bass guitar

Does anything differ? Sound Quality maybe? My reason for asking is i've been playing bass guitar for a few years and I'm going to play electric guitar once I get my new Fender. I already have a bass amp and don't want to spend too much more money. Would my Fender sound good with my bass amp and an electric guitar cabinet hooked up to it? Thanks in advance.

me thinks, it wouldnt.
i probably would play but since the bass amp is configured to play an octave lower than an electric guitar, you might have some volume issues.
just adding an electric cabnet, give you more speakers, noe the capability to play and electric clearly.
if you still wanna use the cabnet, go out and buy a head unit, it doesnt have to be top of the range Marshall equipment, but if i were you i would.

good luck.......

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i really want to learn bass guitar. any good basses i could get?
if it helps i would most likely cover beatles, patd, mcr, fob songs on it. thanks.

ok get the Ibanez gsr200
its is an awsome beginner bass, i have one, it looks amazing, plays smoothly, and is only $200, get this bass!!!

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I've come up with some of my own songs for acoustic guitar, and I don't know how to add music for a bass player. I want to jam some of my own songs with people, but how can I write stuff to include bass players?

For example, say I write an easy I IV V blues progression in G major. What tips should I take into account for the bass players out there?

I would say to stick with the root notes and maybe the fifth notes or octaves to keep it funky....but ignore any color tones (7th 9th etc). So you'd write G C D.

Most players read tablature or you could just leave it as G,C,D

Most bass players are pretty good at hearing the song and picking up on the correct groove. Just make sure they know they key of the song and let things just fall in place.

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I usually play acoustic or electric guitar, and I have calluses from that. However, about every other week I fill in playing Bass guitar in a band, and about two hours into playing (out of about 4 hours) my fingers begin to kill. Obviously, I could play the Bass more often, and build up calluses in the areas where the strings touch, but I don't really have the ambition to do that. So I was wondering if anyone had any temporary remedies, such as tape or whatever?

As you pointed out, the obvious best way to cure this is to play bass more often and build up callouses on your finger tips, however, there are a few things that might help you out.
I play bass, and I used to have a problem with my fingertips blistering during practises or at gigs. An old friend and long time pro bass player told me this tip.
I will take a bottle of super glue with me to practises and on each finger, I put a couple of drops on the tip and rub it against my thumb in a circular motion, trying to completely cover the finger tip. Make sure you don't stay in contact too long because if they stick they're a pain in the back side to get apart. The super glue gives your fingers a rough finish and hardens them up. You can even put multiple layers on for more protection. Once you've finished, the glue will wear off, or you can just hold them under hot water and use soap.
Sounds strange, but that's my tip. Works for me!

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I'm a beginning bass guitar student. My goal is ultimately to use the bass guitar as a lead or solo instrument. I only found two books that give the scores for popular songs, made just for the bass guitar. I'm tired of playing basslines only, I want to play the melody of the song using the bass. The only books that I found with the song melodies are of Christmas Carols. I love those books, but want to find more. Does anyone know of any more books like these?

Most bass players' primary goal is to play with other people, in bands, and in a band, a bass player's role isn't to play the melody, its to work with the drummer to provide the rhythmic and harmonic groove for the band. So there's not likely to be a lot of instructional material for melodic solo bass out there.

My recommendation would be to forget about finding bass guitar books, learn to read standard notation in treble clef (TONS of material available for melody instruments in treble clef) and adapt or transpose the melodies onto bass yourself. Or learn to figure stuff out for yourself by ear.

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Hey, I'm teaching myself bass guitar, and I really want to learn guitar. Would it be better to focus on the bass till I get better, then start learning guitar, or start teaching myself guitar while continuing teaching myself bass. Please don't say I need to start off on guitar. Any tips? Thanks.

stick to bass. it's way cooler and alot more fun.

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