one guitar bands

bassmaster · Goldfish Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 60

just wondered if any of u had ur comments on what you thought of one guitar bands, do people think you limit what ur band can do sonically? does n e one think it affects live sound? and what do u think the advantages are? id appreciate any comments u have
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tweak · Newbie Alert Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 2

when you say one guitar, do you mean one acoustic, one electric, or one bass? i think anything sounds bad if you have just one electric/acoustic and no bass. the musical balance is not right. besides, without the bass you lose a lot of your rhythem.

gibson_thunder · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:03 pm Post subject:

there is some AWESOME trios out there! Grand Funk had one guitar, a bass & drums & they could produce a wall of sound like no other...friggin incredible.
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bassmaster · Goldfish Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 60

duh...i meant one guitar as in guitars eg mostly electric or bass, all i was interested in knowing was what were some tricks used on the bass players part to actually fatten out the sound
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bassman80189 · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject:

I've heard of Grand Funk before. Gibson, what's some good songs by them?

gibson_thunder · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 5:46 pm Post subject:

Inside Looking Out, Mean Mistreater, Closer to Home, American Band... studios do nothing for this band...if you wanna see the true power of GFR, check out Grand Funk Live-- It was a life changing experience for me. Made me change my playing style 2 years into playing! I was a slap-funk meister, now Im an overdrivin` lead bass meister... Twisted Evil

you have to check it out... If youre into downloading music, the live version of "Inside Looking Out" is their magnum opus....
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jbellinger87 · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:10 pm Post subject:

Yeh, I'm playin electric guitar in a band at the moment, and there's just three of us; me, the bassist and the drummer.

We often find its a problem keeping a 'big' sound when i play guitar solos or lead parts. All we've found to do is set the EQ on the bass amp for a pretty thick sound, and maybe use a little distortion, chorus or flanger so that the bass sound is big enough for the lack of a rhythm guitar not to matter.

Still, it's not great....any suggestions appreciated.
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gibson_thunder · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:56 am Post subject:

listen to the above-mentioned album(GFR-Live) 3 man, power trio. friggen huge sound. maybe you`ll get some ideas!
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thedentist · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 3:06 pm Post subject: one or two guitars?

the best bands i had were trios...bass-drum-guitar, 'cause it is way easier to build a strong communication between members, and that 2 guitarists is often a problem->guitarist are picky!!!it is often a duel between two guitarists... and for the solos, a great bass player know what to do to fill the lack of cumping!!! (i often play chords, slap, or simply more than one notes at a time to sub the "lack of chords")
However, more than one guitar in studios gives great effects; the mix of electric (both clean and distortion) and /or acoustics (6 or 12 strings) and /or special effects is really cool...but most of time, the results are better when all done by the same player...personnal opinion!!! Razz

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