Is it true that if you play an electric guitar, you shouldn't play bass, because it flattens your fingers.
I heard this from someone.
I heard this from someone.
Macca started off as a guitar player. Then as the Beatles grew in number he doubled up on piano. Lennon and original bassist Stu Sutcliffe had a falling out and so one of George, John and Paul had to move to bass. John had just bought a new Rickenbacker 12-string, and that took him out of the running. Can't remember what George's excuse was ? Personally I think that Paul was a better guitarist than George while the Beatles were together. It might be argued that he was the best overall instrumentalist in the Beatles. Could play drums as well - and did on at least two Beatles singles.sepheritoh wrote:
Most great bass guitarists started off as guitarists. If I remember correctly, Paul McCartney and Jack Bruce being very notable ones.
Yeah especially drums (or at least understand it) so you know how to handle different time signatures. And different Rhythms patterns from 1/4 - 32nd notes. ?sepheritoh wrote: I agree with Alan. You should rather try to learn to play a number of instruments. When you play in a band it really helps a lot when you need to exchange ideas with the other musicians or if you need to give them instructions, if you know the instrument.