my friend says bass is useless, how to explain?

[Guest]

i have a guitarist friend that says bass is damn easy to learn because there's "only 4 strings" and that bass guitars are useless because all they do is "dum dum dum dum" and they require no skill to play. and that they are for failures at guitars. i am really irritated as i'm a bassist. wad do i tell him?

 

[cool-beans]

ask him if his block of flats has a foundation

alternatively, irritate him by saying "ur home entertainment system has an entire speaker dedicated to me!" :lol:

 

[jony]

Stop playing halfway during a song...

See how important your role is.

During his solo.. Stop playing as well..

He'll go out of timing?

PLay a wrong note... He'll get thrown off..

 

[Guest]

jony: he's a friend that plays the guitar. not a bandmate. i don't have a band lol.

 

[jony]

Ah.. Dont bother with his musical ideas then..

as a guitarist myself, I think bassist are important in making music.. Period.

Every other level headed Softie will agree, I am sure...



Continue holding the low end!!

 

[Tribalcast]

Haha ask him to go to YouTube and look up for Victor Wooten, Alex Webster and Larry Graham. Nuff said.

 

[eadricng]

introduce him to Billy sheehan, Marcus Miller, Abraham Laboriel, Victor Wooten and such people...


and tell him bass is 'easy'. :wink:

 

[Cloudsky]

Don't forget Alain Caron and that popular 12 string bass mario dude. :lol:

 

[teraslasch]

tell him BASS is a very important support in the band, without the bass, the band wouldnt sound complete and lack of support. IF he doesn't have a band, u can just tell him to fuxx off and live in his solo world lol.. anything else, ask him to refer to this thread and we can give him a thrasing :lol:

 

[Kerr]

thong thong thong thong thong......

well bass always underrated these days in Singapore.

But I love DRUM AND BASS.... Check out some of our
local bass hero...you will know how juicy it can be..haha

 

[Mobius]

Tell him only Boyband music don have bass..so if he don like bass he must be a boyband lover or boyband wannabe... :lol:

 

[tany]

i rather have no guitar and a bass. seriously without a bass it sounds real empty la

 

[MackSonne]

Hmm are some of us saying what we say because it is the right thing to say?

I remember when I was just started, they told me bass was important and stuff, but when i listen to the radio and these songs come on with the distortion and all I just could not understand what bass had to do with the overall sound of the song. I couldn't find any explanation for bass in LP or other bands as well. Yeah you guess right, in the beginning I thought the same too.

Then I heard Tetsu from L`arc~en~Ciel, their earlier works. Tetsu made an effort to make his bass distinctively audible, and showcased what the bass could do. Slowly... I could hear the bass in other songs as well. Then Iron Maiden came into the picture and I got a deeper understanding into bass.

Bass.... an elusive sound and tone... Opening it's wealth to those who would listen....

 

[MichaelAngelo]

many softies think i am noob sheet, your friend is more even more noob than i am lah...i cant stand playing with a band when the bassist is absent, the whole feel of the song changes man...

 

[lppier]

Bass is more important than guitar I would say. Guitar can be replaced by any other instrument capable of playing chords like keyboard if need be.
Good bassist + drummer = super groove!

Pier.

 

[Cloudsky]

No instrument is more impt than the other one. All have equally distinct roles in a band.

 

[Stairwaytoheaven]

You guys forgot Cliff Burton...

Go check out some of the Cliff 'em all vids...

Cliff is God. Rip.

 

[xavier87]

bass is life and it can change the groove in a song.

like ska =D

 

[bam]

listen to spiral architect's album and hear how big a role the bass plays.. and even in jazz, the bassline is so important..

 

[Kiyoharu]

your friend need to OPEN his ears to listen