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how many bass folks are playing other instruments?

bastardo23	Date: May 28, 2004 @ 10:52 AM simple enough. i play some guitar, keyboard, drums, clarinet and violin. all of which he does with extreme mediocrity.
sqrlcub	Date: May 28, 2004 @ 12:03 PM I play around a handful competently. The bass was my first instrument that I really sat down and learned (upright and bass guitar). Let's see, I play the recorder family (6 instruments, 2, well 2 and a half if you consider that the sopranino in C doesn't have the upper range of the others, fingerings), Shawm family (similar fingerings to the recorder but with a double reed), classical guitar (my main instrument), Lute (was my secondary), Theorbo (it is like a harp Lute), Keyboard (you have to learn to play in music school), Viola da gamba family (it's like a medieaval cello, kind of... 3 instruments), and a few others. I can fiddle around and play simple melodies on most of the instruments out there with varying degrees of creativity. For example, I can play the snare drum and congas and such but am not creative on them at all. I have to read the music to do anything interesting there.
jsklbrd	Date: June 5, 2004 @ 1:23 AM me
SoulBeats	Date: June 5, 2004 @ 5:08 AM I play drums pretty good (much better than bass) and then guitars which are pretty much same level as my bass playing. Maybe better. Then keyboards which I play better than bass and guitar, but not as good as drums so... 1. Drums 2. Keyboard 3. Bass/Guitar
Miniature	Date: June 5, 2004 @ 6:59 AM Piano, Upright, Bass, Guitar, Violin, Organ, Drums (i can play simple stuff)...
Vickxxx	Date: June 9, 2004 @ 5:13 PM bass for the main course, guitar for dessert, and keys as the after dinner mint.........
tplyons	Date: June 27, 2004 @ 3:33 PM Started on alto sax ten years ago, switched primarilly to tenor sax three years ago, had my stints on soprano and bari saxes. Play clarinet every now and then, plan to learn flute half-assed this summer. I play primarilly electric bass and double bass. A bit of acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin and ukelele are toys for the future. I play harmonica and didgeridoo for fun, and I'm not that good. This summer is the summer I learn drums and keyboards. Whew.
meisdead	Date: June 28, 2004 @ 5:36 PM i play bass, acoustic and electric guitar,trombone, and a little piano too.very little piano.lol
DaveHall	Date: September 4, 2004 @ 1:19 PM I've been playing Drums since I was 3. Fooled around on Grandmas piano growing up, and started playing guitar and bass at 17. At 23, I bought a Roland JX3P and started playing keyboards more seriously. At 30 I began playing the mandolin, because I have always loved the instrument from listening to old Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin, and Heart. My wife got me electric violin 2 years ago, But I'm still unable to create anything unoffensive as of yet!
Jennae	Date: September 4, 2004 @ 5:12 PM bass, guitar, piano/keys, trombone banjo for a spell
DeltaF86	Date: September 5, 2004 @ 11:44 AM Bass, guitar, drums/percussion(marching & concert), FLStudio.
Luke19Boarder	Date: September 8, 2004 @ 5:49 PM I've played bass for about 3 and a half years. I just got an electric guitar a week ago ... so I guess I kinda play that too.
imemine	Date: September 8, 2004 @ 6:13 PM Yep! Jack of all trades, master of none. (not even the bass anymore) Damn those tiny little strings!
woordenboek	Date: February 27, 2005 @ 7:26 AM i play: -bass -trumpet -saxophone (alt, tenor, bariton) -piano -drums -clarinet and i'm learning bagpipes at the moment
Bunghole44	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 4:57 PM Well, you can assume that everyone who plays bass can play guitar, just not well, ya know?
machinehead5	Date: March 11, 2005 @ 8:07 PM I play bass, and i little bit of drums, i can keep a simple beat... nothing special... also dabble in Electric Guitar, but i think i really suck at it... I can play Acoustic a tad bit better though...
MuddCell	Date: July 24, 2005 @ 12:02 PM Piano Drums Anything with strings lol
zedsalt	Date: July 24, 2005 @ 12:18 PM Have you ever noticed that when a band has an arranger and/or a member who plays a variety of other instruments, his/her "usual" spot in the band is as bassist? I play bass (fretless electric four-string), guitar (6 and 12 str. acoustic, six string electric, lap steel and Nashville strung), keys (piano, organ, synth, melodica, melodica basso...or would you consider those last two "winds"?), winds (arghul, recorder, didj, tinwhistle, pennywhistle, and harmonica), electric tenor banjo, mandolin, Polka-Lay-Lee, a variety of percussion...I feel like I'm forgetting something, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
BOWILLIE	Date: July 24, 2005 @ 10:22 PM as a live band.i too am bass player..strat fender bass.. allthough i can play guitar rythme or lead work just fine..i perfere bass..
blueyes2112	Date: July 26, 2005 @ 2:17 PM my other half is a bassist and only a bassist!
Intergalacti...	Date: July 27, 2005 @ 11:39 AM bass drums guitar keyboard bit of horn bit of cello sort of not so good at the whole stroking it with whatever its called, the same with double bass and a bit of singin
shouhei	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 11:26 AM I play bass and tabla, sooner or later I'll learn more instruments when I have the money.
MuddCell	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 11:58 AM "Have you ever noticed that when a band has an arranger and/or a member who plays a variety of other instruments, his/her "usual" spot in the band is as bassist?" Zedsalt, I totally agree with you!
zedsalt	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 1:15 PM It's just a statistical point of interest that I noticed. Keyboardists would probably be a close second.
Intergalacti...	Date: September 4, 2005 @ 2:54 PM Yeah I see where your comin from as well
evansorchid	Date: September 6, 2005 @ 9:57 AM 'how many bass folks are playing other instruments?' Duh.... Ask the same question about guitarists and you get a blank stare. hehe
JaccoGardner	Date: September 6, 2005 @ 10:03 AM I play bass as main instrument in my band and sing too but when I record on my own I play piano, organs, guitar, violin, flute and some percussion things like tamborin or jambe and the drums are fruityloops
zedsalt	Date: September 6, 2005 @ 12:58 PM My first instrument was the guitar (unless you count vocals), then trombone, then harmonica, then recorder, then keys, THEN bass...etc., etc., etc.
Intergalacti...	Date: September 9, 2005 @ 8:38 PM my firsxt was piano guitar cornet vox recorder bass drums
celtaidd	Date: October 29, 2005 @ 8:45 AM Bass first then guitar and now ..... Drum machine
ZsigE	Date: October 29, 2005 @ 7:48 PM Being a solo artist, there's not much choice. This is a problem, given that bass is the only thing I can play with any level of competence whatsoever! I also do very simple melodies on keyboards (then layer them in a MIDI sequencer so it sounds like I can actually play the damn thing), but if I tell you that I have before now recorded keyboard onto about 6 different MIDI tracks, playing just one chord on each track because I couldn't move my fingers to the other chords fast enough to do it live, you'll realise that I can't really play it at all!
EtherEclectic	Date: October 29, 2005 @ 7:59 PM for me its Guitar, Software(drums, synth etc), then bass guitar. i play the bass with a pick but i can be very technical for a pick user!
hate9wicket	Date: October 29, 2005 @ 8:51 PM Bass is my main instrument, but for anything I've put up here, if it is an "electric' song, I either arrange a series of drum loops or program a drum part first, then structure a bass line, record two guitar parts with an acoustic w/pickup jacked into a bass pod lined into ports on my interface. Acoustic songs I play a miced guitar in mono, then bass, then add some sort of "percussion" part (claps and foot stomps), maybe banjo or a second guitar part, If I sing, it comes last.
MitchWillis	Date: October 30, 2005 @ 10:21 PM In order to which i started playing. 1: Drums 2: Guitar 3: Bass 4: Piano/Keys
TegidC	Date: January 4, 2006 @ 4:44 PM Guitarist if given a choice Bass next, it's what I play in most bands. Piano Flute Sax Vocals , it is an instrument The main point is if your a solo artist it often forces you to lean several instruments, but it's soo good to learn several instruments, playing bass made me better at guitar and because I was ok at guitar when I learnt bass I picked it up faster, I can work out most chords on a piano from my knowledge of guitar. More intruments the better.
Ilmarinen	Date: January 18, 2006 @ 7:04 PM I play the trumpet, bass, and the recorder in elementary school, I wasn't very good at it, and I didn't enjoy it very much, probably because we were forced to play it...
guitars4eva	Date: February 5, 2006 @ 5:57 AM i play guitar, bass and a bit of drums
mcmullen	Date: February 5, 2006 @ 11:34 AM i am a bassist. but i was trained on classical piano as a kid. as a grew older and wanted to produce my own material i found that relying on other musicians took too much time. so in effect i had to learn guitar, programming, and how to sing. i've been messing aroung with the pennywhistle lately. but i think i love bass live the best. nothing beats the boom of an ampeg for me.
silverwater	Date: March 29, 2007 @ 6:25 AM hey sqrlcub, you playthe shawm too? what type? They'r reall ycool and ancient. Just love 'em. Check this out for types of shawms: http://pickyguide.com/musical_instruments/shawms_guide.html
GeneHilbert	Date: March 29, 2007 @ 9:42 AM I thought I had posted here before I guess not........ '66 Fender Bass 5 and a '63 Fender Bass 6
zedsalt	Date: March 29, 2007 @ 10:24 AM I've picked up an electric dulcimer and an udu drum since my post of July 24, 2005, and they're all over just about everything I've done since...including the unfinished tracks open for collaboration on my page here
Snoogans775	Date: March 30, 2007 @ 2:41 AM I've been playing bass ever since I bought a crapped out ol' jackson for $20 so he could get pot money, best choice I've ever made. I enjoy playing bass in band settings way more than any other instrument, and I am the multi-instrumentalist, so I guess I'm part of the same statistical inevitability. Flute, Guitar, Piano, Synthesizers, and Vocals are all things I practice at least once every week. Though I wouldn't be playing that much flute if it weren't for the hip hop project. And I hardly ever get my hands on a synthesizer since mine was taken away to the land where orange juice stickys up all the keys and jerk-off friends abuse my baby. bassist are sexier.
JamesFreyyer	Date: March 30, 2007 @ 9:28 AM I play bass,Guitar,crappydrums,and the cowbell. gotta love the cowbell!
Orion	Date: March 30, 2007 @ 9:30 AM fucking Jamey "I play cowbell" ohh, I play drums Guitar and shity bass, damn no bass emote
JamesFreyyer	Date: March 30, 2007 @ 9:33 AM YEAH BASSIST GET NO LOVE
Dominon	Date: May 25, 2007 @ 9:38 PM I play anything I can get my grubby little hands on but the bass is really the only thing that hits the spot just right. Like a nice plump joint. I'm playing a Peavey bass with flats & only 3-strings. I went to hard and popped my g-string...umm.. Anyways 3-strings adds some speed - I've been meaning to get it restrung but I haven't.. I also sliced open my right pinky and got 5 stitches in it, so I've been playing guitar now cos I only use index and thumb for the tiny little thing....umm... I also been using MTV music generator on the PS1 for even less finger pain.
MindlessFreak	Date: August 14, 2007 @ 3:57 PM learning guitar ...