Learning bass, easier or the same as learning guitar?

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Learning bass, easier or the same as learning guitar?

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Guys I'm wondering, if you know how to play guitar, is the transition to bass just as simple or is that a different ballgame?
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Re: Learning bass, easier or the same as learning guitar?

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[quote="Skinfection"]
if you just play root notes it's pretty easy
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personally, i think if you can play guitar, you can make the transition to bass pretty easily but that doesn't mean you'll instantly be an awesome bass player.
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[quote="zim"]
 
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if you just play root notes it's pretty easy
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personally, i think if you can play guitar, you can make the transition to bass pretty easily but that doesn't mean you'll instantly be an awesome bass player.
 
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This.

Also depends on the genre.

In funk or blues, or jazz - you can often tell if it's a guitarist playing bass - mainly the little nuances aren't there.


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uhg learning
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i hate playing bass
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Why?
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cos he used words
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no i'm with smelly
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