Calling all worship bass players

[joeyc143]

Hi everyone. Just wanted to start a thread where all of us worship bassists can get together. How do you like it? How often do you serve? What do you do in your free time? How long have you been playing? Etc...

I'll start. I love to serve, been doing it for around 5 years. Been playing bass (both upright and electric) for around 11 years. I study philosophy in college and I like to read, play video games, practice bass stuff, listen to music in my free time.

Alright, looking forward to hearing from some fellow bassists out there. See ya.

 

[seeking Christ]

Hi everyone. Just wanted to start a thread where all of us worship bassists can get together.

Hi, and whatever your question is, the answer is Ampeg.

haha

 

[joeyc143]

Haha, I'm more of a GK man myself. But it's all good.

 

[seeking Christ]

GK has some seriously compact stuff out that's sweet for what it is, but ya can't compete with 14 tubes

What bass(es) do you play?

 

[joeyc143]

The lighter the better for me. I play a 5 string spector with a pope preamp, a marcus miller jazz with a john east pre and nordstrand pickups, and a 1956 am. standard upright.

How about you?

 

[seeking Christ]

The Marcus Miller, that's a Fender right? I haven't looked at gear in a while and never even heard of John East or Nordstrand. My Fender is a '79 P bass, the year known as the coffee table. Heavy as possible. Bought it to route it out and put in a PJ combo, EMGs. Let people talk me out of that and installed them in a beater that I turned into my fretless; plays almost as good as the Pedulla fretless, just one spot on the neck on one string that I couldn't get quite right. My 5 string is the Pedulla Rapture I fell in love with at a music store, and then bought off Flea bay 1/2 price in new condition many years later.

I also have an acoustic, but its still a bass guitar. I was wanting to get an electric upright, but needed this instead for a specific band, now defunct. Never did play upright

 

[5stringJeff]

I'm a former bass player. I played in two churches, one in Seattle and one here in GA. When we started attending my current church, they already had two bass players, so I'm teaching Sunday School instead.

I play a Schecter Custom-5. I've got an Ashdown 4x10, which I love, although at my last church, I played through their Line6 amp.

 

[pappastratos]

I have played bass for 15? years, played full time on 2 different worship bands, filled in or played early services for a total of 7 different worship leaders/groups over the years. I play a ESP LTD 5 string, EMG pick-ups, SWR amps,

 

[JohnnyBlack]

Been playing bass for about 10 years. Have a 5 string Warwick which I play through a Ibanez SW100. I'm actually more of an all round muso but my team needed a bass player. My spare time is for Video gaming, Youtube vids and writing music. If you are interested go checkout my youtube channel, Kingdom Found Productions.

 

[freebiblelessons]

I'm a fender guy! Fender Jazz Bass and '68 Bassman tube amp

 

[britchops]

Hi, I'm a drummer, not quite a bassist but still part of the rhythm section!!!!

How's all?

Cheers

TJ

Britchops Drum Tuition

 

[christian music studio]

Hey,
I have been playing bass for about 13 years now. Played bass in the band Bluetree for 6 years and currently play bass/electric guitar for a guy called Robin Mark. Spare time is used for running my online christian music recording website.
I play a 1952 reissue jazz. It's nice!

 

[jessiemusical]

Hello! I'm a bass player and I played at my old church for about 6 years, then I stopped for 2 years... now I am playing bass again at my current church since there is no bass! I love 5 string basses and loooove jammin'! I studied music when I was in the university, besides studying international affairs.

 

[thunderbyrd]

hello, i'm the bass player for our P&W team. i played guitar with them for awhile, but the need came for bass, so i jumped on it. i have a lot more fun on bass than i did guitar.

i have presently a fender american deluxe jazz bass but i'm planning on getting a P-bass as soon as i sell a certain guitar i have. i LOVE the precision bass!

i actually injured my fretting hand playing guitar, i can play bass just fine but i can't even play a simple D chord on guitar without pain.

 

[Typoe99]

Hi, My name is Tim. I have been playing bass for I think about 5 years now, not very good at it though haha, but learned to play it to play on my churches worship team. I now lead our saturday night worship playing bass and singing. I love it.

 

[gospelinmusic]

What make of bass do you consider very good if one wants to buy

 

[samjazz]

Hi everyone. Just wanted to start a thread where all of us worship bassists can get together. How do you like it? How often do you serve? What do you do in your free time? How long have you been playing? Etc...

I think having this thread is a great idea. I am also a member of talkbass, which is a fantastic resource, but because of its secular nature, frank discussion of matters of faith are not really encouraged, even within "The Praise and Worship Band Bassists Club" forum.

So anyhoo, I am a guy, 56 years old, who started playing electric bass about three years ago. I was at a Guitar Center with my son, who plays for the Praise and Worship team, and I felt a compulsion (Holy Spirit whisper in my ear?) to purchase an instrument. After about a year of practicing at home, I had an opportunity to play with and for some youths at a youth ministry at church, but boy was I shaky. One day, I asked the worship leader at my church (he was also the bass player) if I could play sometime, thinking that he would never give that up. Boy was I wrong, he said, "I've been waiting for you to ask!" It turns out, he wanted to focus on guitar which is easier for him to lead worship with and had no bass players available. And well, for the last two years, I've been playing every service since (unless I am not in the area).

 

[jmcorn]

Just found this thread. I am 42 years old and also a member of talkbass. Count me in.
I have been playing bass for around 5 years now and have loved every minute of it.

It all started for me when I visited my mom and dad's and sisters new church. They had a guitarist, keys and drums. After attending about a month, God placed on my heart to buy a bass. So i did. I learned at home with a dvd for 3 months and joined the team at church and haven't looked back. Since then it has became a hobby and a passion.

My favorite rig is my Fender American dlx jazz 5 with an Ampeg SVT-II and SVT 810e. At church I use an Eden 810 with a WT800. My small portable rig is a genz streamliner 600 with a berg AE212.

 

[gospelinmusic]

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[gospelinmusic]

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