any bass players?

[yoda]

ive played guitar for 9 years. my brother has a bass guitar but never plays it so it chilled in my room. back in may, left it in a friends car, just got it back last week. i like breaking it out from time to time. anybody know any good sites online where i can learn some more bass? like i wanna know some scales and shit.

[LIP]

Yeah i play bass, i been playing for ages, was in a band for 4 years, we just did a chairty gig the other week as a reunion gig. Last time i'll be speaking with our mangement team. I dont know any sites sorry, do a google.

People think bass is easy, but belive me it aint. Depends what your playing, but to keep your fingers going on a stupidly fast bass line is killer, you get real nad cramps and that, when my band recorded we played one song over and over again all day, and my fingers started spazing out and i couldnt play any more. As soon as i picked up the bass my fingers would curl up lol.

[660]

hey hey i've played bass for 10 years now i think starting on those big stand up violen types. If you've been playing guitar you should allready know all your major and minors and then there just same on bass right well the lower 4 strings are the exact same as what you've used on your quitar so the paterns are all the same. I have this book that shows me all the harmonic and melodic version of the scales it was really cheap but i'm sure you could find those online.

http://www.mxtabs.net/basstabs.php

thats the site i use have all the tabs you could ever want plus cool little leason's on techniques like slaping and tapping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8ytGHTbNc

watch that guy play try and slap that quick someday

[yoda]

hey hey i've played bass for 10 years now i think starting on those big stand up violen types. If you've been playing guitar you should allready know all your major and minors and then there just same on bass right well the lower 4 strings are the exact same as what you've used on your quitar so the paterns are all the same. I have this book that shows me all the harmonic and melodic version of the scales it was really cheap but i'm sure you could find those online.

http://www.mxtabs.net/basstabs.php

thats the site i use have all the tabs you could ever want plus cool little leason's on techniques like slaping and tapping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8ytGHTbNc

watch that guy play try and slap that quick someday


thanks and lol, i didnt even have to click the link to know it'd be a video of victor wooten

[LIP]

He's a genious.

[B.Basher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IRTIAo8bD0

You want fast bass, look only to the woot-man!!

[justinsane]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IRTIAo8bD0

You want fast bass, look only to the woot-man!!

Victor Wooten IS the best bassist in the world, i found out about his skill when i came upon his redition of Amazing Grace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBK1fyYN6SE

that battle you posted, it looks like they turned it on fast forward... so insane!

[Mean Green Charlene]

I really enjoy Flea's talent. Bass player from Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[yoda]

I really enjoy Flea's talent. Bass player from Red Hot Chili Peppers.

same, has to be my fav bassist, soul to squeeze my fav song from them

[Splifted]

My roommate says: you should check out a band called rush. All of the players are amazing. and yeah victor wooten is the BEST bassist other than jaco pastorious (because he invented the solo bass stuff). check out classical thump for some crazy wooten slapping or punk jazz for some crazy ass stuff from jaco. search for the band "weather report" to find punk jazz

[LIP]

Rush are great, they featured in a Trailer Park Boys episode.

I found about about Wooten a couple of years ago, just randomly typed "best bassist in world" in google images and he came up.

[Polymirize]

I don't think anyone could deny that Wooten's got a lot of talent and ability.

I just don't care for his style though. And while Les Claypool may not have the same technical ability, he's far more entertaining on the bass.

See if you can find a song he plays called The awakening. It's also the solo on the rhinoplasty version of Tommy the Cat live.

Primus sucks.

[yoda]

I don't think anyone could deny that Wooten's got a lot of talent and ability.

I just don't care for his style though. And while Les Claypool may not have the same technical ability, he's far more entertaining on the bass.

See if you can find a song he plays called The awakening. It's also the solo on the rhinoplasty version of Tommy the Cat live.

Primus sucks.

i agree with you on wooten. as skilled as he is, way better than i can ever dream of becoming, he plays great style, but it doesnt sound all that great to me. i still admire though.

[JohhnyPotSmoker]

i been playin for 4-5 years bass is by far the tightest instruement.and and of course LES CLAYPOOL IS GOD

[SocksThaClown]

I play the bass.