I look at bass and guitar as completely separate instruments, yet complimentary. Bass is an accompanying instrument, not really for solo performance, while guitar is completely natural as a solo instrument. Bass is a combination of a rhythm instrument and a fundamental harmony instrument, responsible for driving pulse and for laying down the bottom of the harmony. I learnt bass as a way of improving my sense of time, and my understanding of the harmonic structure of the songs. I sucked at it.
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Brian Evans
Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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