Thanks Rob,,everything you said makes sense to me. yes, I do understand it's not just an overgrown, four-string guitar played at 3/4 speed.
Now, when I said I "toyed" with a bass, it was a little more then that, I actually did OK, the few times I played it, even though it wasn't a true song, it was more or less something I happened to "pluck" and we just jammed accordingly,,,this has happened quite a few times and to be honest, I liked it, so has the other members of the band. It's something we do once and a while at practice,,we all switch instruments and more or less, see what happens. What's really cool about doing so, is we come up with some really cool stuff!
When our bass player does his thing on a guitar, he mixes his playing style between a bass and guitar, and it sounds different in a good way, meanwhile our drummer is on another guitar, I usually end up on the drums, and/or the bass. To cut to the chase, it just plain sounds good when we do this,,,,I guess maybe it's because, we're just letting ourselves loose,,,being natural and letting the sounds be our guide.
Anyhoo, not to get off the subject anymore,,,,you think that Peavey is OK?
Also, I do want to learn some of the basic bass stuff too,,,a friend of mine actually learned to play the guitar by learning to play the bass first,,,might sound strange, and it still does to me, but it worked for him, and in a big way,,he's a fantastic guitar player, and bass player. As a matter of fact, him and the bass player, in there band, will actually switch instruments during there sets,,it's really pretty cool to see when they do that, it throws the crowd off and awes them at the same time.
Thanks again for the input Rob.
