my superficial side would say this:
he looks sexier playing the bass than the guitar


but based on my experience and what i've seen him play live -- i would think more the guitar...i love his solos, they're simply amazing, and i like how experimental he gets with certain songs and effects

im not saying no one else does that cuz im sure every guitarist does, but if i had 2 pick between the 2 and what he plays best, i would say the guitar.

His guitar playing gets much more attention amongst his fans and there's no denying that he can reach out and touch you with a guitar solo in a way that is unique to him. I really can't speak to his technical prowess since I don't play guitar. I'm impressed to some extent by anyone who can. I just know that I love what I hear and what I feel when he "goes off" on a good solo.

I also don't play the bass, so again I can't comment on his technical ability there. But I get a bigger kick out of watching him play bass. Probably because he doesn't do it in concert as often, so it's extra special when he does.

And, SammiJ, yes -- he looks sexy playing the bass, but then again, he'd look sexy playing a kazoo. Man just cain't help hisself but look sexy!

andykeen said:

He is a good bass player....
Check these people out too...
Just to name a few..

William "Bootsy" Collins (P.Funk/RubberBand)

Larry Graham (Sly/Central Station)

Bernard Edwards (CHIC)

Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson)

Stanley Clarke

The bass is a guitar.

squirrelgrease said:

we got ourselves a winner!

funkpill said:

Great picks FP, Benard never get's the credit he deserves IMO. Everbody Dance's bass line is OFF THE CHARTS,HOOK,CHAIN,ETC.....


To add to your list:


Mark Adams - (SLAVE)

Abdul said:

Oh yeah....Forgot about him..
Thanks, friend

Corrections on my list...William "Bootsy" Collins ( The J.B's/P.Funk/RubberBand)
[Edited 3/22/05 0:35am]

Hands down -- the bass.

To me, the guitar is the most irritating instrument on the planet. (Bizarre for a fan of Prince, huh?) Whenever I would go to a Prince concert, and he picked up that guitar, I would groan. But when he started playing the bass guitar, I was in heaven! His bass playing actually made me appreciate his guitar playing.

I wish he'd play it more often, but I think he's afraid we'll all start chanting, "play that mf'en bass"!

rosanda said:

What you smokin?

rosanda said:

1) blasphemy.

2) the bass itself is a guitar too, y'know this right? to say guitars are irritating would mean that the bass is included in your statement.

3) i hope you're not a hohnerist to boot.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I think the statement itself prolly makes her guilty of #3.

FunkMistress said:

i hope not...you can hate geetars, BUT YOU CANNOT HATE THE HOHNER.

it's the laaaaaw of teh purple west.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

The Hohner is The Sexy.

Abdul said:

don't 4get about

flea (red hot chilli peppers)
nathaniel phillips (pleasure)
william revis/larry blackmon aaron mills(cameo)
rhonda smith (npg)
lenny kravitz

FunkMistress said:

i gotta new signature!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I know, I know -- I should be taken behind the woodshed and spanked.

I know the bass is a guitar -- I'm talking about the tones it emits. I like the bottom -- the low notes -- the base notes. Electric guitar notes make me grind me teeth. But like I said, that was *before* the man started playing the bass. Since then I have learned to, well, not love the guitar, but appreciate his guitar playing.

rosanda said:

You know he's been playing bass all along, right?

Really? Ok, then I don't like the bass either!