There’s no such thing as jazz music without bass guitars. Their sound is the reason I fell in love with jazz in the first place. I remember the first jazz concerto I’ve attended: I was amazed by the bass guitar. Actually there were two bass guitar players in that band, both of them using short scale bass guitars, which created a terrific atmosphere.
Bass electric guitars are not that easy to play. I’ve tried once, and all I managed to do was to disturb my neighbours and to make my family bribe me to throw away or sell my bass guitar. I agreed to sell it, but I didn’t like what I saw: there were a lot of bass guitars for sale on internet at 100 dollars and under. I can understand that bass electric guitars are not w3anted by a lot of people, but I definitely thought mine was worth more, so I didn’t sell it after all.
Guess what: my kid is playing it today, and I’m so amused that he is fascinated by bass guitars that I even think to buy him some lessons.
