What's the appeal to play bass vs guitar

[gentle sierra]

Why not both are cool instruments

And both are very essential to many styles of music

[brittle herald]

some people like the sound or the songs they can play with it

[hallow ruin]

why play guitar over bass?

[brittle herald]

🍔

[gentle sierra]

Yes a guitar tuned to bass won’t sound like bass

I mean you haven’t given a “good” answer as to why guitar

Because that’s just your reasoning

“More options” what’s that

Also you said tones twice just reworded

And you have plenty creativity on bass

Look at les claypool

[hallow ruin]

and all that may not be appealing if the sound of a guitar and the role itself isnt as fun to someone as a bass

nobodys being aggressive tho?

[gentle sierra]

😡😡😡😡

[hallow ruin]

its just that ur reasonings just arent good

[gentle sierra]

Yeah it’s not lol

[hallow ruin]

bass is a different instrument entirely, the vibes different, roles different, play styles different

ur looking at it thru the lens of a guitar player

[gentle sierra]

Exactly

Biased as hell

[hallow ruin]

its like tryna reason why everyone should play guitar instead of sax

sax has less sounds

less options

less play styes

yet people love it

[gentle sierra]

It is

Compared two different instruments

[hallow ruin]

yeah, but bass is an entirely different instrument

[gentle sierra]

Ok so guitar or violin

[hallow ruin]

or even just classical guitar vs electric

[gentle sierra]

Or bass vs bass

[hallow ruin]

bass has its own thing going on that u cant achieve with guitar, and that “thing” can be a draw for a lot of people

its not apples to apples

[gentle sierra]

You can that is an actual thing

[barren rock]

irrelevant to conversation but yes, that’s what pizzicato is

[hallow ruin]

you think thats not what ur asking cus again ur putting guitar and bass on the same field like ur comparing a guitar to another guitar

bass is its own instrument

thats what u have to realize

[gentle sierra]

Yes (I used to play viola same thing just a 5th lower)

[hallow ruin]

the sound and groove

[gentle sierra]

Same appeal to play guitar it’s what they like the sound of

[hallow ruin]

i see a lot of people online who dont even play an instrument

its similar to how you think guitar sounds cooler

some people see bass slap funk shit and think its awesome

Flea from RHCP did it for a lot people

Primus

etc

you can play the same note as this on guitar

but it really lacks that groove

bass just does this shit better

its why bassists and drummers are kinda tapped in to each other like that in a band

theyre responsible for how the song flows and grooves, that aspect about is super appealing to some people

i would pick up bass myself too if i didnt alraedy spend so much money in guitar

[hallow ruin]

oh yeah btw

there are more songs in the world where you can play bass over

thats also another thing

a lot of songs already got the "main instrument" whether its piano or voices or some shit covered

you can't stuff guitar into every single song you come across

but bass? easily, just cus of its inherent role as an instrument

[rose gust]

https://youtu.be/A8tsX_zMJZQ?si=w_uAgtYYPCAK7CzW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI9eKBQrhSo&ab_channel=NateNavarro

https://youtu.be/w9XDUBDMNuk?si=rOnzlgM5iz3vG5NC

because guitar cant do this, because the method of playing is preferred by some.

When i went to music school, 28 guitarists enrolled that semester,
4 bassists,

there were songs the guitarists were impressed by that we had to play, because it would have been hard to play on guitar,

between geometry, sound, feel, technique,

the third video i pasted is the flecktones, a famous bassist plays here who you may not know,

as well as a famous banjo player bela fleck, who for this song uses a solid body electric banjo with an envelope filter

yes

he plays electric solid body banjo, they exist, they sound great,

then we have music theory

for electric instruments off the top of my head:

lowest to highest:

bass, baritone(yes), guitar, then banjo in the upper register

why does this matter?

imagine if a whole band played in the same octave

Ew

disgusting

remember all instruments are a life long journey,

if you want to play guitar, go ahead, we could use more bassists though,

there is no right answer, guitar, bass, clarinet,

what matters is the experience youve made with your choice, the time you put in grows your bond.

go pick

i can understand why youd ask, may i ask, do you mostly digest rock and metal?

😠

it was the top of the list

:)