[quote name='Paultrader' post='1166141' date='Mar 17 2011, 07:09 PM']I remember an old saying about where you 'connect' to when playing different instruments; with guitarists it's their heads, with drummers it's their arses, and with bassists it's their balls (not sure about the ladies on this one). For some odd reason I can see what it means, and I know what I like to connect to most.
The thing about bass playing is that, stereotypically, along with the drummer you sacrifice your ego to bed down the sound for everyone else, and that often requires being tastefully repetitive. If a guitarist can think like that, they'll do OK on bass.
I marvel at those bass players, often in metal bands, who spend the whole evening thumping away at single note runs, then, when given their four bar solo at the end of the evening, produce something utterly amazing.
Playing bass is a state of mind - if you've got it, it's the best place in the band.[/quote]
Nice post.