skej21 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1391076679' post='2352871'] [/quote] I would like to respond to the creator of this: 'How much easier can we make it for you guys?'... How about some frets, smart ass! Quote
0175westwood29 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1391077293' post='2352880'] I would like to respond to the creator of this: 'How much easier can we make it for you guys?'... How about some frets, smart ass! [/quote] haha! thats just proof a guitar player made that joke lol andy Quote
BigRedX Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) If you are going to make a 1-string bass then at least do it properly: Edited January 30, 2014 by BigRedX Quote
discreet Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Er... Wouldn't a one-string bass be harder to play? Quote
BigRedX Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391077893' post='2352886'] Er... Wouldn't a one-string bass be harder to play? [/quote] Yes it is if you try and duplicate what you would normally do on a bass with the traditional number of strings and it makes you look a lot more busy in your playing (if if you aren't). Edited January 30, 2014 by BigRedX Quote
paul_5 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Best cure for being a busy bassist? Learn guitar, there's *thousands* of those... Quote
discreet Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1391078340' post='2352893'] ...it makes you [b]loo[/b] a lot more busy in your playing (if if you aren't). [/quote] Are you saying my playing is crap? Seriously though, this could be a good thing... nothing like fewer options to make your note choices more critical. Quote
BigRedX Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391078804' post='2352901'] Seriously though, this could be a good thing... nothing like fewer options to make your note choices more critical. [/quote] But with fretless (and for reason all 1-string basses seem to lack frets) ALL the notes are available. Quote
Guest bassman7755 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1391077293' post='2352880'] 'How much easier can we make it for you guys?'... How about some frets, smart ass! [/quote] Well without frets you could presumably dispense with the tuning peg making it even simpler to build Quote
skej21 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1391079133' post='2352910'] Well without frets you could presumably dispense with the tuning peg making it even simpler to build [/quote] If you removed the tuning peg and left it fretless, it would still rely on good intonation so frets would make it easier. Quote
discreet Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1391078985' post='2352904'] But with fretless (and for reason all 1-string basses seem to lack frets) ALL the notes are available. [/quote] That is true, but they are not necessarily as accessible as with a four-string, for example. Unless you've got exceptionally big hands, that is. Quote
BigRedX Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1391079588' post='2352919'] but, why..????? [/quote] Why what? Why the poster? - presumably some dullard thought it was funny. Why the 1-string basses? - because they can. I really like my 1-string bass, as it really makes me focus on the notes that count. Quote
Marc S Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1391077293' post='2352880'] I would like to respond to the creator of this: 'How much easier can we make it for you guys?'... How about some frets, smart ass! [/quote] Quote
JTUK Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1391080406' post='2352944'] Why what? Why the poster? - presumably some dullard thought it was funny. Why the 1-string basses? - because they can. I really like my 1-string bass, as it really makes me focus on the notes that count. [/quote] Well, it is funny, but why on earth would anyone be that interested...or at least, I wouldn't. I'd go and do something else. I don't need those confines to make it work... It would be a gimmick at best.. IMV... Now, give one to the Gtr...that IS an idea..!! Quote
discreet Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I don't know, I'd like to have a go on a proper one-string, or even two-string bass. I'm guessing there are few places one can go to try out such a beast, though. And I wouldn't fancy playing one live - I prefer to keep my bulges hidden. Quote
JTUK Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I feel naked without 5 strings, ..or even MY basses, There is so much that would come to me that I need to be comfortable to be able to just do it. It just wouldn't be interesting to have any imposed straight-jackets in my world.. Quote
Coilte Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Brings a whole new dimension to the oft use phrase about playing the bass....[i]"little is more". [/i] Quote
lowdown Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 That's just a kids one string Bass - Some of us old geezers have used the real deal. [URL=https://imageshack.com/i/0eaajuj][IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/14/aaju.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote
lowdown Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1391076679' post='2352871'] [/quote] For balance (from Facebook). [size=4][color=#333333]"What do those two knobs at the front do?" - "They sing and play guitar".[/color][/size] Edited January 30, 2014 by lowdown Quote
lojo Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 There is still too many knobs to worry about Quote
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