Stub Mandrel Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 47 minutes ago, stewblack said: So, lets have it please, a Basschat list of great bands with just keys, bass and drums (singers optional, don't mind if the vocals come from the musicians or from a separate entity but no other instruments) I'll be brutally honest. My first band was bass, drums, keys and the singer played rhythm guitar. Listening back we were surprisingly tight but I don't think anything held us back more than the lack of another guitarist to do some lead and add some texture. I think it would also have helped us move on from covers back at a time when being an originals band wasn't a stupid idea. The band that's coming together now is lead, bass and drums, and we are looking at adding rhythm guitar. I guess you can 'thicken' your sound with pedals but the job of bass and guitar is different and to be really effective they need to paly different things. Let's face it Royal Blood's sound gets pretty boring quite quickly. Ditto White Stripes. On teh plus side, with a guitarist you might see teh cut of teh fees drop a bit, but you will probably get more and better gigs in the long run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Keane? They started as Drums, Keys and Vox, right? Think they have a bassist now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: I guess you can 'thicken' your sound with pedals but the job of bass and guitar is different... ^^ This And it works both ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Just fire your existing guitarist and get this guy...I'm going to be putting a bit of pressure on my lot after seeing this! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: guess you can 'thicken' your sound with pedals but the job of bass and guitar is different and to be really effective they need to paly different things. Let's face it Royal Blood's sound gets pretty boring quite quickly. Ditto White Stripes. Well yes, no argument there but we have a very very good keys player and no one can convince me that keys can't do way more than a guitarist. I am aiming simply to fill the sound a little, under solos for instance , and to beef up songs in places where the require beefage. Anyway if this lot don't go for it I know bands that will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Get an SY-1 and dump the keys instead 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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