discreet Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1456185332' post='2986496'] American Rivers! Bah! [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456176843' post='2986376'] Wow, my dad was not in the Applejacks, either! What are the odds?? [/quote] What are the odds that the bass player in that video is now someones dad?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 [quote name='neilp' timestamp='1456169234' post='2986229'] If you told an orchestral musician you played bass, he or she would know EXACTLY what you meant. It's a bass. I'm a bass player. [/quote] Yes you're right. Said orchestral player would probably know (or at least [i]think[/i]) you meant this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Are you a bass player, a bassist or a bass guitarist? As long as I'm not described as a crap bass player, useless bassist or hopeless bass guitarist then I really don't mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburstjazz1967 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1456232562' post='2986821'] Yes you're right. Said orchestral player would probably know (or at least [i]think[/i]) you meant this. [/quote] ¡Da Gamba! upright bass players have been bass players a lot longer than the users of these new fangled fretted beginner ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Gil Scott-Heron used to introduce his bass player as " The Secretary For Entertainment " , explaining that if you want entertainment then you apply to the secretary . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire5 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1456158446' post='2986046'] Here we go with basswoman Megan Davies ... wouldn't embed so here's the link ... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yRxDKAYwlM"]https://www.youtube....h?v=_yRxDKAYwlM[/url] [media]http://youtu.be/_yRxDKAYwlM[/media] [/quote] Ah y'see? Basswoman does NOT work.She is a bass player.Or maybe bassgirl,or basslassie,........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1456135118' post='2985610'] I actually don't care what we call it or ourselves but here's the US Patent for a BASS GUITAR ... ... and another one doesn't even use the word BASS ... [/quote] I think I [s]want [/s] need one of these - essential for all bass players/bassists etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Bassist for me but not fussed too much. Been called worse Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 [quote name='ratman' timestamp='1456132593' post='2985568'] I beg to differ, it is a guitar, it's a bass guitar. And I play one. I don't care what I'm called, unless somebody ignorantly spells it 'base'. [/quote] Agreed, it's a bass guitar and it has more in common with an electric guitar than a double bass.' Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) I found that patent pic at Hobby Lobby and had it framed. Blue Edited February 26, 2016 by blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 [quote name='blue' timestamp='1456465392' post='2989261'] Agreed, it's a bass guitar and it has more in common with an electric guitar than a double bass.' Blue [/quote] Yes that's true aesthetically, but the notes you play and the roll you fulfill in a band has far more in common with the double bass than it does the guitar. I regard the electric bass as a portable, easily amplified alternative to the double bass. ... also that precision patent pic is awesome, I'm going to get something similar made up at the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456473029' post='2989295'] Yes that's true aesthetically, but the notes you play and the roll you fulfill in a band has far more in common with the double bass than it does the guitar. I regard the electric bass as a portable, easily amplified alternative to the double bass. ... also that precision patent pic is awesome, I'm going to get something similar made up at the weekend. [/quote] Good point, can't argue that one. Hey, thanks. I'm not much for home decorating but the Fender Bass Patent pic looks nice in the kitchen area of my condo. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456473029' post='2989295'] I regard the electric bass as a portable, easily amplified alternative to the double bass. [/quote] Which is exactly what it is. It's Bass Guitar as in a mash up of a Contrabass and a Guitar. String spacings etc all give that away, Whereas something like the Bass VI is a Bass Guitar as in the bass version of a guitar. Same name, different reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456473029' post='2989295'] I regard the electric bass as a portable, easily amplified alternative to the double bass. [/quote] So strictly speaking, surely [i]this[/i] is an 'electric bass'..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1456527578' post='2990145'] So strictly speaking, surely [i]this[/i] is an 'electric bass'..? [/quote] Yes that's true... Any idea when the EUB was invented / came into popular usage? If it was before the bass guitar I wonder why it isn't the more popular instrument now? Obviously the bass guitar being guitar shaped helps with moving around on stage etc too. It's just a more convenient package for an instrument to play bass lines on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456561149' post='2990232'] Yes that's true... Any idea when the EUB was invented / came into popular usage? If it was before the bass guitar I wonder why it isn't the more popular instrument now? [/quote] Rickenb*cker's Electro Bass Viol from 1936. [url="http://www.vintageguitar.com/3399/rickenbacker-electro-bass/"]http://www.vintageguitar.com/3399/rickenbacker-electro-bass/[/url] They must have forgotten about it otherwise the Hall family would be chasing NS, BSX, and the others for royalties or to shut them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubbersoul Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I call myself Steve. I play a bass guitar. Couldn't give a f*** what anybody else thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) I'm a bass player or someone's bassist , definitely not a musician Edited February 28, 2016 by lojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456473029' post='2989295'] ... the notes you play and the roll you fulfill in a band has far more in common with the double bass than it does the guitar. [/quote] That's why it's called a BASS guitar. [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456473029' post='2989295'] I regard the electric bass as a portable, easily amplified alternative to the double bass. [/quote] .. an easily amplified alternative to the double bass ... Edited February 28, 2016 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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