Bassguitar

[phantasm777]

its good bruno but too twangy, too trebley and comes off like a guitar more than a bass. but then i like deep tones and a booming bass where your ribcase vibrates, so you can really feel it. back when i was a bassist i had a ampeg svt and used 2 sun 18 in cabinets. i made anywhere i played rattle!

[chip]

Yep Speedy, like you I had an 18 inch speaker in a Selmer cab with a Selmer head  and it would pump out the low end and knock the audience over, wish I still had it. Our bass player bought round his line 6 thingy, not impressed, told him to go back and get the Ampeg, the line 6 head was way to complicated and sounded to thin, midrange and slightly unreal, just like anything to do with Line 6. I like the low thump and no solo type stuff. Our drummer will not tolerate any midrange coming out the bass,, one of the reasons the Ricky was dismissed. I always say  Fenders are the only bass for me.

[Farrell Jackson]

Actually watching this made me want to play bass - I watched this on DVD and clapped afterwards, I felt like an idiot, however it deserved a clap! See if you can watch this without clapping.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEyEu-hS0fA

Victor Wooten is an amazing bass player and he does it all with just four strings....bravo!

Farrell

[Farrell Jackson]

The tendency for us guitarist that play our own bass parts is to over play. I've been playing bass as long as I've been playing guitar. That is a lot of years but it doesn't mean I'm a pro at either. The first band I played in at 16,  I was the bass player so I'm sort of a bass player that switched to guitar but several years ago. Jack Bruce was my idol then so I've always over played...it gives the guitarists and vocalists fits in a live situation. When I started to seriously record myself I could hear and feel that I was over playing......but that's not always a bad thing. Just listen to what the song calls for....if it needs a fiery bass part then light it up. If not, stay with the basic notes. These days I control my bass playing much more than I used to but once in a while I can't help myself   

Farrell

[Speed Demon]

This player floats my boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy3V2Tl4g3s

[phantasm777]

i think for some there is a fine line between overplaying and just using your bass as a bass and rhythm guitar of sorts. especially with 3 or 4 piece bands. ive never had problemns with singers nor guitarists (ask chris) about over playing. and i did lots of scales and counter-melodies. it filled in where there was no rhythm guitar or keys and allowed a good background for the guitarist to solo. so i guess it depends on what kind of band you're in, what the band members are like, and the overall sound of the band.

[DannyB_KY]

Beautiful guitar!!! 

Try to learn a few licks from Nantucket Sleigh Ride on the album "Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On."

Would you do me and may be some other folks a favor? Try the acoustic guitar patch and see if the BR80 can handle it and sound like an upright bass....or at least an acoustic bass guitar....