how guitar players turn into bass players 

Once you figure out that a bass line is basically a guitar solo that lasts the entire song and you don’t have to worry about the B string things go swimmingly

I have the luxury of being both. And yes, once the shirt comes off, you are officially in the Flea phase

How most bassists come to exist: "Well we already have two guitarists man, can you learn to play bass?"

I thought: "He's not a bass player, he's just another guitarist with a bass who will give us bad rap", until at day 4 he did that bass face. A true convert. You go, brother.

I love how you slap as far away from the fretboard as possible lol

My guitar teacher was a bassist himself and I loved Joy Division. Hearing those unique bass lines got me into playing bass and while I typically write on guitar, I'm much prouder of my bass playing. It's so much more fun and it just clicks with certain people. I was one of those people

The Flea thing got me laughing. As an incredibly average metalhead guitar player in the 90s I joined a band as a bass player. Other than the occasional out of key doodly doo I pretty much did nothing but play second guitar on bass. With a pick. And a distortion pedal. Loudly. Recorded a bunch of stuff and toured the country 4 times based on that. Edit: One more 'like' for the magic number.🤘👹🔥

I really wanted to be a guitar player until I played a bass through a full stack and it shook the entire room. Fell in love with it right away.

0:23 "will I be able to speak after a stiff drink"

I play both and bass is definitely the fun one. Can't describe why but it just feels therapeutic. The lower frequencies resonating through the wood, and the warmth of the sound. It's peaceful, even when it's at 200 bpm.

I didn't get into bass until after I played guitar for two decades. I just kinda found myself paying more attention to the basslines in songs and I really enjoyed them. Now I play bass about as much as I play guitar.

I had a bass for over a year now, maybe even two. Been a guitarist for 10 but i’m now starting to feel more and more like a bassist predominantly

Picked bass sounds rad as fuck and you cannot convince me otherwise.

I started off as a bass player as a teenager. Long story short: after developing both tendinitis in my fretting hand, and widespread chronic pain, I had to spend a few years not playing any musical instruments. Now, in the present, I’m comfortable solely being a multi-instrumentalist with limited chops, and a much better composer/songwriter. I’ll never forget the bass guitar though…. The bass is my second love, after the 5 string banjo! The thing guitarists need to understand about the bass, is that musicians like Les Claypool and Flea proved that it can do SO MUCH MORE than just play the root notes of any chord progression! But, jazz bassists have always known this secret 😂😂😂😂

just started playing bass for a friend’s band and i am in love with it. i’m lucky that his album has killer bass on it, so i’m learning really solid and fun stuff out of the gate i think it would be way less fun if i was coming up with it myself right now, i really didnt know how creative you can be! also goddamn is it getting my arpeggios on point lol

This happened to me. One day a friend asked me if I'd fill in and play bass for his show and next thing you know I'm now a bass player for 3 bands. To be honest I really enjoy it!

I was a guitarist who was surrounded by great guitarists and just wanted to make music. No bass players around. At least not good ones. So the drummer in the band we were starting had a 5 string Ibanez chunky boy I played. I fell in love with the instrument. I often had folks comparing me to players like Les Claypool and others I never heard of. I sat down and listened to those bands and was feeling great about myself. I didn’t think I was anywhere near as good as those guys but it was nice that others thought so. To this day I take what I learned from bass and apply it to my guitar style. I’m not amazing but surely unique.

In high school I played guitar, and played up till about a year and a half ago when my two buddies from that band decided to do some originals. We never really had a steady bass player. So, I decided to pick up the bass. And, I glad I did. Not only is it fun and rewarding hearing the music we are creating, but I'm loving being the bass player. We have a full sound, just the three of us! Since we are old now, it's the way we are gonna go out! so to speak!

I love playing both Guitar and Bass, I main guitar but it's nice to have variety to keep you interested in music.

It's funny, I was never into bass until I started performing my own bass parts in the songs I wrote. I wrote bass lines but usually I just put them in as synths. I finally started recording them myself and it's so much fun!!

I switched over to bass, and i have never been more musically happy

me who's been playing guitar for 10 years: hey this band Bell Witch is pretty cool, how are they getting that tone? Bell Witch: its literally a tri-amped 6 string bass me: omg i love bass now

hang in there man its a great instrument. the acoustic guitar and the bass are my favs!

Love how the shirt comes off after you get into slap.

You dont choose the bass, it chooses you.

I haven’t started my flea phase, I haven’t left my Roger Waters phase. I’ve been playing Money and Echoes for like 4 days straight

As soon as i got a bass in my hands i thought damn this shit kinda fire and never looked back

played guitar for 11 years, fked about on a bass one time at a friends house, discovered slap and never went back to guitar. Now i spend my time converting old guitar riffs i knew in to slap bass riffs

I never left the flea phase. I still can’t help but slap out the intro to Higher Ground (love the cover of the great Stevie Wonder) every time I plug in. It’s ritual.

"Token you play bass!" "But Cartman I cannot play bass!" "Token! You are black, so you can play bass!"😂

I went from guitarists to bassist in my early journey (still play both) with bands, but then when people found out I could do crazy metal vocals/“Scream” and do nasty deep long gutturals and had crazy range with mids and highs and could “tunnel throat” before it was a common thing, I was forever forced to do vocals lmao so now I’m a bedroom player as my voice is my instrument and has been for almost 20 years when working with other musicians. I gained a reputation in my local area. When people asked if I wanted to “jam” what it meant was, we dont know any good vocalists, we need you for that role. All because I had to start belting out parts to bands like Whitechapel, I Declare War, Beneath The Sky, etc. on a road trip. Sucks being forced into Some roles because everyone plays instruments, but not many learn vocals.

From my own experience from a guitar player only to now a guitar and bass player becoz of a band, this is so TRUE. Now I love playing both guitar and bass

I became a bass player because most of the bands I were in could never find good or dependable bass players... Bass was easy to play but very hard to master. A bass player's state of mind is focused on the groove, locked in (MOSTLY) with the drummer.... I had to change my state of mind, my thinking and "being" with music and truthfully, it was the best thing I ever did...😊

To complete the Flea Transition, you just need a strap long enough to get the bass down around your knees.

Bro a guitarist can never go without also playing a bass it's too damn fun bro.

the bass is rhythm section with drums an accompany instrument with guitar also makes bass players seethe

bass is a ton of fun & easier to sing with just like that badass Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy!

Take them trousers of then you be in flee phase

The last scene is hilarious.

Although the most common was is being told they aren't good enough to play guitar in a band but they could play bass.

LOL, I love playing both. the crazy thing is now on guitar, I'm so heavy handed since I grew up playing bass, so I'm refining those skills. I think it's cool to play both because there's more jam session options. I'm learning piano now to and that's a lot of fun too!

I started on guitar but I would love to play bass as well.

There are many advantages as a guitarplayer to play bass on the side, the functionality of the bass is quite interesting.

I remember just how fun and painful my flea phase was haha

Superb! Charming humor as well. Applause, applause!

Just bought my first bass a few weeks ago, been playing guitar for 3 years. It's really fun but I quickly miss my effects...

Do one on bass player who learned guitar. It actually improved my base playing a lot by giving me a lot more speed and dexterity as i switched between fret boards. Naturally I also fret extremely aggressive on guitar because fuck it.

Bro I love playing Bass I can totally jam my way , my groove the whole song or I can just play the 8th notes and let my body do all the grooving part! So much freedom!

You're going to get it. Hang in there.

This video reminds me of that bass guy😂

I want to see the Cliff Burton phase

This is so accurate

Yup, everyone in the band wanted to be the guitar player. Including me. But once I heard Fieldy and Les Claypool... I'm unstoppable baby!!!!🤘😈

That baseline sounds like Hey You by the Pixies!

I just heard Les Claypool, Peter Hook, Ben Shepperd, Thundercat, Andy Rourke, Simon Gallup, Steve Severin and ppl alike and I just know that owning a bass would make me a happy guy (saying this as a guitarist). P.s: and I'm probably forgetting a thousand more great bassists I love

See you around when you hit your John Entwistle phase 🔥

Haha, the Flea phase - when you get itchy fingers from the bass bugs in your sonic bed, symptoms are sweating and that characteristic Bassface :) Going through similar at the moment with my first bass. A Squier CV Mustang, which I'm getting on well with the lighter flatwound strings (La Bella Deep Talkin Bass 760 MUS) and shorter scale. I think the key for me enjoying it is a reasonably good amp so you feel as well as hear it. I got an Ampeg Micro VR with a pair of SVT210AV cabs. Changing the fan for a Noctua now, with a 24-12V convertor and the rubber dampers to quieten the fan for recording. Bass amps generally cost a bit more than the a guitar amp, because they need more power, bigger heavier drivers and cabs. Closed box 2 x 10", like that or the Ampeg Rocket 210, are a good compromise for guitarists used to melodic midrange, tight sounding, but still with decent power. A compressor, for evenness, and a tuneable bass dual drive with EQ, like the Darkglass ones helps a lot too, to get the melodic midrange to poke out. I use a Darkglass Hyperliminal Comp into a Darkglass Alpha Omega preamp/drive. I like to shape the sound, just like you would with a guitar, but in a different way that takes your ear time to adjust to. After that, really enjoying Octave pedals like the MXR Poly Blue Octave and KMA Queequeeg 2 into a Green Russian fuzz. Next, I would like a Mutron, or clone.

bro this is exactly what happened to me in middle school band, bass is so much cooler

It's all about that bass. No treble.

You’re the bus driver now. You control everything. It’s insane how much control you actually have. If your guitar player hits an A minor chord and you play an F under him it’s no longer A minor now it’s F major 7. Have fun.

the power of slap is irresistible

The "it's safe to same I've entered my Flea phase" while being suddenly shirtless killed me.

Slap a da bass man. The world needs more bass players . This should the global ad campaign for recruiting new bass players 😂

I just lol’d at the end. Good video man!

Literally just switched from guitar to bass today

I learned bass because I loved watching guys like Larry Graham do these amazing things on an instrument. 9/10 I am not doing those things I thought I would be doing when started to learn bass.

Bass ties rhythm to song chord structure, it has both. It's glue, or perhaps the cheese in a cheeseburger, wedding meat to bun? Particularly during guitar solos, it keeps the actual song going. Otherwise the guitarist might not know when to stop! lol

Bro bass is so so so groovy baby

..it's safe to say that I've entered my Mark King phase.

"ive entered my flea phase" *takes off shirt immedietly* accurate.

ha ha ha ha ha. when you cut to that last scene with no shirt i lost it.

this is the most relatable video I´ve seen

This is exactly how it went for me. Played guitar for 10 years, decided to learn bass. I learned how to slap day 2 and was immediately a bass player.

Guitarists turn into bassists when an amplifier breaks down at a concert and can no longer be heard.

Lol, "Flea Phase", shirt off. 😆. That was great.

As James Brown once said, " THAT'S NOT A BASS GUITAR THATS A DRUM! "

Bass Player: Writes a solo Rest of Band: Puts it on the refrigerator

Macca did and he turned out pretty good.

Usually I just pick up a bass and add it to my songs if it happens to need a bass part, but like... I picked one up again today for the first time in years and am considering actually learning it. I can't tell if I'm bored or having fun lol. At least it's a lot easier to learn once you know the guitar.

Flea phase now that's commitment to the bit

A bass player is ALWAYS WANTED! Play BASS NOW! WOO WOO

my thing has always been playing arpeggios and hammering notes on and pulling notes off in key, in either 1/4, 1/8, or triplets. As long as it adds up to 1 full bar, I’m a bass player 😂

For me. Justin Chancellor was the one bassist that made me pick up the instrument on the side (since I already played guitar and drums so why not..)

The Flea Phase is what you live for.

Bass players are always the coolest member of the band… so there’s that…

"I entered my flea stage" *Unexpected expected topless bass playing*

love electric bass, double bass(their sounds especially of the 2nd one) but NO i dont leave guitars :P

I picked up the bass because of primus. Within 2 months of starting I could already play tommy the cat. Then i had a flu and somehow lost most of the dexterity in my right hand when slapping lol

“Can’t use a pick” Some of the best bassists around used picks.

ahaha!!! It's a great video and a "Flea Phase" made me laugh

I've started incorporating alot of bass lines into all my accoustic guitar playing of any genre so this is correct

Haha I’ve been playing a week but still on day 3 metaphorically haha. pick & 8th notes all the way….(I admire all levels of bass playing, just enjoying where I’m at)

Please make a tutorial on slapping. I don't care if there are others on RU-vid I'm sure your video will be simpler and better.

When I started playing bass, I played with the pick. But then I lost it…😢

I've been playing guitar for about 3 years, almost 4 i think. I recently got a bass tho, because Jason Newsted is a fucking badass and made me want to play it lol. (And yes, I use a pick- fight me 😂) But yeah man, once I realized the bass is sometimes playing something else entirely than what the guitars are doing, i found that extremely interesting and thats what kinda hooked me tbh. Still love playing guitar, don't get me wrong- but man bass just feels powerful sometimes. I still can't decide what I like better, but I'll probably go for the bass position once i get in a band- because honestly there's really too many wanna-be-the-next-EVH guitar players out there lmao. Bass is pretty chill and a much more needed position, and besides a good bass player can make so much of a difference in a bands sound. I don't care much for recognition, I just care for music, and as long as i can play it and have fun doing it, then hey, I'm happy 🤷‍♂️🤘

You’ve blown my cover! Whyyy!!!?!?!

I bought a guitar case. But when it arrived it was a bass case. Rather than waste the money on sending the case back, I bought a bass and bass amp. I’m learning Primus now. Big brown beaver!

Virgin single instrument users vs Based multi instrumentalists

Best bass player I have ever known only plays with a pick

I only started on guitar because my mom didn't know the difference between it and bass.