Anyone play Bass??

[aircooled]

I consider myself a guitar player, but I'm "holding" a bass guitar for a friend and I've had the greatest time playing it!
Should have picked one up along time ago!

 

[GroundZero]

i prefer to to get right to it and grill the BASS while it's fresh 😀

 

[Platypus]

Yes, I play.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I've played bass a little bit, I've been playing guitar for a lot longer though so bass is kinda easy for me 🙂

 

[Heisenberg]

Yeah, I've played for a while now.

 

[KEV1N]

Yes, I'm the bassist for this band: unless

 

[Howard]

What's the difference between bass and normal guitar?

 

[dugweb]

ha, ya ive played bass for like 6 years now (string bass that is 😛 ) and now im learning how to play the guitar

 

[nakedfrog]

Um, Les Claypool does. Geddy Lee, too.
Cliff Burton used to play, but he stopped quite a few years back.
🙂

 

[gopunk]

i have one... haha it gathers dust because i am a lazy mf

 

[Scootin159]

I originally learned on the bass & then picked up the guitar a year later. I have been playing both on & off for the last 3 or 4 years now.

Originally posted by: Howard
What's the difference between bass and normal guitar?

A bass guitar has 4 strings (it's missing the 2 higher pitched strings), and is tuned 2 octaves lower (is it two or one, I forget?). To be tuned lower it uses heavier strings and has a slightly longer neck (most people won't notice the neck unless side by side, but they will notice the thicker strings). Traditionally the bass is also played with your figers instead of a pick.

There is also an upright bass which is often seen in orchestras although it is basically an acoustic bass guitar. These basically look like 6 foot tall violins.