question for guitarists

to anyone who plays bass

how would you compare it to the jazz double bass.
I have yeats of experience playing that big son of a bitch and I was wondering how a bass guitar would compare when t comes to play mechanics and structure?

If he dosent reply to this PM Verbatum and he could probably give you some feedback.

Hello!

First, your fingering technique will change in that the spacing between half steps are smaller on a bass guitar. Because of this, your scale patters and voicing will be different, not to mention that a Bass guitar is tuned in Perfect 4ths: E-A-D-G. You also have to consider the difference in positioning, in that physically you will be sutiated differently over the instument. You still have to deal with proper intonation and action, but it's actually less of a pain to handle on the Bass guitar. You will also have to deal with truss-rod adjustments, and there will be less worry about adequate moisture.

Hope this helps!!

See!? What did I tell ya.

Aside from the tuning and fingering methods, I'd say that scale plays the role of the biggest difference. As a guitarist, I find it much more comfortable to pick up an old short-scale bass than to pick up a standard long scale bass and start jamming on the spot. As verbatum also stated, the action needs to be properly set up (which only takes a few minutes) and is much more difficult to play a bass with messed up action than a guitar with messed up action. If you don't have a truss rod and your action is too far out of whack for any possible simple repair, you at least will always have a guitar or bass around to practice your slide techniques on.....but that's a whole 'nother story all together.

i wish i could give my fretless legs.

Verbatum said:

Hello!

First, your fingering technique will change in that the spacing between half steps are smaller on a bass guitar. Because of this, your scale patters and voicing will be different, not to mention that a Bass guitar is tuned in Perfect 4ths: E-A-D-G. You also have to consider the difference in positioning, in that physically you will be sutiated differently over the instument. You still have to deal with proper intonation and action, but it's actually less of a pain to handle on the Bass guitar. You will also have to deal with truss-rod adjustments, and there will be less worry about adequate moisture.

Hope this helps!!

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EXACTALY WHAT I THOUGHT
cool shifting on a double bass is very cumbersome so cool thanks