mic mac moe Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 So, I came to bass after some 20 years on drums. And yes, I groove like a mofo! Anyone else play another instrument before our beloved 4 strings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I played guitar, mandolin and bouzouki before I took up bass. Went straight to fretted and very soon after that to fretless. It was fretless that thrilled me like guitar used to. Playing bass fixed my lousy timing, speeding up, etc. I went back to electric guitar for my last band, and now after a hiatus I’m playing bass again with mates from that band. I groove like a mutha, obviously, being steeped in the Scottish white funk tradition. I love it so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic mac moe Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, songofthewind said: I played guitar, mandolin and bouzouki before I took up bass. Went straight to fretted and very soon after that to fretless. It was fretless that thrilled me like guitar used to. Playing bass fixed my lousy timing, speeding up, etc. I went back to electric guitar for my last band, and now after a hiatus I’m playing bass again with mates from that band. I groove like a mutha, obviously, being steeped in the Scottish white funk tradition. I love it so much! Mandolin is a lovely sounding instrument. Sadly, I have two pound of sausages for fingers hahaha!! I'd been playing drums for years, and was yearning for more. Had my eye on bass for a long time, and when I did commit to buy my first, it was fretless. An 80's aria from cash converters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Piano and sax, then guitar and bass. I still play some sax but I haven't even sat at a piano for 20 years. My youngest spawn is currently taking sax lessons so I get a good chance to play on her instrument when ever I feel like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I play bass first and foremost, but started playing acoustic guitar within a year of starting on bass, and the two have been parallel all my life since. I find that the two influence each other in my playing - the grooving, percussive elements to my acoustic playing come straight out of my bass playing. But when writing a song on bass, I've often swapped back to my acoustic just to strip the song back down and map it out more clearly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lownote Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Geetar, then bass, now sax (and bass). Folk>blues>funk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 13 hours ago, mic mac moe said: So, I came to bass after some 20 years on drums. And yes, I groove like a mofo! Anyone else play another instrument before our beloved 4 strings? didn't you read the bible ? Moses should have flipped the tablet over to read #11 "Thou shalt have no other instrument than bass" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic mac moe Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Geek99 said: didn't you read the bible ? Moses should have flipped the tablet over to read #11 "Thou shalt have no other instrument than bass" #12 thou shalt only treasure thy bass, whence forth thou hast vouchsafed thine drum groove. The rimshot is mine, sayeth the Lord 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I started playing guitar when I was 8, picked up bass when I was about 15 and loved it, played bass in bands for 5 years until our drummer went home to Ireland, then played drums since. In the last few years I've really got back into guitar and started playing in a band. I find that years on bass and drums has really tightened up my sense of rhythm. I wish every guitarist would do it! So many can fret womble but few can really groove 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic mac moe Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, cheddatom said: I started playing guitar when I was 8, picked up bass when I was about 15 and loved it, played bass in bands for 5 years until our drummer went home to Ireland, then played drums since. In the last few years I've really got back into guitar and started playing in a band. I find that years on bass and drums has really tightened up my sense of rhythm. I wish every guitarist would do it! So many can fret womble but few can really groove I agree with that, wholly. I always recommended at least a year on drums for all my students. Playing bass and drums has tightened my groove also, along with 80's electronic music(when I was a kid!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brook_fan Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Yeh, played classical guitar, then steel string (in weird tunings- my current tunings are CGCGCD and CGCFCD). I’ve also taken in mandolin and bouzouki. Love the bass though- always adds another dimension when I am arranging and composing. Robbie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) I did: Highland bagpipe -> guitar -> fretless bass -> EUB -> fretted bass. All jazz, except the bagpipe, though I note that it has been done (around 3:17): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjRDIy16HcM&index=7&list=PLwKj0ZY4gojIHNjnZeIfHNdgABoPVkiWU Edited August 30, 2018 by knirirr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brook_fan Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 minute ago, knirirr said: I did: Highland bagpipe -> guitar -> fretless bass -> EUB -> fretted bass. All jazz, except the bagpipe, though I note that it has been done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjRDIy16HcM&index=7&list=PLwKj0ZY4gojIHNjnZeIfHNdgABoPVkiWU Love the bagpipes- a lot of the tunes I have arranged for both guitar and bass are by Gordon Duncan. In fact I have a YouTube video of an arrangement I did of “Zeto the Bubbleman” for three bass guitars !! Robbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic mac moe Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 37 minutes ago, Brook_fan said: Yeh, played classical guitar, then steel string (in weird tunings- my current tunings are CGCGCD and CGCFCD). I’ve also taken in mandolin and bouzouki. Love the bass though- always adds another dimension when I am arranging and composing. Robbie Nice one Robbie. Yeah, an extra dimension. I think of bass sometimes as solving a puzzle, especially when jamming Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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