To be serious though, I was in a relationship because “hmm a bass player in a leather jacket”.

  • southsamurai
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    Look, everyone knows that the bass player carries the band>!'s gear!<

    • @[email protected]
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      Same. Very, very heavily hinted at a used bass guitar for Christmas this year. Put a harmonica on the list as a joke as I was being nagged to put more stuff on the list.

      Now I own a harmonica.

      • @Passerby6497
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        That’s your mistake, you should have included accessories for the guitar so they’d feel guilted into buying it for you.

        Or you just get a bunch of accessories and nothing to use then with.

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          I own my part in this, though I know if I added the amp, cables, maybe a pedal, and some guitar picks, I would have ended up with a nice collection of guitar picks.

          Because my wife and kid are assholes who think they are hilarious, which I have encouraged because I am too.

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      You can get a cheap $80 bass on Amazon. They actually last a long time, i still play mine, and it keeps your tuning forever.

      Grab one of those and play for a year. It’s the perfect starter bass.

      ( I love mine. The guitar shop in my area always asks why i keep using it. By itself it’s got too much “trumpet” sounding, but with a reverb or other pedal i love it)

      • @[email protected]
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        I mean id probably go all out and get something in the $750 range ish. I’m a musician and I play many instruments, just haven’t gotten to bass yet.

        is it possible to change tunings on a bass from say E to Eb without needing to take it into a shop? I say this because it is possible on guitar but I’m not sure if the giant bass string tension will make this process different and more difficult.

        • @Pilferjinx
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          Yeah. I tune to Eb when I feel like playing some guns n roses with no issues. I think I like guitar and bass equally. Bass is definitely more fun though.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 hour ago

            what kind of bass do you recommend? I mostly play prog rock, rock fusion and metal/power metal

        • @[email protected]OP
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          Oh yeah in your case go for what you want.

          You can tune to e flat, sure. The bass is just the four bottom strings of a guitar, with a bigger gauge. EADG is the normal tuning

  • @WrenFeathers
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    128 hours ago

    As a bassist of 30+ years…… I feel seen.

  • @[email protected]
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    What’s the purpose of bass players?

    Well, somebody has to wake up, wash, dress and feed the drummer before practice.

  • SadSadSatellite
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    I find the opposite is true gender swapped. Nothing makes a girl more attractive to me than playing bass.

  • @ieatpwns
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    Without bass there is no rhythm or soul the music sounds flat

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        I had to turn down my Fender Rumble 500 because if I turn it to 5, it makes my pants flap like I’m in front of a fan, and it caused enough vibration to make one of my drummers crash stands fall over lol

        • @[email protected]OP
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          F Rumbles are great. That’s a great example why lol

          Now you just have to use the threat of turning it up to end discussions

  • teft
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    Being able to play funk music is a benefit.

  • CaptainBlagbird
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    412 hours ago

    Someone send this to Davie504

    (Don’t actually, he’s probably seen it all.)

  • @GrammarPolice
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    Idk about male bassists, but i would go through hell fighting off a dozen lions while on chemotherapy, i would swim through metres of whale semen while battling the Red Army, get all my limbs amputated and be imprisoned in solitary confinement for a year in Alcatraz just to have a lick of the condom that was used to fuck this woman.