Can’t keep it in any longer: I spend more time looking at basses than guitars these days! I browse guitar sales and ads thinking ‘had that one, didn’t get on with that one’, but give me a bass sale. Man, it’s the colours, it’s the shapes, there is no rationale, just purchase desire and an itchy wallet. I am currently sat with a coffee thinking ‘if I let my es345 go I could afford X’. Flipping nuts. There you go, the truth is out.
I’ve put this under bass where it will hopefully fade into obscurity, but appreciate if a bunch of you pile in with the same complaint we might have to move it to friends in need.
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Satisfy your urge to look at bass pron by investing in a copy of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass.
Bass is my primary instrument and I dabble on guitar. There's certainly a vast variety of construction methods and materials available that don't necessarily appeal to the guitar market.
Also, bass is about accurate, consistent note placement in the pocket, good use of harmony and using space effectively. Although if you just want to plug away at 8th notes all evening there are genres for that as well.
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1) Post a look at my toy topic
2) Wait for approval
3) Recieve mixed reactions, over react with disappointment and then flounce
4) Return after 12 or so weeks after replacement of first toy with another
Repeat 1
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Love playing bass but not as much as guitar. I played bass in a covers band in my youth just because they needed one and it was quite fun I have a few some of which I built.
Quite fancy one of those Fender 6 hybrids
Fancy a laugh: the unofficial King of Tone waiting list calculator:
https://kottracker.com/
My first regularly gigging band I was on bass (mid teens). Then managed to work my way up to singer/guitar and then back to sideman. I’ve reached the point however, where my micky taking aside in this thread, I do genuinely get more satisfaction locking in with the drummer and sitting in the pocket.
Also, big strings keep the calluses in shape.
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