Difficulty of playing bass

pretentious · Newbie Alert Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 3

I've only just began to learn lead and don't really plan on playing bass but I was curious, how difficult is it compared with a 6-stringer?

jeff_osu · Tiger Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 838 Location: Oklahoma

Any bassist will tell you otherwise, but comparing a 4-string bass to a guitar.....the bass is really, really easy, assuming you're just playing rhythym.

Naturally, it all depends on what style you play, some techniques are a little different ("Slapping" for instance), but I found bass to be pretty easy to pick up, and it's alot easier to hit one note on a single string, than to transition smoothly from chord to chord on a guitar (for a novice anyways).

Bates15 · Moderator Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 1084

Its gets harder when you try to play licks and so on. Just playing ground notes is pretty easy but you can make it as hard as you want. try keeping up withVictor Wooten or the guy from Dream Theater Sad

Now way any one can play that fast Smile

sharring · Tiger Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 812 Location: Texas

What i like about bass is locking down the almighty groove with the drummer and then realizing the guitar player is just fluff! Twisted Evil