I can't say I've ever had a raging desire to play bass. Don't get me wrong....Jaco was a bad mf'er. I love the work he did with Toots Thielemans...
...but still, I've never had the itch to learn. I'll leave playing bass to my wife. She has a T-Bird IV that she's learning on.
Which reminds me...does anyone have a recommendation for a bargain priced bass amp that would be good for her to practice with? I'm talking like 20 or 30 watts. Can be a combo or a head since I have a bass amp cab. I have my Alamo Fury bass amp that she could work with, but after I get done tweaking it for harp, it won't be as good for bass anymore. ----------
Anyone who truly wants to understand and play music can only benefit from playing multiple instruments, even on a basic level so as to understand how they interact rhythmically, melodically, and sonically in the mix.
playing bass is a good skill to have. it can get you work, guitarists are a dime a dozen. before backing tracks i recorded bass lines then overdubbed a snare drum and tambourine. then id practice harp over that. i learned to play 12 and 16 bar blues in every key. taught myself to play blues one handed in D and A while smoking,drinking a beer or playing harp with my left. im not a phenominon but i can finish out a 1st set waiting for the real bass player who will be a half hour late. or i can take over on bass or drums for a member who is too puking sick to finish. carey bell played bass. good to have something to fall back on.
@ Garry this got a little wrong. The thing that didn't got thru is that people can play what the F they want but if you are going to play BLUES with a bassguitar you'd be better off doing bass lines. You would't even know who little walter was if he were playing harp like a diddgeridoo that's for sure!
Way back in 1992 I had buddies that put a blues band together; keyboard rhythem gutar and harp. They talked about adding a Bass player so I went to the pawn shop, but some equipment and have not stopped. Funny thing is I became a Little Walter fan as I learned to play blues on bass. The point on the video above is taken about staying on beat while playing bass. That is not to say you can never syncopate; same goes for drummers.
lol wow ripper me too. i played the my babe bassline my co worker played the snare drum. i recorded this on a cassette. and i would jam to that. id come home from work and drink and play bass a few hours then id go out and play harp as a guest a few nights a week.
