ITT- WE PROVE TO THE WORLD THE BASS IS FAR MORE SUPREMO TO THE

bass is for faggots who cant play guitar.

>>727398427
let's be honest, no one but musicians notice the bass.

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>>727398459
REEEEEEEEEE
How dare you insult the instrument of the gods.
You must be a fake.

>>727398539
It hurts me to admit this is true

>>727398539
Yea, you got to be pretty fucking good to be noticed

All bass is for is a simplified rhythm to keep the rest of the band in time way to be a walking metronome you waste of stage space

>>727398427
>bassist mentality
retards the lot of you, you're not better than the guitarist and certainly not better than the drummer.
go do bass things you faggots

>>727398539
>>727398600
>>727398643
Depends on the genres you like to listen, I'd bet my balls most people who are into anything more technical than heavy rock notice the bass.

Also, the bass is a guitar. This thread is an oxymoron.

>>727398667
Yea, but the drums are a better metronome. Why not call them out?

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This dude is aight, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrB3Q2uvP8Y

>>727398667
>walking metronome
lol okay I'm pretty sure the band uses the other metronome.. you know the drums.. fucking bedroom warrior

>>727398724
I agree to an extent the people who listen to band shit know but the average listener doesn't know what the fuck a bass is. I've had someone ask me why my guitar has 4 strings at a gig lol

Its all part of the whole. Only absolute shit bands and 'artists' ignore the bass, but only morons would give it permanent center stage.

Fucking b8 threads...

Even an up right sounds better than a guitar

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>>727398735
Oh no drums are definitely there just for the main acts like guitarists pianists singers flutes really anything but the bass requires even less skill and coordination

>>727398745
technically skilled, sure
but that song was annoying af, would punch in the face/10

>>727398946
Again, if you play pop or rock that'd be true, if you play prog you get swarmed by bass enthusiasts

>>727398745
Goddang that was good

>>727398427
Bass player is like a guitar player that don't know how to play the fucking guitar

>>727399172
I think better said is they dont have the mental capacity to handle six strings so they needed a dumbed down version

>>727399064
Must take mad skill to play power chords on your squire strat bro

>>727399102
This. Just listen to any Song without a bass. It sounds thin like Shit

>>727399102
That's why I said the average music listener.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1mWQQNBfri8

>>727399238
Lol

>>727399238
Still requires more effort and contributes way more to the song than single notes that provide background or base (bass) pretty much bassists are the tag along sibling parents stick on you and you feel bad they're mentally deficient so you make them feel important by playing the tonic

>>727399102
>Again, if you play pop or rock that'd be true, if you play prog you get swarmed by bass enthusiasts

bass enthusiasts=bass players
like i said earlier; no one gives a fuck about the bass but musicians themselves.

>>727399275
No one said that the bass doesn't have a purpose

>>727399295
The average music listener absent-mindedly listens to 40 minutes of Justin Bieber daily, why would you consider their opinion regarding anything

The job of a bass player is diferent fron the guitar player ,you cannot compare those two. Except some heavy metal shit

>>727399444
>implying any self respecting bass player that wasn't just a shit guitarist being demoted to playing bass would only ride on the root note

>>727399568
I think the roles should be reversed, bass on lead and guitar should keep a groove.

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On the thread of awesome bass, Bruno Mars' bassist has got mad groove

>>727399593
Lol
>self-respecting
>bass player

>>727399482
I started out with the guitar in my teens but still appreciated all of the instruments in shit I listened to fairly equally. Guys like John Myung, Colin Edwin, Tony Levin, Nick Beggs etc. spurred me to pick up the bass as well much later on.

>>727399665
>what is Funk
>what is Jazz
>what is RnB

That happens in some styles of music like fusion funk things , but no just no..

Touring guitaristfag here. Must confess the more I played with bands, the more I appreciated bassists. They're basically the huge, dangling testicles of the band who make everything sound better, and most of them are ten times more technically capable than most guitarists I encounter.

Be kind to your testicles and they will be kind to you.

>>727399709
bet you're the same type of 'musician' that thinks that overflowing a solo with notes is 'good' and 'technical'

Ever heard of the expression 'less is more'?

to all guitarists lurking in this thread;

we appreciate you guys too, esp. the great ones that know when to tone down and just have fun with the band

>>727399541
Because they control majority of the music market lol. Why do you think a lot of bands are releasing over compressed garbage to try to get in to the charts.

Just got a 7 string Wolf with a through-body neck. Shit is so cash. Active pick ups need two 9 volt batteries. I also have a Warwick six string fretless acoustic electric Alien.

Also there is no such thing as better instrument , music is one , you are a musician and you just play a role. I play the bass but i can play the groove or the lead part of a track at the same time because i can read and know the fucking harmony

>>727399838
Thats a false comparison and is an informal fallacy so poor judgement and also that's not always the case but generally yes in music less is appreciated as more plus nice detraction from the fact that any bassist that has respect is lying to themselves that they're ""real"" musicians

To all fellow Bassists out there;

Thoughts on the Fanned Fret gimmick? is it worth picking one up? does it make a difference? or just a waste of money?

>>727399838
Implying fewer notes is always what the song calls for and that you shouldnt take cues from the rest of the song and the musicians your playing with and the energy of the crowd to determine what your solo will be like

>>727400004
This guy a fuckin music gandhi

I mean it in the best of ways

>>727400078
You're an idiot if you didn't realize that bass and guitars and all instruments are just tools to manipulate music and must work together regardless of whatever to serve the higher purpose such as the song

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>>727400042
jesus fucking christ you mind fucking punctuating your fucking sentences.

it's a fucking debate not your boyfriend's dick. don't rush on it

>>727400200
The second post wasn't me and he said generally what i said. But for your information you're an idiot trying to justify bass playing by attacking me personally (informal fallacy) by comparing what you think i know of music which is completely of topic (false analogy) to how bassists are pathetic excuses of musicians. Their role can just be simplified to octaves on a piano for fucks sake

>>727400395
lol the piano literally covers as many octaves as you can fit keys. The piano works as a solo instrument most of the time, doing both high tones and low tones. I can just as simply say that the guitar's job can be replaced by a keyboardist.

And that's what many times happens in jazz trios. wonder why they pick to have Piano Drums and Bass instead of Piano Drums and Guitar.... hmmm

>>727400395
here, sample out the bass on this song and see if it sounds even a tenth as good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttlTus58MNA

>>727398427
Superiority is bs. But Crazy Horse w/o Talbot or New Order w/o Hook e.g. just wouldn't be the same thing for me. I appreciate the bass.