Cameronj279

I've always really hated Cliff Burtons playing...

I've played very little basses in all honesty. I've never really had the opportunity to play many. It's easier to list what I have played.

Musician stingray 4
Ibanez (various of the SR models)
Warwick Corvette $$

I really want to try a Warwick thumb but Ive got no way of trying one sadly

Big question!

In no particular order :

Les Claypool
Ryan Martinie
Arif Mirabdolbaghi
Justin Chancellor
Nick Schendzielios
James Leach
Evan Brewer
Juan Alderete
Victor Wooten
Can't think of his name but the bassist from Maximum the Hormone

Then there's the obvious like Marcus Miller, Mark King etc. Les claypool and Ryan Martinie are definetly the reason I decided to pick up bass

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1339435502' post='1688443']
Yep I'll be good when I'm 85 but too old to gig :-(
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At this rate, me too! Just sit down on stage...it's the music that counts

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1339417559' post='1688068']
I've always fancied playing double bass in a rockabilly band so I thought maybe a good way to do that would be to learn the Bass :-) I doubt if I'll ever get to it now as there is so much to learn with the Bass. Always wanted to play an instrument and it's been my biggest regret. I'm 54 next week. My 10 year old is a drummer and I saw a kid playing the Bass. I thought, that's it, I'm going to give it a try...2 weeks later a Bass arrived from Germany. :-) been at it now since January. All my spare time is spent reading, listening, learning and playing Bass :-)
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Good to see someone who's not decided it's "too late to learn"!!

First gig I played the drummers bass pedal got stuck after the intro of the first song, luckily it was a double bass pedal so played the rest of the gig with just the left foot. Not very drastic compared to everything posted so far but it was just lucky the drummer was good enough just to use one foot

Was considering putting a video here but everybody is way above my level at both playing and their recording...I don't want to embarrass myself

I've just learned Runaway by Jamiroquai in the last day or so, it's really funky and really fun to play! It's not that hard either

[quote name='psychojoy' timestamp='1339276111' post='1686350']

The person who made me want to play was a YouTube user called zodiakironfist. I loved his covers and I thought - f*ck it! I'd love to do that!
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Had been watching his video's for quite a while before I started playing as well, it's a shame he died at such a young age, seemed like a really nice and fun guy as well as a great bassist.

Quite a lot of love for The Stranglers here, never really been able to get into them myself.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1339255778' post='1685984']
no one. someone gave me a bass and showed me how to play (ironically) seven nation army, and it was fun so I kept going
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First song I ever learned to play (and wasn't that long ago in all honesty), I quiver in pain at hearing the song now just 'cause it was all I could do for about a month Shame too, I really liked that song

Just curious as to who every bodies main 'idols' would be. For me it was Les Claypool and Ryan Martinie. Just after a while of listening I decided "I want to be able to do that"

So yeah, who inspires you!?

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1338371620' post='1673338']
You may have just entirely missed the point....
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[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1338372016' post='1673346']
That's just unhelpful bollocks mate, sorry.
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I do that a lot, I retract my comment.

[quote name='the_skezz' timestamp='1338229251' post='1671230']
Playing with Eastfield last year, one of my favourite punk bands - if I recall correctly they were watching us play, making it embarassing when I stepped off the stage to jump around a bit and pulled my lead out in the process. Took me about ten seconds before noticing
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It wouldn't be punk without at least one major f*** up!

Had to stop at 1:50 mark because of my dislikeness (is that a word?) of Slash. I do fairly enjoy the tone whoever that bassist has though!

[quote name='achknalligewelt' timestamp='1338211282' post='1670839']

The BCers whose strings last a week - what are you doing, playing underwater? I use a 1.4mm guitar pick and for strings, whatever's cheap (EBs at the last change). [/i]
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I think a lot of it comes down to preference. I prefer the sound of newer strings, feel the freshness gives it a nicer sounding tone (especially for slap), it really brings out the 'growl' in my bass. So once strings go a bit dull, for me I'd always want to get a new set (money doesn't allow this of course). Also, as far as I'm aware using a pick will keep them fresher sounding for longer but I've never used one so I can't really comment on that.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1338205020' post='1670711']


Ah, now that's an easy one - turn the bass down and pretend, principally by rocking out on stage. Most punters will remain oblivious... and quite often the band, thus confirming how much they genuinely listen to the bass parts.

I couldn't do it now, but in some bands...
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Sadly I'm one of those 'unable to move on stage' types, I enjoy standing withing a 2 square foot box on the stage

The crippling realisation through my first gig when I realised I only knew how to play 2 out of 7 of the songs. This explains the puzzled/terrified facial expression in my picture!

The sunglasses thing reminds of when I saw Protest the Hero. Someone in the crowd handed Arif (bassist) their sunglasses to wear on stage, he took them and wore them for maybe a minute then put them on top of his amp. Once the set was finished he went upto the amp, put the shades back on and walked off stage and all you could hear was one poor sod in the crowd say "I need them!"

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1338072698' post='1669411']



+1 on all of them.
I'm flabbergasted Mr Bungle would even come up in this topic, but earlier today I played Disco Volante and was thinking about trying to play some of that stuff when I grow up.

best,
bert
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Not really known about Mr Bungle for all that long but they've really really impressed me over the last year. Decided a while ago to learn squeeze me macaroni (it even got me passed my college audition!), really fun song to play, now to find someone who can sing that fast...

This was a friends band, last Friday. 2 man band, 2 guitars, harmonica occasional switching to drums. Went on stage and said "hi we are *insert name* and we hate all the songs we've written and we hope you do to" started playing and one guitar was out of tune (badly). Dropped the mic, played seriously out of time with each other as well. Feel kinda bad cause it was just one guys fault, other guy was fine.

Worst I've done is play the wrong verse...never knew the setlist and sound engineer was a pillock so I couldn't hear any other instruments. Was an original song and I play bass so nobody noticed

Edit: just remembered during the intro of the first song of my first gig, the drummers bass pedal got stuck in the drum skin, in a band that used a hell of a lot of double bass for texture in the songs it's just lucky he managed to patch it up after that song

it depends really, generally it's just if I'm in the house, I'll practice while I've got nothing else to do. I don't really set myself out a set time to practice each day. When I'm practicing I generally just go for learning more about chords or certain techniques (at the moment tapping (failing miserable might I add!!)) or even try and learn a cover of a song, generally try and learn one I feel is out my ability range, at the moment Sequoia Throne by Protest the Hero

Theres generally a fair amount of times each day where I'm just standing up for one of my daily feeds or urinations where I'll just pick up the bass for maybe 10-15 mins before or after I complete my quest.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1338063620' post='1669258']
Oooh noooooo! Another one [s]aiming[/s] playing an Archer bass through a MarksMan amp!

best,
bert
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In all fairness, I'm pretty terrible at bass. I just really felt they strings in particular died almost instantly of putting them on, they felt really harsh on the fingertips as well...just me?

Posted earlier but wouldn't mind playing a few Primus, Tool or Mr Bungle tunes live! Don't know people with enough gear for Tool songs (I know I don't). And don't know people with the ability to play Primus or Mr Bungle tunes...gutted, they'd be fun to play to a crowd

Mess around with new techniques or chords (if you haven't already). I've found learning guitar parts of songs to be pretty fun. Also annoys the guitarist a little when he has a soft guitar intro and then he realises it sounds fifteen times better on bass!

This is just from my experience trying different kinds of strings. From them being fresh to sounding pretty dull.

Rotosound swing bass - 10 hours. By far the biggest waste of money I've ever done

Fender Nickel round wounds - maybe 2 days

Dr coated - maybe a month and a half

D'darrio (the super bright ones) - so far a month and a half and they still sound decent

Ernie ball slinkies (pink packet) - maybe a week

I have a feeling that I must sweat some sort of metal eroding liquid