# Any bass Players? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996 "2012-05-23T22:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/1 "2012-05-23T22:45:47Z")
I have recently started playing bass and wondered if there were any other low-end enthusiasts out there! Lets have a discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Canadian\_Caribou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@Canadian\_Caribou](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Canadian_Caribou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/2 "2012-05-24T01:19:23Z")
Bass is in my top two favorite instruments. Jazz is my favorite to play on bass. ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/3 "2012-05-24T16:55:09Z")
I enjoy playing Rush (among other things) ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/4 "2012-05-24T21:25:24Z")
I play mostly jazz and funk. Great instrument. ---
**Author:** ![xXYoYo888Xx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xxyoyo888xx/32/851_2.png) [@xXYoYo888Xx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xXYoYo888Xx)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/5 "2012-05-27T08:54:54Z")
I recently started a few months ago. I love playing reggae with my brothers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/6 "2012-05-27T13:26:43Z")
Reggae bass is some really cool stuff indeed. ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/7 "2012-05-28T11:14:05Z")
I’ve just started to take up bass. I’m pretty much doing it for marching band since they needed a bass player. Should be pretty fun. ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/8 "2012-05-28T17:50:06Z")
> [@Puffpwn](#): > > I enjoy playing Rush (among other things) Yes, but can you sing, play bass, and keyboards at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/9 "2012-05-28T18:22:14Z")
I can’t sing, but I do play Emerson on keys :wink: Piano was my first instrument, and I can play this, I just haven’t made a video yet. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MlgNQkHl0Y) ---
**Author:** ![cdd1983](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cdd1983/32/780_2.png) [@cdd1983](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cdd1983)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/10 "2012-05-28T18:39:55Z")
Guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, banjo, harmonica, uke, and percussion. Music is awesome!! ---
**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/11 "2012-05-28T19:01:49Z")
I have 9 bass guitars, I love them. But, I play the bass like it’s a lead instrument…I play melodies on it, sometimes basslines, but not as much really. I’m on my own planet with it. ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/12 "2012-05-28T21:44:53Z")
^^ I feel like doing this sometimes as well. I like Geddy Lee and Chris Squire because they tend to play more interesting melodic parts. ---
**Author:** ![cdd1983](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cdd1983/32/780_2.png) [@cdd1983](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cdd1983)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/13 "2012-05-28T23:30:24Z")
Being a lead guitar player first and foremost all of my bass playing is melodic with a lot of fast arpeggio and scale based stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/14 "2012-05-29T14:49:20Z")
My favorite bass player will probably always be Jaco Pastorius. ---
**Author:** ![cdd1983](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cdd1983/32/780_2.png) [@cdd1983](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cdd1983)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/15 "2012-05-29T15:01:12Z")
> [@JonasK](#): > > My favorite bass player will probably always be Jaco Pastorius. Hes pretty awesome. Victor Wooten is probably one of the best around too. If you haven’t heard him you should check it out. Hes a regular with Bela Fleck and hes done plenty of other solo and session wotk too. ---
**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/16 "2012-05-29T23:34:00Z")
I have so many favorites. I also enjoy Jaco and Victor, but I’m also in awe of Stu Hamm with the stuff he does playing the bass as a lead. Victor was really good live when I saw him with Marcus Miller and Stanley Clarke on tour for that album they recorded together. That must have been a first, three well known bass players recording an album together. Pretty cool. Check out some of the DVDs of Victor…you can probably find a lot of that stuff on Youtube, but he’s indeed a genius. I have to admit that I’m not into the “thumping” stuff he does too much, using the bass to make percussion sounds, but that version of Amazing Grace he does is fantastic…a classic. What bass are you guys playing? My favorite so far is my Warwick Corvette and I play with my MK Traveler bass as a novelty…it’s just a cool little toy. I have a bunch of others, but my top 3 are the Warwick, MK Traveler, and a Fender Victor Bailey acoustic. ---
**Author:** ![cdd1983](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cdd1983/32/780_2.png) [@cdd1983](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cdd1983)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/17 "2012-05-30T05:00:40Z")
Due to the fact that bass is a secondary instrument for me I just have an old beat up fender jazz. I want to pickup a six string to mess with though. ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/18 "2012-05-30T20:05:23Z")
Playing a Warwick Corvette myself. Planning to get a Fender Jazz. Those basses are just so good to play on, and they sound great. ---
**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/19 "2012-05-31T00:39:28Z")
That Warwick is heavy too…sounds great, but very heavy. I wish I had more time to play. I have a lot of hobbies, so I have to spread myself thin with everything. Then…there’s work that gets in the way of me doing a lot of things I want to do. Sometimes I just play along with a drum machine, and I have a drum machine that has basslines included with the preset beats. I’m able to take the basslines out and play my own, or I can keep them in and play the melody parts as lead instead. That’s a fun way to play. I also have a loop station, and I’m able to just layer different parts until I have a whole song. I’ll play a bassline and loop that, then I’ll play the melody parts…that’s fun too. I like to play the whole song with just bass except for the percussion. Hope that all made sense, but the little toys that go with the bass are also pretty cool. Tell me some of you guys effects units and stuff you like to use for your bass…I might get something new soon. ---
**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996/20 "2012-06-04T19:02:46Z")
Before this thread dies, I have to mention that I had a nice jam session with Fellavader and Mgiroux Saturday. We all had fun, those two on guitar, me on bass, and the drum machine was the drummer lol. I was rusty, but we sounded good. Me and Fellavader were talking about how yo-yos can bring cool people together. Fellavader seem more rock/metal, Mgiroux more rock/blues and I’m the hiphop/r&b/reggae type. We all vibed though…great time. I brought my Schecter stilleto cause it travels well. 🙂 [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-bass-players/37996.md?page=2)