Any bass players here?

well you know i'm part of the BBBBB (Ball Bustin' Bass Brigade Brotherhood) i've been playing for 33-34 years now. i started out playing guitar, mostly rhythm with a little bit of lead. i used to play in a backyard party garage band in Southern California......doing covers of Maiden, Judas Priest, Rainbow, KISS, etc.....plus we had quite a few cool originals. well one day our bass player decided to join the army (he was already messed up in the head, so why not) so i took over bass duty and never turned back and let's just say the rest is history. i'm completely self taught......i learned the old fashioned way......play the same 10 seconds of the song over and over and over and over and over until you get every note right, wearing down the phonograph needle and driving whoever's in the same house ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!! so here i am, just turned 46, played in a few bands over the years, never made the big time.....but i still have my Fender Precision, and now i just jam with a few friends who play instruments......and still loving it........ROCK ON!!!

My son is one of these people who can pick up pretty much any instrument and play it. Unfortunately I cannot even play the piano. I have trouble keeping a beat. I do love to listen to my son and his girlfriend play the guitar, the loot, violin, piano or keyboard and organ. They are expecting their first baby and they plan on getting the baby into playing music at a young age.

I am hopeless when it comes to playing any instrument. It is great that you can play the different instruments. I have always wanted to learn to play the piano but never was able to tale any lessons.

I didn't play any musical instruments when growing up however I did take piano lessons. That was a big joke since my heart wasn't in it and all it did was irritate me. I was too young to sit and learn. Today I'm sorry I didn't pay attention and take it further. My father played the bass fiddle for many years and worked with such greats as Judy Garland, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Rosemary Clooney and many others. Later on in life he worked locally, in the St. Louis area, and played many private country clubs. He began his musical career as a drummer and singer way back in the 1920's or early '30's in Atlanta.

Hey it's great to hear that we have a true blood bass player on myLot. That is cool!!! I used to play rhythm guitars, done vocals, sometimes play the bass and the drums. That was way back when me and my friends were into rock and heavy metal stuff. Without thinking of we ever get our songs recorded it was one of the most fruitful experiences in my life. A way that I could drown my sorrows of a terrifying life of poverty for me and the rest of our poverty stricken country. I loved playing rhythm guitars and I was cut out to be on the lead guitar. I like bass too coz it's one that does get everyone into the rhythm and specially with the beat of the drums. Bass and drums to be is a perfect duo. Awesome dude!!! Cheers!

Hell yeah an I'm a bassist as well. It started in middle for me but it was on and off it was till 2 years ago now (I'm now 26) and I started playing the crap out of my bass and started to do some really cool stuff. I play with a three finger technique, tapping, slap and pop, etc. I even play interval chords on bass and make it sound very guitarish. I love the bass!

THe Bass player in the church was working in a shifting schedule making him inconsistent in playing with the group. And I was the sole guitar player at that time, they had no choice, I was sent to the stage and gave the church a rocking beat.

I never really learned to play the bass, but since i can play guitar i do have fun messing around on one once in awhile!

hi! I used to be a guitar player in my amateur years in a group. who would want to play bass that only support the drummer and only play basic notes? but when my father recruited me in his showband i was forced to be a bassist. i was not good enough as a guitarist. being in a showband requires skills that can play any song of any genre. so i was stuck in a bass. after years of being a bassist i still like the guitar but i'm still not good enough. i still think bass are for musicians whose fingers are not fast enough for licks and solos. but there are a few exceptional bassists who proved me wrong ex; Billy Sheehan, Mark King, Flea, Stu Ham, and Alex Sklarevski to name a few. i'll never be as good as them but hey, i only play for fun.

Hi there Ironmaiden,Well my first instrument was bass so I guess I am lol but Just for basics..:-0 I know a little but it is really not my main instrument..:-0 I can only play the 4 string bass not really the five strings because I am not good.,Lol I know a little ghost notes but yeah just for freestyle...Ok well my story is,my first band was called "flirty freaks" and we are three members one bass,guitar and drums and yeah we are all girls and it was just like 6 years ago..:-0 No one knows how to play the bass and yeah I was force to be the bass player,I bought some scales for bass and try to learn some and yeah I learned the basic and happily I just did it..:-0 Lol..Our first gig was a disaster because my playing sucks but we are still happy,Now I am a composer and singing at the same time and just telling myself I will never be a good bassist...Lol GOd bless and have a nice day.:-0

i love bass!

I started playing bass about two years ago, after falling in love with the bassing style of flea from the red hot chili peppers, i soon found that bass was a great fun instrument to play. i just love funk!