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Bassists - Tabs and conversation and such; I play bass. you play bass?
Topic Started: March 20, 2010, 1:45 am (2,473 Views)
Friend.of.Misery
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...and what else would you need if you can play bass? :heart: :P
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Friend.of.Misery
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do you guys prefer to play with a pick or with fingers?
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Eva Hammett
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here... another bass player... me. :D
i'm not so bad on bass (i think xd), i had to learn everything alone, my parents are musicians but they play another kind of music,so my father told me a couple basic things and I started at 2007,playing some easy things like cramberries,green day,etc.
and there's a metal teacher who is director of the school band so i learned a few more from him (:

and about playing with pick or fingers... omm i basically play with pick and fingers(which is not easy) but when i'm playing live i prefer to play with pick because it gives me more freedom to move around the stage and stuff,i love rocking out so... i receive several criticizes about this, but i don't really care.i know i can play bass however i want and there's no laws about "To play bass with pick IS NOT ALLOWED" xd :lol:
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Lawrah Luvsmetallica
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Ah play bass !!! lol. I'm learnin pulling teeth. Well soon
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Chloerockchick
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And here's another Bass player to add to the collection *laughs*

I've been playing since I was 15, the first song I learned was 'Smells Like Teen Spirit',
I also played alot of easy songs from Green Day, Foo Fighters and some Nirvana.
my besties dad taught me, he showed me the basics of playing a bass (ie how to hold it and were to put your fingers, how to read a bass tab.. etc etc),
Everything else I learned myself *grins*

I now play ALOT of Foo Fighter songs, some Tenacious D and I'm adding Metallica songs onto the list (even if it does take me a week to learn just one song *giggles*) Plus many other random song that I like

Oh and I use a pick!!
I do use my fingers sometimes.. like if I feel I can finger it fast enough for the song or if I can't be bothered to find a pick *laughs*
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!JaceyNewkid!
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Yay a thread for us bassists! I'm an ex guitar player turned bass player :biggrin

I play both pick and fingers but for easier songs I prefer fingers. For harder songs I play pick because sometimes it really hurts my fingers :(

I'm no pro but I'm learning XD
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I_Disappear
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Another bass player.... to some extent.

I learned how to play string bass in High School and was decent at it. I mean as decent as anyone playing in an Orchestra with very little experience can be. Apparently, string bass is very similar to bass in the notes and such. This is what I've been told anyway.

I tried to transition to bass but I'm just not able to get it. It's kind of diffacult going from a 6ft, up right string bass that you play with a bow to a smaller version you play with pick or fingers. For me anyway.

Sadly, when I went to University I stopped playing any kind of bass. That really screwed me because now I can't even remember notes. :( I tried learning it again but I don't have the time to dedicate to the bass that I used to. It's very depressing actually.

So... I use neither pick nor fingers. I use a bow! :biggrin lol
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!JaceyNewkid!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YMQ1BKgPv8&feature=related

I would die to be able to play this! :heart:
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Metal Bass God
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Another bassist pretty good (maybe not quite God) :rolleyes:
Only been playing for about 11 months or so
I play just about anything (mostly METALLICA)
100% self taught and cant use a pick to save my life thus triple finger pluck and slap
I play a Black Johnson Bass on small Squire amp but you gotta work with what you got i guess
I was in a "band" and have a couple of videos of myself playing with one of my friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAOjQDLon0o&feature=bf_next&list=UUVPoBzyKbrCxrizPdz1j0WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NorEoE03P6w&list=UUVPoBzyKbrCxrizPdz1j0WA&index=1&feature=plcp
Feel free to check out the videos and i open to suggestions and feedback
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