Getting my first bass is working its way up my priority list.I didn't know Ibanez made acoustics, still less parlor guitars.
TBH, I'm not much of a guitarist. I just pluck around and bang on it.
Probably has something to do with the fact I actually play bass guitar.
The Gretsch short-scales that GC sells for 2-something are a good crossover for a guitar player, and have the benefit of kinda looking like your Pauls:Getting my first bass is working its way up my priority list.
The Gretsch short-scales that GC sells for 2-something are a good crossover for a guitar player...
Likewise ! I like to hook up an MP3 player through the PA speakers, and play bass along with old Beatle songs.I think I have a bass around here somewhere.
Confirmed. There’s an old Ibanez in the closet. lol
I bought a short scale (30") Dean bass, mostly to record some back ground tracks to play guitar over. It was fun but my fingers never forgot it was a totally different instrument. Not harder, just different. I ended up buying a Fender sidekick 30 bass amp and a buddy would play it when he came over. Since he always complained about the little bass, I traded it off for a full size Ibanez, which is a lot better instrument. He played it and liked it. Then he moved away. I still use it to put a bass line on a looper sometimes, probably should have just bought an octave pedal. I did not find the long scale, (34") any more difficult than the short 30" short scale.Those are fun. Also tends to be easier on the fingers than long scale due to lower string tension.
The irony is that the short scale basses in standard tuning have more apparent low end than a long scale in standard tuning.
I bought a short scale (30") Dean bass, mostly to record some back ground tracks to play guitar over. It was fun but my fingers never forgot it was a totally different instrument. Not harder, just different. I ended up buying a Fender sidekick 30 bass amp and a buddy would play it when he came over. Since he always complained about the little bass, I traded it off for a full size Ibanez, which is a lot better instrument. He played it and liked it. Then he moved away. I still use it to put a bass line on a looper sometimes, probably should have just bought an octave pedal. I did not find the long scale, (34") any more difficult than the short 30" short scale.
Ahh, don't give up ! You never have to play 'well', just good enough to personally enjoy it.I have a sad. I have been practicing on the Ibanez parlor since I got it, and I don't think I am going to be able to keep it. It feels better than a regular dreadnaught or my acoustic-electric, but there is still a lot of strain on my right shoulder. There is so much "me" in the front that it takes up a lot of my lap room, and my arms are too short for my right arm to reach over the body of the guitar to strum. My shoulders are really in bad shape, particularly might right one, and I can't afford to mess it up any more. I need replacement surgery, but I'm taking care of my mom and just can't do it right now.
Maybe one day I'll be able to play. Have the shoulder surgery. Lose some weight. (Can't grow my arms longer though.) Or maybe I should just cross guitar off my bucket list and get a ukelele.