Wednesday 1 July 2009

Fishing For Bass Riffs


Hi all. Not many people would know but recently I've turned my hand to some bass playing. A friend of mine was looking for a bass player and I thought I'd put my hand up. While I've played guitar for the past 15 years, I've never really dabbled with the low-end, except for the odd tipple with JM Donellan's super bass rig during rehearsal back in the Geeban days.

Just wondering if any old bass hands (for some reason, the preceding words conjure images of people with bass for hands) could point me in the direction of some good bass riffs to practice, or any other tips, tricks and pointers. Furthermore, I'll probably need a good bass amp in the future - the one I have is pretty mediocre.

7 comments:

Andrew McMillen said...

If it's rock that you're into, Rage Against The Machine and Muse have written some clever, tricky lines that're well worth your attention.

Darragh said...

Ahh yeah, rage is a obvious choice though I hadn't thought about it. Thx!

kryz said...

when the hell did you get back? :D

Darragh said...

Dude, like in February! hahah

Anonymous said...

08 or 09?! haha. keep it real black man.

kryz said...

ps that was from me.

love,

kryz

Darragh said...

09. Hehe. Oh and I will keep it black. I'll channel the raw power of bootsy collins.