Bass

[Unitik908]

Who all playes bass guitar becuase bass is cool and if you just play any instument what is it?

[Catboy]

Originally posted by Unitik908
Who all playes bass guitar becuase bass is cool and if you just play any instument what is it?

Been playing bass for 3 years, and love it. Definetley the pimp instrument.

[Unitik908]

what kinda bass do you got? and yes very pimp going on a year this christmas



POW

[DK]

i play bass guitar and upright bass. it is very pimpin. i play skinflute too! no i dont play skinflute.. or do i? i dont think so

[Catboy]

Mine. I wish...

[DK]

its ugly

[Unitik908]

Originally posted by DK
its ugly


DK....... you should be smithed by god himself!!!! That is a very beauiful bass almost as beautiful as the warwik 6 string man that thin is lovely



POW

[Catboy]

Also one of the prettiest basses i have ever seen. http://images.misupply.com/products/original/Epiphone/29622.jpg

[DK]

that one is pretty- like my booty

[Unitik908]

ewgie i dont like flyin v's at all i think they are gross but the best bass in the whole world is the Iceman icx 200 redsunburst it is so awosme beautiful i can even decribe it. My friend has an iceman guiatr but the bass is way better.

[Homerbot]

darn... i thought you meant fishes

anyways, guitars are cool, my uncle plays

[PopeSamXVI]

http://www.banjo.com/images/catalog/banjos/goldtone/BAGTBB400.jpg

Heck yeah.

[KJ-52]

hey we can start a band!

Andrew

[Murde Mental]

Soon to be a beginner banjo player. yes...soon...

but for now...lame ol' piano

[PopeSamXVI]

That's funny. I started banjo a few years ago (still suck) and picked up piano (not literally) 3 weeks ago.

And when my sister restrings her bass (which she never plays) I may take that up as well.

Music rules.

[andrew_carter]

Been drumming for 6 years. Just in case any of you bass players out there don't already know of him, check out www.charliehunter.com . He's a genius, as are all the members of all his bands. :)

Andrew

[onetrack]

I play bass. Les Claypool is my hero.

[underdog]

I've played a lot of different instruments over the years. Bass was a long time ago. It really helped me to understand chords and chord progressions better than any other instrument I've played. I had a fretless jazz bass.

BTW; some very cool pictures of instruments posted in this thread.

Also, there have been a bunch of threads concerning music in the past six or eight months. They're worth checking out.

[GILD]

another has-been, wanna-be, ex-bass player
used to play an Ibanez 5-String
in purple
it had deep gouge marks on the face of it where the previous owner's soon-to-be (unbelievably soon after the event) ex-girlfriend keyed his bass
it broke his heart so he sold it
a girl i knew at the time bought it for me
she thought i'd be able to help the bass heal
life was interesting, and colourfull, back then
;)

i've said this before, but i need no prompting to say it again,
the drums can make u tap your feet and the guitarist can make u tap your fingers but only the bass can make u move your body

[yoopers]

I play acoustic guitar, (Gibson J-30 with post-factory pickup) and some piano but definitely play the radio much better.

Mostly, I am a vocalist and do quite a bit of work in church with other venues thrown in from time to time.

I am not a combined guitarist and unicylist though. John Drummond and I tried it at NAUCC in Minneapolis before the parade and failed miserably. It was a grand idea.
Bruce

[dubmuni2004]

I play bass. I have a fender squier. I also play the drums. And I hope to get a didgeridoo.

[James_Potter]

Here's a picture of my bass. Ain't she beautiful?

[Homerbot]

Originally posted by James_Potter
Here's a picture of my bass. Ain't she beautiful? i was gonna do that... but i caught it being about instruments and didn't

[Unitik908]

Originally posted by onetrack
I play bass. Les Claypool is my hero.

Les and the rest of Primus are half Gods all of them especially Mr. Claypool




POW

[Catboy]

Originally posted by James_Potter
Here's a picture of my bass. Ain't she beautiful?

Yah well this is my Bass he really kicks butt...
http://megaman.retrofaction.com/art/pics/330.gif

[maestro8]

Originally posted by dubmuni2004
I play bass. I have a fender squier. I also play the drums. And I hope to get a didgeridoo.

Not to kill your enthusiasm for a new instrument, but what draws you to the didge? I'm impressed with the player in Jamiroquai (only band I've heard with a didge), but I think their music would be just as good without it. And the hippie-didge-gurus here in town who blow those things in drum circles and on streetcorners, well, I wouldn't call that music. Sounds more like a hoarse cow stuck at the bottom of a well.

...

So, when are the uni-musicians on this board gonna post some links to their own mp3s? I'd love to hear what everyone's playing in their garage / basement / studio / wherever...

[unitrialser]

I've been playing bass for near 3 years. I use a GSR200 Ibanez.

[toddw9]

Fender Jazz bass
been playing 9 years. But I prefer guitar.

[GILD]

Originally posted by maestro8
Not to kill your enthusiasm for a new instrument, but what draws you to the didge? the use of the didge in recorded music is kinda interesting and limited, all at the same time
it's great for adding texture and mood, but since it's of limited tonality, it's not great for carrying a melody
unless u're going to mic it up and run it thru a couple of FX machines, eventually using it as the sound of (eg) your keyboard
yes, u could simply sample it and do the same thing, but that's not nearly as much fun
when used in this way, it makes for a very interesting bass-line

i still prefer my didge when i'm playing on my own and i'm sitting around a fire and after about two hours (mine is made from very thick bamboo) it's so warmed up that the whole didge becomes almost like the reed in a clarinet and u start hearing the pipe kicking out the 'resident harmonies'
and u suddenly realise that even tho u're responsible for making a fair amount of sound, u're not quite sure if u're responsible for that
a lil' while in and u get used to it and u start playng around with trying to control it
these sounds do not react the way u would expect and trying to control them is just about as much fun as u can have with a didge, and your clothes on
adding vocalisations down a pipe that's running like this just ads to the fun
let's just say that the Vocoder is but a pale imitation;)

i won't try n sell this experience to u as somehting u have to hear
it's something u have to do



:cool:

[jacobnielsen]

trombone all the way

[jsm]

I play the VIOLIN and have for about five years. I'm currently working on the Mendelsohn and Khachaturian concertos. Anyone else play classical music?

[maestro8]

Originally posted by jsm
I play the VIOLIN and have for about five years. I'm currently working on the Mendelsohn and Khachaturian concertos. Anyone else play classical music?

I've been playing classical (mostly Bach and Mozart) pieces arranged for the flute, on my Baroque recorders (soprano and alto), off and on since I was about 9. Being eclipsed by the flute in range and intensity, one does not find such an instrument in an orchestra these days, even though they're handed out in most grade school music programs. I like to call it "flute for dummies". As such, I've never played the recorder outside my house. No, you don't have to thank me :)

[underdog]

Originally posted by maestro8
I've been playing classical (mostly Bach and Mozart) pieces arranged for the flute, on my Baroque recorders (soprano and alto)

Sorry about continuing to steer this thread entirely off course but I put together a recorder quartet when I was in college. Great fun and we even did a few recitals.

[DK]

i play calssical and solo double bass as well as bass guitar

[Klaas Bil]

I play various instruments, amongst which percussion and standing base. No bass guitar, but have done that and still own one.
Originally posted by maestro8
So, when are the uni-musicians on this board gonna post some links to their own mp3s? I'd love to hear what everyone's playing in their garage / basement / studio / wherever... Look here (http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/audio.htm) for some samples of our folk band Mista. Where you hear percussion, that's me, except in Ani Eshtagea (guitar). Otherwise, when you hear base, that's me. Where you hear lead vocals, that's me also except in Garoon. The homepage of Mista is here (http://www.mista.nl).

Klaas Bil

[wobbling bear]

play any instrument of the saxhorn family

owns:

2 cornets
1 bugle
2 altos
2 bass
1 sousaphone (bass not contra-bass)

+ a trumpet , a mini-trumpet

for the moment I feel more bugle-inclined
(it's a funny Boosey & Hawkes that looks like a mongrel
from a love affair between a bugle and a trumpet)
this fulfill my romantic inclinations ;)

bear