Pako
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Have a guitar? Why not show us!Music
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Congrats Pako, I hope your bass guitar comes out well.
I'm done messing around... Bass guitar? So be it. I'm sort of disappointed in the apparent lack of Bassists around here...
Question! If the Electric bass was the child of a Double Bass who couldn't fit through the door, why not?
I'm done messing around... Bass guitar? So be it. I'm sort of disappointed in the apparent lack of Bassists around here...
Question! If the Electric bass was the child of a Double Bass who couldn't fit through the door, why not?
Pako
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Thanks,
I hope it turns out also....
Coming from a classical DB background, I can honestly say that the only thing similar to an electric bass guitar vs. a stand up Double bass is the that the low E is tuned to the same 40hz cycle using standard 440 tuning. Other than that, I find the electric bass guitar (especially with a fretted neck) to be more closely related to the electric guitar than than an upright acoustic bass. Sure you can play the same bass lines on either instrument, but I find both to be very unique in tone, playing style, and feel.
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I play electric bass as well, and I'm better at it than standard guitar.
However, the one I use (a very nicely-made but inferior Squire) is my older sister's...
- 599
Yes, we drew another one out! No matter, its not the bass...yadda yadda yadda. You know... Good luck anyways!
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My first guitar was the Ibanez RG 120. A $17 investment in chrome knobs made a huge difference in its appearance (does anyone need some stock black knobs?
). In the background is my Voxton classical guitar. It was gathering dust in my dad's closet for 30 years, so when I picked up guitar, he gladly passed it down to me. After a wipedown and re-stringing, it sounded good as new 👍.
I bought this Fender Highway Strat not too long ago. Absolutely beautiful, soft tone. The sunburst finish makes this axe sexier than a lot of my exes.
Guitar bass. I couldn't decide whether I wanted to start with guitar or bass, so ended up buying a bass shortly after I started playing guitar. This is an Ibanez GSR 200, with the chrome knobs that inspired me to accessorize the RG likewise.
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That's a beautiful strat there Kyle 
I want a strat as well, but that'd be the VG strat probably, since it allows you to change between strat and telecaster sounds 👍
I want a strat as well, but that'd be the VG strat probably, since it allows you to change between strat and telecaster sounds 👍
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That's a beautiful strat there Kyle
I want a strat as well, but that'd be the VG strat probably, since it allows you to change between strat and telecaster sounds 👍
It seems to be quite a popular model, however it does take longer to get used to.
- 599
That Squire doesn't look too bad, Formula1. You should mod it a little so it sounds just as good...or does it already?
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Well my bass amp is a Fender Bassman 150 which does the job pretty darn good, I am more of a guitarist than a bass player, I play bass at my school for stage, concert and house band so I have to be able to play a variety of styles and that really improved my sight reading. So I am a good sightreader but I could use work on my techniques like slap/pop which I am only moderately good at.
So ya I can get some good tones on that Squire bass but its largely thanks to my amp.
So ya I can get some good tones on that Squire bass but its largely thanks to my amp.
- 599
Depends on what you mean by "by ear"...
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Ditto, I only look up tabs for those songs that go too fast for me to get every single note in my ear (such as some slapping/popping songs from the Spin Doctors), but the easier songs, I just hear to them and play 👍
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Same here guys, mostly I try to play by ear but if it is a bit to fast for my ears I go to the tabs/music.
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I read, avoid tabs most of the time and am currently trying to learn some proper theory. I don't truly understand what's meant when you say "By Ear"...
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Learning by ear means like, when you hear a song and you want to be able to play the bass, you learn it by yourself, finguring out the notes on your own. With no tabs or reading music.
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Thanks to that, I am illiterate in music. But I can still play some good songs, though my bass is a jazz type and I don't play the same type.
- 599
Ahhh! I've heard it as transcribing, in fact, here is a very interesting article on it: (((HERE))). "By ear" can take on many meanings when it comes to music.
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That is some Stack you got there exsurant!
