Do you ever feel that bass is just too commonplace an instrument ...

[Barking Spiders]

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1508868561' post='3395022']
When people ask what instrument(s) I play and when I tell them "bass", I often just get a blank look in return (I usually just say guitars now, it saves a lot of having to explain) - so I wouldn't say it was too commonplace since most people don't even know what it is and how a bass guitar differs from other guitars.
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Come to think of it that's very true. Even with many people I know who love rock when they ask about my guitars (which are on display) I have to explain which ones are the basses and which are the (lead) guitars and what they're used for in a band.

[discreet]

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1508950600' post='3395587']
...I have to explain which ones are the basses and which are the (lead) guitars and what they're used for in a band.
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Funny how we endlessly agonize over our basses and what they look like, when generally your average punter can't tell the difference between a bass guitar and a banjo at three paces.

[Graham S]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1508951165' post='3395595']
Funny how we endlessly agonize over our basses and what they look like, when generally your average punter can't tell the difference between a bass guitar and a banjo at three paces.
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I've worked in bands with so-called musos who had that problem!

[TheGreek]

Bass commonplace??? Not compared to the amount of guitars sitting in the corner of would be guitarists' bedrooms.

That's why I started playing bass - I just couldn't be (yet another) non-playing Guitard.

Does anybody actually know the ratio of Guitards to bassists?

[alyctes]

Fretless

[discreet]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1508961400' post='3395702']
Does anybody actually know the ratio of Guitards to bassists?
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Estimated to be four to one, according to TalkBass. But not confirmed by actual statistics or facts...

[bazzbass]

If I decided to play every instrument that I heard someone play it beautifully I'd be forever trying out instruments. Sounds like you don't want to be the foundation of a band but rather the lead, go at it, best of luck

[Chris2112]

There isn't enough bass guitar in music. There isn't enough real instrumentation kn music these days!