Posts Tagged ‘Bass Guitar Package’
I don’t know about you but I love most types of music. From classical to rock I can always find something interesting in most kinds of music.
Songs that really get me going are the ones with the bass guitar playing more than just root notes. When ever I get a chance to watch a group play, I not only listen to themusic, I am also watching them to see how they play. By this I mean their style, using me for an example I am an OK bass guitar player but I lack style. Style is something the best bass guitar package can’t give you, like me you might be able to play but you don’t have that charisma that makes people notice you.
If you grew up in the 60’s like I did you grew up listening to the sounds of music coming from the newly formed Motown record label. The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Miracles and Stevie Wonder were among the top music acts at the time.
Did you know allot of the songs done by these artists and others were backed up musically by the bass guitarof James Jamerson and the rest of The Funk Brothers. The Funk Brothers were Motowns’ session musicians who recorded on most of the songs recorded at Motown. Other guitar players for The Funk Brothers were Robert White, Eddie Willis, and Joe Messina.
One could say that Jamersons’ influential bass style was ahead of time. You can hear him playing on songs like “Shotgun” by Jr. Walker & The Allstars, “My Girl” sung by The Temptations, ”Dancing In The Street”, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”, and “For Once In My Life” just to name a few. His favorite bass guitar package was not a guitar package at all, it was a stock Fender bass guitar.
I have been blogging for some time now and it’s no secret my favorite instrument is the bass guitar. It is for this reason that I have come up with what I like to call my favorite bass guitar package, which is my favorite bass guitar players.
I put Paul McCartney at the beginning of my list. His early songs with The Beatles revolutionized the way bass guitar is played. His style wasn’t flashy but his bass lines were, he employed a bass style that made me say to myself, hey I can do that, and I did.
James Jamerson is another one that let his bass guitar do his talking for him. He was basically a session musician who played on just about every famous song that came out of Motown along with The Funk Brothers. His bass playing some suggest is what molded Motown into the power house it was to become. He like McCartney got away from just playing root notes and bass patterns that were repetitive, in its place he would play a bass guitar that was more improvisational, “For Once In My Life” by Stevie Wonder is a great example of this.
I love playing bass guitar. When I’m not playing music I am usually listening to music. I love watching a bands live performances, as I watch I find myself checking out the bass players bass guitar package.
The evolution of electric guitars has been incredible, and bass is right there with the electrics. I find it fascinating because I think I have a certain guitar figured out then I find out it is a custom high end knock-off.
In my mind there’s nothing better in music than a great bass line being played with just the right bass and amp combo. Whenyou listen to the song as a whole the bass is like the glue, it holds the entire song together.
Are you an advanced guitar player, or maybe someone who is just starting out? No matter what your skill level electric guitar packages are something you need to know about.
When I started playing in the 60’s there was no Internet to keep me informed on what I needed to complete my bass guitar package. I was in my teens when I purchased my first bass guitar and it wasn’t until I got it home that I realized I needed a bass amplifier. After I got my amplifier and could hear what I was playing, I realized I need some kind of a tuner or in those days a pitch pipe.
I guess you see where I’m heading with this. Today everything is available in an electric guitar package, plus if you get the right package you will receive other things you will ultimately need also. So check out some guitar packages, you’ll find they come in a range of prices to cover any budget.
After playing guitar for a while you sometimes start to feel a little stagnant. Doing the same thing everyday, playing the same electric guitar all the time can get a little boring and lead you to become less interested in your music career. The same idea goes for playing bass guitar, sometimes the feel of a new instrument brings new life to your creativity.
To renew your interest why not set your sights on a new electric guitar package, or bass guitar package. With so many different styles to choose from pick one that is different from your first guitar. You’ll find all styles of guitars don’t play the same, while one may sound good on one song another will sound good on a different song. Bass guitars players will find different style pick-ups on different style bass guitars that will lend towards them having a different sound.
Don’t overlook the possibility that a different guitar or bass amplifier will also bring a different sound to renew your musical interests.
You don’t have to be the best guitarist in the world to be in a band. Being in a band doesn’t mean you have to play gigs either.
Starting a band is really quite simple, find a couple of people with their own electric guitar packages, get a bass player with his own bass guitar package, get yourself a drummer and you have yourself a band. If you know someone who plays keyboards invite them to sit in.
As far as what songs to play what I did with my first band is everyone in the band contributed with song and styles that they were into, we didn’t even have sheet music, one person would know the chords and yell them out as we went along. As we went on when someone came in with an idea for a song at the end of practice we would make the announcement learn this song by the next time we meet. At the nest session we would play the song, it needed some polish but for the most part the system we had worked.
The biggest thing to remember when forming a band is to have fun with it, your not doing it as a profession. One other thing is, it’s alright to make mistakes, it’s things like that that will make you better as you go on.
Did you ever purchase something just to find out you need something else to make it work properly? Like buying a hockey puck without a stick, or a hockey stick without a puck. How about purchasing an IPOD alone that didn’t come with ear buds or some other device to produce the sound.
The same thing applies to purchasing a guitar. Whether it be an electric guitar, or even an electric bass guitar, without an amplifier the results would be same you can practice for yourself with the guitar but it would be awfully hard to hear anything without a bass amplifier or guitar amplifier.
From a logic’s stand point it makes much more sense to purchase an electric guitar package or a bass guitar package. Your wallet will thank you for this also as it is less expensive to buy a bass or electric guitar package. Along with an amplifier you would receive a guitar tuner ( also a necessity ), your guitar isn’t any good if it is not in tune ( bet you didn’t even think about that one ),
Now that you have learned how to adjust the saddles on your new bass guitar you should take the following steps to set what is called intonation. Intonation is the term that refers to the open note on each string should be the same as the note on the 12th fret.
This is not as scary as it sounds, and like adjusting the saddles on the bridge is a very easy fix. At the very end of the bridge there are screw adjustments that will draw the string either in or out to adjust the intonation.
You will need a philips screwdriver and a bass guitar tuner like the one you received with your bass guitar package. Place your tuner on the head of your bass guitar and play the open string, lets say the A string tune the string so that it is dead on then play the note on the 12th fret, the notes should be the same, if they are not in tune adjust the screw until they are the same. After you are done with the first string do the same thing with the rest.
You have already purchased a bass guitar package and have had it for a while. You’ve practiced everyday and have become fairly proficient at it and are ready to take the next step, however you’re not sure what wether to try another style of bass guitar, or get a bigger bass amplifier.
Why choose, consider the advantages of having both another style bass guitar, and another amplifier. With the right bass guitar package you can have both. As with electric guitars all bass guitars don’t play alike, or sound alike. Having another style bass guitar gives you the flexibility to experiment between the two when your playing a song, you might like the sound of one over the other, or the feel of one over the other.
When looking for another bass guitar package look for one with a different size amplifier than that of the one you already have. Again this gives you more flexibility, let’s say you already had a 10w bass amplifier and have now picked up a 20w amplifier, you can either play either bass guitar with either of the amps or you can treat one amp as a pre-amp. This is achieved by running one cable from your bass to the first amp (lets say the 10w bass amp), next you would run another cable from the headphones jack of the first amp to the input jack of the second amp. (by the way the second cable you get along with the 2nd bass package). Don’t be afraid to experiment with it that’s how the professionals get their sound.