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[t4turbo]

hey how good you think you are or how good hae you been told you are????i had a teacher for about 2 weks he said he couldn't teach anything but letter notes kuz when i whent there i had been playing for 1 year & 11 months (now ive ben playin for 2years)but he said i'm on par with Jazz & Rock bassists that have played for 10 years. so i guess im pretty good.:D

[FleaBass]

ive played with 3 doors down once... and i have been told that i make newstead look like an ape... but hey who dosent :D

personally i wouldnt classify myself as a bass god... but i can hodl my own with most bands and bassists... im nto a good slap bassist so i think that takes some skill away from me.. BUT i beilive slap is more for funk and jazz and im a metal head so oh well

:D

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[prymdirective]

It'll be hard for me to relate any kind of experience, because i'm in-experienced myself. I've only been playing for a year and a half now. The band i'm in right now just threw a bass on me and said "We need a bass player, we don't care how much you suck, just play the damn thing". That was in november of that year. By August I was able to keep up with the rest of them (PLaying really simple versions of the song), but in the time since that august, i've been able to get a grasp on stuff like the grace notes and mechanics of songs.

[popmusic_sux]

Originally posted by FleaBass
ive played with 3 doors down once... and i have been told that i make newstead look like an ape...
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dude u really played with 3 doors down? i hope u got it on tape... or at least some autographs.

i wish i was good enough to play with an established band... or that there were other artists (bassists, drummers etc) around here that are good enough to start a band with, but all the good ones are already in bands or play a style of music i dont really care for.

but in less than 3 months ill be in college, hopefully in about 4 months ill have started my own band.



but on the thread topic, i dont know how id classify myself. i dont want to sound like i have a big head or anything, im definitely good for the amount of time ive been playing (less than 2 years,) my ear has gotten VERY good, ive gotten to a point that i could figure out the tunings on a guitar just by listening to it, and i dont use tabs, if i wanna learn a song, ill learn it by ear or buy the sheet music and struggle through that. i CAN improvise but i cant do it too well with a backing track, if im just sittin around ill just start playin a blues scale and 20 minutes or so later ill move on to something else.

but i cant really tap, do pinch harmonics, sweep picking or any of that good stuff too well, and my speed isnt to the point i would like it to be.

[FleaBass]

well heres the deal .. i was on vacation.. a logn while ago befor they were famous.. and i saw them at a bar.. and they had some people come up and touch the instruments.. so i got to go up and throw on a bass.. adn play soem like stp and me and the one guitarist did liek 2 min of bs riffs then i sat back down... lol i still consider that playign with them

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[GuitarMonky55]

THATS CRAZY!! who cares if they werent famous yet, they are my favorite band!! u SUCK

[FleaBass]

Originally posted by GuitarMonky55
THATS CRAZY!! who cares if they werent famous yet, they are my favorite band!! u SUCK

lol no i RULE!!!

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[GuitarMonky55]

i forever hate you unless you can find some way to hook me up with an expensive guitar

[FleaBass]

hate me if ya will.. ill jsut remember that when i become rich and famouse :D

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[popmusic_sux]

i dont hate you... maybe you could hook me up

[GuitarMonky55]

o yea well ill become rich and famous too, but ill be more richer and more famouser than you will be and then i will get my friend who is a large bald man with sunglasses to beat you up.

[popmusic_sux]

well if i know that in advance ill just avoid all bald fat men with sunglasses. simple enough...

[FleaBass]

haha i AM a tall bald man with sun glasses... 6-3 248 no hair and black glasses with flames on them...

:D

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[blondeel]

i started bass three months ago (played lots of guitar before) i dun rely no how i mesure my skill... The hardest song i can play is prob Around the world frm the peppers, dunno if thats good

[BassTallica]

around the world is a great song.. its up there when it comes to bass skill...
higher ground is ALOT harder to play nonstop though..
im sure if fleabass was still around he would tell ya the same :D

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[rhcp182]

higher ground has a cool intro though

:) we luv flea :)

well not all of us but u get the point

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by rhcp182
higher ground has a cool intro though

:) we luv flea :)

well not all of us but u get the point

whos not all of us?? :confused: :D

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[suppaenitetere]

Mabye its just me, but this post strikes me as an attempt at a modest version of "Whos got the bigger....?"

[punkrockguy318]

Anyway, going back on topic... I've been focussing on rhythm guitar for the year and a half that I've been playing, but I've recently been trying to work on some leads and improv. I can play blues, punk, jazz, folk, and metal chords. I'm getting kind of tired of chords, so I'm moving onto lead guitar. It's coming.. slowly. My fingers are sluggish, and they arent very dexterious (when I put my middle finger down, my pinkee comes up a little). I started a practice schedule to improve my leads, and if I stick to that for a while my leads will improve. i hope.

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by suppaenitetere
Mabye its just me, but this post strikes me as an attempt at a modest version of "Whos got the bigger....?"

well we all know thats a toss up between fretfire adn fizz... lol

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[faststarre]

Originally posted by suppaenitetere
Mabye its just me, but this post strikes me as an attempt at a modest version of "Whos got the bigger....?"

is the next word of that ego?...i would hope so at least ;)

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by faststarre
is the next word of that ego?...i would hope so at least ;)

of course not the last word is.. Belly.
whos got the bigger belly

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[bassplayer666]

I HAVE PRETY GIOOID SKILL, I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 4 YEARS OUT OF MY 13 YEAR LIFE, AND I ALSO PLAY UPRIGHT BASS 2 YEARSD BEFORE I STARTED PLAYING THE BASS GUITAR, SO BASICALLY I'VE BEENPAYNG FOR 6 YEARS. i CAN PLAY ALOT OR RHCP, RANCID, EAST NIRVANA FOR FUN, CHOKING VICTIM LIKE FIVE FINGERS DISCOUNT, I PLAY IT ALL BASICALLY

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by bassplayer666
I HAVE PRETY GIOOID SKILL, I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 4 YEARS OUT OF MY 13 YEAR LIFE, AND I ALSO PLAY UPRIGHT BASS 2 YEARSD BEFORE I STARTED PLAYING THE BASS GUITAR, SO BASICALLY I'VE BEENPAYNG FOR 6 YEARS. i CAN PLAY ALOT OR RHCP, RANCID, EAST NIRVANA FOR FUN, CHOKING VICTIM LIKE FIVE FINGERS DISCOUNT, I PLAY IT ALL BASICALLY

well thats not really ALL of it.. but it is a nice section of music

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[bassplayer666]

When i meant all i meant i wou;ld play anytype of music, i am willing to play anything, if u want punk i
'll play it, funk, hard rock, hardcore, emocore, metal, basically anything you want me to play,

Also why do u guys wanna be rich and famouse, its like my sister doesn; twnt that at all, shje wants yto be a starving artist where they just make enought for theere needs, thats all

[BassTallica]

would you play polka?? or country?? or south asian jungle beats??

i want to rich and famouse cause playing in front of a packed stadium has to be teh best thign ever then gettign wasted AND laid after the concert

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[bassplayer666]

oh ok, sounds good, yeah it probably is, eben a small packed house liek at a small gig must be fun also

[BassTallica]

hyea ive dones small shows with liek only 45 people there and its still great when the people sing along to the covers your playing

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