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 Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:01 pm
LucRicher lol lets not go calling bass easy because the Ramones have easy bass riffs. And let's not say that the Ramones are straining on guitar either razz It's still just a simple 3 power chord pattern which an ape could learn in about 10 minutes. Rancid can dish out a sick bass riff. Listen to them if you want to see what bass is really about. Also check out Primus, us bass players can only dream of one day playing like Les Claypool. He is a God. If you don't really get into bass, you will find it easy because it's smooth sailing when you first start (except if you play a lot, you will bleed at your finger tips until they harden up). I've played in a couple of bands, but the most fun was this tiny ska ensemble we had... man that was sweet. Anyways, we were all pretty talented young guys and we had a lot of cool shows. but yeah... back to the orginal point of this post! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm a veteran bass/guitar/t-bone player with a bit of experience in drums and trumpet. And nureg, don't shrug off bass as easier razz I found guitar was a breeze to learn seeing as chords just come naturally once you understand their contruction. YOU WERE IN A SKA BAND!? I bow afore ye, my god. Yeah, listen to him, he clearly knows more than me. Now, about the supplies you're gonna get. Unless you have a really, really cool guitar shop owning buddy (like me) you aren't getting any of that stuff that cheap. The elec bass maybe, but the $30 amp is either gonna have a two and a half inch speaker, or it isn't gonna be in any working order, assuming you're getting a bass amp in the first place (there is a difference) You can get a distortion pedal for around twenty bucks, you don't really need to save up for one, and picks shouldn't cost more than 30 cents individually. 10 for five bucks is a ripoff.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:30 pm
nuregoftheelves LucRicher lol lets not go calling bass easy because the Ramones have easy bass riffs. And let's not say that the Ramones are straining on guitar either razz It's still just a simple 3 power chord pattern which an ape could learn in about 10 minutes. Rancid can dish out a sick bass riff. Listen to them if you want to see what bass is really about. Also check out Primus, us bass players can only dream of one day playing like Les Claypool. He is a God. If you don't really get into bass, you will find it easy because it's smooth sailing when you first start (except if you play a lot, you will bleed at your finger tips until they harden up). I've played in a couple of bands, but the most fun was this tiny ska ensemble we had... man that was sweet. Anyways, we were all pretty talented young guys and we had a lot of cool shows. but yeah... back to the orginal point of this post! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm a veteran bass/guitar/t-bone player with a bit of experience in drums and trumpet. And nureg, don't shrug off bass as easier razz I found guitar was a breeze to learn seeing as chords just come naturally once you understand their contruction. YOU WERE IN A SKA BAND!? I bow afore ye, my god. Yeah, listen to him, he clearly knows more than me. Now, about the supplies you're gonna get. Unless you have a really, really cool guitar shop owning buddy (like me) you aren't getting any of that stuff that cheap. The elec bass maybe, but the $30 amp is either gonna have a two and a half inch speaker, or it isn't gonna be in any working order, assuming you're getting a bass amp in the first place (there is a difference) You can get a distortion pedal for around twenty bucks, you don't really need to save up for one, and picks shouldn't cost more than 30 cents individually. 10 for five bucks is a ripoff. I might get a bass for 85, 90, an amp for 30 (a big one), 10 picks for I think 5 bucks, and I'm gonna a 30 foot long cord as well as a distortion pedal for 15. : D
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:01 pm
I still can't believe that you are gonna be able to pick up a good sized bass amp for only thirty bucks. The ones at my local shops are about...oh...$300. That's a whole nother zero you are looking at my friend. And unless those picks are a collector's set or something, they should only cost like $2.50 or three bucks at most. You are doing better on the cord and pedal though.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:53 am
nuregoftheelves I still can't believe that you are gonna be able to pick up a good sized bass amp for only thirty bucks. The ones at my local shops are about...oh...$300. That's a whole nother zero you are looking at my friend. And unless those picks are a collector's set or something, they should only cost like $2.50 or three bucks at most. You are doing better on the cord and pedal though. The picks are collectors set actually. Go to amazon, there's where I get everything biggrin
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:49 am
nuregoftheelves LucRicher lol lets not go calling bass easy because the Ramones have easy bass riffs. And let's not say that the Ramones are straining on guitar either razz It's still just a simple 3 power chord pattern which an ape could learn in about 10 minutes. Rancid can dish out a sick bass riff. Listen to them if you want to see what bass is really about. Also check out Primus, us bass players can only dream of one day playing like Les Claypool. He is a God. If you don't really get into bass, you will find it easy because it's smooth sailing when you first start (except if you play a lot, you will bleed at your finger tips until they harden up). I've played in a couple of bands, but the most fun was this tiny ska ensemble we had... man that was sweet. Anyways, we were all pretty talented young guys and we had a lot of cool shows. but yeah... back to the orginal point of this post! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm a veteran bass/guitar/t-bone player with a bit of experience in drums and trumpet. And nureg, don't shrug off bass as easier razz I found guitar was a breeze to learn seeing as chords just come naturally once you understand their contruction. YOU WERE IN A SKA BAND!? I bow afore ye, my god. Yeah, listen to him, he clearly knows more than me. Now, about the supplies you're gonna get. Unless you have a really, really cool guitar shop owning buddy (like me) you aren't getting any of that stuff that cheap. The elec bass maybe, but the $30 amp is either gonna have a two and a half inch speaker, or it isn't gonna be in any working order, assuming you're getting a bass amp in the first place (there is a difference) You can get a distortion pedal for around twenty bucks, you don't really need to save up for one, and picks shouldn't cost more than 30 cents individually. 10 for five bucks is a ripoff. I've been in plenty of ska bands, but this particular group was my favorite for two reasons. First, we had a sick organ player. This is SO important. Second, we were all buddies in highschool who got together a few years after graduating so we got to catch up with eachother and it was like being in highschool again. 30$ for your amp? Must be a 15 watt or something confused Doesn't seem possible to even pick up a 60 watt amp for that low.
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:48 am
LucRicher nuregoftheelves LucRicher lol lets not go calling bass easy because the Ramones have easy bass riffs. And let's not say that the Ramones are straining on guitar either razz It's still just a simple 3 power chord pattern which an ape could learn in about 10 minutes. Rancid can dish out a sick bass riff. Listen to them if you want to see what bass is really about. Also check out Primus, us bass players can only dream of one day playing like Les Claypool. He is a God. If you don't really get into bass, you will find it easy because it's smooth sailing when you first start (except if you play a lot, you will bleed at your finger tips until they harden up). I've played in a couple of bands, but the most fun was this tiny ska ensemble we had... man that was sweet. Anyways, we were all pretty talented young guys and we had a lot of cool shows. but yeah... back to the orginal point of this post! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm a veteran bass/guitar/t-bone player with a bit of experience in drums and trumpet. And nureg, don't shrug off bass as easier razz I found guitar was a breeze to learn seeing as chords just come naturally once you understand their contruction. YOU WERE IN A SKA BAND!? I bow afore ye, my god. Yeah, listen to him, he clearly knows more than me. Now, about the supplies you're gonna get. Unless you have a really, really cool guitar shop owning buddy (like me) you aren't getting any of that stuff that cheap. The elec bass maybe, but the $30 amp is either gonna have a two and a half inch speaker, or it isn't gonna be in any working order, assuming you're getting a bass amp in the first place (there is a difference) You can get a distortion pedal for around twenty bucks, you don't really need to save up for one, and picks shouldn't cost more than 30 cents individually. 10 for five bucks is a ripoff. I've been in plenty of ska bands, but this particular group was my favorite for two reasons. First, we had a sick organ player. This is SO important. Second, we were all buddies in highschool who got together a few years after graduating so we got to catch up with eachother and it was like being in highschool again. 30$ for your amp? Must be a 15 watt or something confused Doesn't seem possible to even pick up a 60 watt amp for that low. It's I think 10 or 20, though, I have speekjers that can act as amps too, that are at minimum 50 watts. They're good speekers.
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:50 am
Dude, how old are you anyways? I mean I'm 14, almost 15. I'm 15 in october.
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:02 pm
Ten watts isn't enough volume to rock a chair. If your band plans on playing any real shows, you're gonna need at least a 50 watt amp.
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:56 am
lol I suggest sticking with the 10 Watt amp until you understand the instrument a bit more. If you decide you don't like it, you aren't left with a 300$ amp collecting dust in the corner of your room.
Also, you can get a bit that will allow your patch chord to plug into your computer speaker slot. Very cool for two reasons.
1) Use computer speakers instead of amp, could benefit you if you only have a 10 watt amp.
2) There are some pretty cheap recording programs what will actually let you record your music into tracks, and if you record each instrument seperately you can overlap them all. (Sort of how they record CDs, except you'll have something like 4 tracks instead of 50+)
I believe the bit is 8.50$ but I'm not quite sure what it's called... check your local guitar shop!
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:21 pm
LucRicher lol I suggest sticking with the 10 Watt amp until you understand the instrument a bit more. If you decide you don't like it, you aren't left with a 300$ amp collecting dust in the corner of your room. Also, you can get a bit that will allow your patch chord to plug into your computer speaker slot. Very cool for two reasons. 1) Use computer speakers instead of amp, could benefit you if you only have a 10 watt amp. 2) There are some pretty cheap recording programs what will actually let you record your music into tracks, and if you record each instrument seperately you can overlap them all. (Sort of how they record CDs, except you'll have something like 4 tracks instead of 50+) I believe the bit is 8.50$ but I'm not quite sure what it's called... check your local guitar shop! Thanks, you too Nureg, all the info helps a lot, and curious, when your fingers bleed, how bad does it hurt..? Oh, and I also play left handed when I'm right handed, should I buy a left handed bass, or should I buy a right handed one and just mark it?
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:04 am
-Angels Vermilion- LucRicher lol I suggest sticking with the 10 Watt amp until you understand the instrument a bit more. If you decide you don't like it, you aren't left with a 300$ amp collecting dust in the corner of your room. Also, you can get a bit that will allow your patch chord to plug into your computer speaker slot. Very cool for two reasons. 1) Use computer speakers instead of amp, could benefit you if you only have a 10 watt amp. 2) There are some pretty cheap recording programs what will actually let you record your music into tracks, and if you record each instrument seperately you can overlap them all. (Sort of how they record CDs, except you'll have something like 4 tracks instead of 50+) I believe the bit is 8.50$ but I'm not quite sure what it's called... check your local guitar shop! Thanks, you too Nureg, all the info helps a lot, and curious, when your fingers bleed, how bad does it hurt..? Oh, and I also play left handed when I'm right handed, should I buy a left handed bass, or should I buy a right handed one and just mark it? LEFT! LEFT! BUY LEFT! Left is best. People will love you if you play left handed, and even though left handed guitars cost twice as much, it doesn't matter because if you want to play a right hand guitar left, you have to get major custom work done anyway. Not only that, but playing a reversed guitar is often kinda cumbersome because the knobs and switches will be on the wrong side and might get in your way.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:13 am
I see, then.. Wow.. That's like.. over 200 bucks...
I'm gonna wish for one for christmas XD
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:05 pm
Of course it hurts when your fingers bleed. But it's something to be proud of! I showed everyone my scrapped up fingers when I started. It's like war medals.
Also, get the left for one reason only. No one can say "hey man, can I see your bass for a second?"
I hate that, get your own.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:58 am
LucRicher Of course it hurts when your fingers bleed. But it's something to be proud of! I showed everyone my scrapped up fingers when I started. It's like war medals. Also, get the left for one reason only. No one can say "hey man, can I see your bass for a second?" I hate that, get your own. Well this sucks. I (most likely) broke my wrist.. So, It can be a while before I can play..
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:40 pm
You know guys, all we've been doing is OOCing, we should actually Rp again.
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