Is it true that bass players are failed guitarists?
Now I’ve stopped laughing I’ll try to answer this one. No, of course it’s not true. Bass guitar is an entirely different instrument. Every guitarist can pick up a bass and get a simple tune out of it, whereas bass players can’t do the same in reverse and play simple chords on guitar as they have never had to learn them. So, a lot of guitarists mistakenly assume that the bass is a far easier instrument to play. However, getting a simple tune out of a bass is very different to playing it properly, like a bass player. As I was initially a bass player, who moved onto guitar at a later date and have continued to play both I hope I’m in a position to compare the two impartially. In my opinion, when guitarists who are not experienced bass players pick up a bass, they often tend to play it like a guitarist. What I mean is that the rhythmical side of bass playing is sometimes very different than that of guitar playing and guitarists have a habit of completely missing that difference and often o
