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I have often thought of gtting a double neck guitar as well. Many years ago, when I was maybe in my early teens, my father and I wandered in to a music shop, a very small one, and they had a double neck bass/guitar on display. Sometimes I wish I had been a spoiled child who would ask, and get, everything because I wouled love to have that instrument now. But, another thought is a Squire VI. This is sortof an electric baritone guitar. Tuned E-E but an octave lower than a standard guitar. Sounds really cool! Then capo at the 12th fret to get normal pitch. Rusty On 12/12/13, marc@clubcapelli.com <marc@clubcapelli.com> wrote: > oh guys, thank so much for all your fabulous answers! > with all that I have everything to decide how to solve my problem to > include bass in loops > > thank you to all ! > > Marc > > > > > Le 2013-12-12 10:47, andy butler a écrit : >> How to play bass lines on guitar. for loopers. >> >> Depends on which guitar, and what you like. >> >> 1) Just play them on guitar. With a single coil neck p/u and sticking >> to the very lowest notes it does work quite well. Turn off any fx, >> clean sound is best. >> May need a bit of thought to get a good sounding line to play in >> your chosen key, >> probably not much fun in Eb. >> Then make sure there's nothing in the mix to destroy the illusion. >> e.g. Don't strum a load >> of big chords over it, maybe think about switching p/u for the >> other layers. >> 2) Octave dividers. The best I've used is the Electro Harmonix >> Octave Multiplexer. >> Gives you more controls to focus the sound and the dry signal >> part can be >> mixed in with a high quality signal. >> I'm currently using the EH Bass Microsynth instead, good enough >> with >> the right settings and produces other useful sounds too. >> >> 3) Harmonisers. Electro Harmonix, and I presume the other >> manufacturers >> who care about such things now make harmonisers which can pitch >> downwards >> with very little latency. They track sloppy playing better than an >> octave divider. Can't say I ever liked the sound much though. >> >> 4) Synth fx. Sometimes found on multi-fx units. I include these >> because >> I've used one on the Vox VDL-1 Dynamic Looper for simple bass >> lines >> and it seemed to really work ( the actual bass emulations on that >> pedal >> are truly awful). Maybe the Pigtronix Mothership would work as a >> bass line maker?? >> >> 5) Half Speed playback. Best sound, as long as the playing is twice >> as accurate as needed, and >> as long as guitar is bassy enough to start with. >> >> 6) Midi Guitar. Works for some. Hot tip is to actually play high >> notes and >> have them transposed down by the synth to avoid latency. >> >> 7) Those Roland guitar synths. ( I haven't tried ) >> >> >> More generally. >> It really helps to "think bass". (although these days not many bass >> guitarists do this) >> Concentrate on getting a deep tone, finger style if possible. >> Play cleanly. >> Be sure to end each note with clean damping to silence (the esoteric >> secret which used to be passed on from player to player) >> Stay in the low register. >> Play only the notes that really need to be there. >> >> It really helps to leave space for the bassline by not putting low >> notes >> in the other layers, the lowest 2 strings on a guitar will tend to >> interfere with it. >> Also those guitar chords that start with root and fifth can be >> avoided. >> Obviously an equivalent use of eq to remove low and low mid is just >> as good,. >> >> Out of all the methods, 2) Octave divider would be my favourite, >> the 'think bass' tips help the effect to track. >> >> andy >> >> On 11/12/2013 23:25, Marc wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On some loops, it can be cool to have a bass part with the drum on >>> the back, >>> but switching from guitar to bass and return to guitar can be a >>> little too >>> long on stage. >>> Did you have a solution to play a bass part with your guitar ? >>> (I've tried with my HOG, and with Octavers/Harmonizers, it is far >>> from a >>> bass sound, even a synth bass sound...) >>> Roland VG ? >>> Sound to midi interface like http://www.sonuus.com/ G2M, connected >>> in midi >>> with a expander ? >>> All your knowledge is welcome. >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> > >