, the dexterity is insane.. Guess I'm sticking with classical piano. Nice vid.



I've played 7, 2 is constant, piano is main. (mandolin, bass, guitar, piano, drums, accordian, flute). im clasically trained on piano for a long time... learning music is the hard part. Application of music to an instrument is easier. It's just learning the mechanics. You don't forget driving when you drive your friends car.

..yeah there are many problems with the modern teaching methods... I was lucky enough to be introduced to Suzuki method.

A little bit off topic but I want that bass guitar so bad.

Upvote for Johnny, June and the Ernie Ball Stingray bass guitar.

>> ^entr0py:
One problem was that they were so interested in paying homage to the Metal that half of the noteworthy characters were voiced by old drug addled musicians who speak in s sort of mumbling monotone. Yes, Ozzy isn't the only one.

Dude, the aging metal voice overs were some of the best parts! Fucking Lemmy Kilmister, the bassist and lead singer of Motörhead, as "The Killmaster", sends you to the spider cavern to fetch him some freshly spun bass guitar strings to heal your fallen comrade with the soothing sounds of metal -- that was just badass to the core.

To be perfectly honest, you gotta love heavy metal to love Brutal Legend. I agree with almost everything Yahtzee said, but Tim Schafer and Jack Black's sense of humor combined with all the metal fanfare made this worth the buy. In fact, like all Tim Schafer games, I will probably replay this many times over the years.