The Bass Guitar
The bass guitar has always been a very important part of a band but has always been overshadowed by the lead guitarist and singer. Paul McCartney, although not really a talented bassist by today’s standards, did create some quite complicated bass lines (i.e. Come Together and Helter Skelter) for that time. But he was only ever really praised for his singing and song writing abilities. With the creation of Funk in the 70s, the bass guitar suddenly found itself swapping roles with the lead guitar as the driving force behind songs, while the guitar was mainly just used for rhythm. Funk bands that incorporate both guitarist and bassist well are Incubus and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Well, mostly the early stuff of both bands. As we enter the new millennium musicians are experimenting in different ways with the bass for new inventive sounds. It is definitely a great instrument that should not be underestimated and just pinned as a band's ‘undertone’. I call for more bass solos and lead riffs.
posted by Rock Daze at 6:36 PM
3 Comments:
bass is the bom honestly we do rock some serious shit ay and respect to all the pros and gods of this awsome weapon of sound ay restecpa to all solo bassists they create a name for us there should be more bassists doing the solo shit u can get some good funk shit crackin!!!!! peaceout
Oh yes - great bassists rule! In addition to the jazz-rock player with the Flektones, check out Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson and Jaco Pastorius (sadly no longer with us). Alphonso and Jaco both played with the jazz-rock ensemble, Weather Report. Noone ever told Stanley and Jaco they were'nt the lead guitar.
yeah maybe i will do a best bass players of all time one day
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