Bass to Guitar, or vice versa?

Mick

So how many of you started out playing the guitar, and then moved to playing bass, or vice versa.

1: I started playing bass, and moved to guitar.

2: I started playing guitar, and moved to bass.

3: I play both Bass and Guitar.

Fretwired

3

Mick

Fretwired said:

3

Nice one, so you play both.  Can you play the drums too.

stickyfiddle

I'm 2, almost at 3. 

But I started on piano, clarinet and sax before guitar

strumjoughlamps

Piano first, then guitar then bass, didnt like bass, then drums which I adore..

I was recording some stuff just this afternoon, a strum thena lead, then a beat and finally some 70s style keyboard and I was thinking 'I love that I can do this'  not to a super tight pro standard mind, but love it all the same..

ChristophEar

3. Can you ever really stop playing guitar?

holnrew

I try to play the guitar, I tried to play the bass, I decided I'd be better off sticking with one for now.

Bucket

3.

monquixote

3 - I started on guitar and then took up bass a bit later. 

Fretwired

Mick said:

Fretwired said:

3

Nice one, so you play both.  Can you play the drums too.

Good God no .... I have a drummer named Roland Boss .. never complains or misses a beat .... ;-)

Paul_C

2 but now 3

(I was also a drummer after playing guitar but before playing bass (because I was tired of packing up my kit while the rest of the band were at the bar)) .

mike_l

I started playing guitar, then got a bass. So for a while played both. Then, as the bass wasn't getting played much (if at all) I P/X'd it against my first Marshall, an AVT50, which now resides with a good friend of mine.

I'd happily (attempt to) play bass at a jam though, as long as there wasn't anything complicated to do (12 bar blues/simple songs) so no prog-rock...

ICBM

3. Started on guitar though.

GuitarMonkey

1. The school band needed a bassist, but the bassman he don't cop for no glamour. (and I didn't have a 50lb hammer)

littlegreenman

3. My slap bass is not good though, I need to rectify that.

Started out singing in church choirs aged about 6. Never understood the mumbo-jumbo (still don't), but the musical education worked out to be useful in later life with guitars and tunes and stuff. Knowing that the stave exists is a good starting point

Phil_aka_Pip

recorder -> violin -> acoustic guitar ... + electric guitar ... + electric bass ... + keys (but not a lot)

spacecadet

Started on guitar. Learning some bass at the moment just to get a few more gigs in when needed. Would love to play drums/ piano but but my brain isn't smart enough.

bertie

option 4. -  Bass ? wouldnt have one of those dirty fucking things in the house.

Myranda

Never go bass to mou... oh.

When I started learning guitar I played a bit of bass at the same time, but don't have my own bass, so it didn't really stick

PolarityMan

Started on guitar, can play bass and drums too.

benvall

I started playing guitar at 14, I had a mate who play guitar and his twin brother played drums. So I ended up playing bass in bands till I was 27. Always played guitar at home. Now I play guitar in a covers band. So guitar - bass - guitar for me.