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Would rather play a gibson guitar or a fender bass??
gibson guitar 53%  53%  [ 9 ]
fender bass 47%  47%  [ 8 ]
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:31 am
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I own Squier bass and I play it. I don't consider myself a bassist though. The main reason I bought it was to improve my guitar playing and song composition skills.

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:52 am
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Bass is not physically all that hard to play compared to guitar. To be a good bass player you have to have good timing and good taste, more so than technique. Good bass players are few and far between, probably because it tends to attract people who failed at being a guitarist.


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I guess I'm backwards as usual. My favorite guitar is my AmStd Tele and on the bass, it's my Gibson SG reissue. I also have a Gibson guitar and Fender basses but the first two are my go to choice for "the" sound I go after.

Which is harder to play? In terms of technical mastery, the guitar but in terms of overall "musical" mastery, the bass. As a bassist, your role is to bridge between the drummer and the "lead" instruments and vocalist. A great bassist can also read the audience and subtly cue the rest of the band on where to go.

Finally, the great bassist will also know theory and fully understand chords just as well as a guitarist. Knowing all the guitar chords can help in that you can expand beyond conventional bass patterns and find those offbeat but just right notes now and then.


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I played bass before learning guitar and don't necessarily think it is easier. Since I already read music in treble clef and had been playing trumpet and sax for a few years I would say it was harder learning to read bass clef and learning to play the bass at the same time than it was to learn guitar already knowing treble clef. But that's just my experiance. I think if a person wanted to learn one or the other, and had no musical experiance at the start, guitar would be a little more difficult to learn but not by much.


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I can't play bass :wink:. But on a 6 string bass keeping up with the guitars isn't easy, especially when you're like me and want to sneak in some chords or slaps.


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I'm not much of a bass player, but I like it. Not so much on a Fender, though... I'm a Hofner or upright player. I have relatively short arms, I can't reach all the way to the end of a standard-scale electric bass.


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Thanks guys :wink:

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ClassicRock92 wrote:
Also why the option of fender bass or gibson guitar...

Gibson guitars are fragile in my opinion


I disagree. I've got a Les Paul Custom that I've played the snot out of. It's never been dropped, but it's been gigged hard and played hard. The only "problem" it has is that the bridge's gold coating has stripped away. This is typical for me because, for some strange reason, my sweat is very acidic. It annihilates strings and apparently has enough jam to peel the finish off a bridge. Other than that, however, the thing is in great shape!


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Vulkan wrote:
ClassicRock92 wrote:
Also why the option of fender bass or gibson guitar...

Gibson guitars are fragile in my opinion


I disagree. I've got a Les Paul Custom that I've played the snot out of. It's never been dropped, but it's been gigged hard and played hard. The only "problem" it has is that the bridge's gold coating has stripped away. This is typical for me because, for some strange reason, my sweat is very acidic. It annihilates strings and apparently has enough jam to peel the finish off a bridge. Other than that, however, the thing is in great shape!


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No preference. Play them both, bass and guitars. Outstanding instruments made by both Gibson and Fender. Modern musicians have it made.


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I play both, and I've been in bands where I was the bassist. It's a whole different mind set... I don't think the average person out there pays enough attention to the bass part in most songs. But, anyone who has started a band will tell you that's the hardest thing to find.

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dbrodie wrote:
I play both, and I've been in bands where I was the bassist. It's a whole different mind set... I don't think the average person out there pays enough attention to the bass part in most songs. But, anyone who has started a band will tell you that's the hardest thing to find.


Exactly good bass players are extremely hard to come by

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I'd have to choose the Gibson eventhough I hate Gibsons. I played bass once covering for a buddy's bass player missing at the last minute. The gig was in this little S%^t-hole bar in Detroit. Basically some classic rock, blues and that kind of thing. I was as someone put it in an earlier post a sucky bass player. All I could do was walk some lines and pump away at the root notes. Not a very good perfromance. It was then that I truly learnt that bass plays such an important role in a band's sound. In some ways I think bass is harder. Different mindset between guitar and bass players I guess.


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I don't think it's an apples to apples question. Guitar and bass play simultaneously-different parts. One plays accompaniment to vocals and solos while the other plays the groove.

Both can be easy or difficult depending on what you want to play.


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I don't think it's an apples to apples question. Guitar and bass play simultaneously-different parts. One plays accompaniment to vocals and solos while the other plays the groove.

Both can be easy or difficult depending on what you want to play.


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