can someone please explain to my son the difference between a guitar player and a bass player? please show pictures if u could



thanks so much

The players or the instruments?

In most rock/pop bands, the guitar player is usually the cocky one with the ego the size of a tractor trailer and sports all the girls as much if not more than the lead singer.

The bass player is usually the over weight guy that drinks as much as the rest of the band members combined that sinks back into the shadows of the stage and plucks the same 3 notes, sustaining them for a bar or three at a time. Almost always gets NO girls or credit.

short hand for most pop music:

6 strings (more associated with the high freqency/melody sounds of a song)


4 strings (more associated with the low frequency chord sounds of a song)


Think ...
Guitar: chink, chink, chink
Bass: dum, dum, dum

yamomma said:

that can't possibly be true? I was going for the technical info but ur statement of bass players not getting girls is off I think...


My son wants to know if an electric guitar can play bass?

DenverMoon said:

That was a joke. You could run a guitar through a guitar synth and get a bass sound. I would suggest you and your son visit a music store and talk with the techs. They should be able to point your son in the right direction with whatever equipment he already has.