I used to do that just adding additional overdrive and a little noise compression with itti bitti distortion just for kicks... Though after that I moved on to sampling
The tough part comes when you take into account the distance between each string, It'll make slap a way harder and more precise technique, and It'll make you run the risk of having your strings wear out or maybe even break sooner than with regular guitar playing.
Well i guess pitch shifters must be getting better now cuz when I've tried it in the past it works but sounds like crap 🤣 I'm definitely gonna try making a song with my bass pitched an octave up now tho out of curiosity 😅
I actually did this when I started recording on a PC 20+ years ago, because I couldn't afford to buy a bass. It sounds like shit but it fills the bottom out. Yes, I just wrote "fills the bottom". 😮😊😮
Some people can do it live by tapping on some parts of the guitar in a special way. A good example of that is John Mayer with his song "Neon" which is difficult not because of the notes themselves or the BPM but the way it is played.
I know this video was tongue-in-cheek but if people in the comments can't understand how bad this sounds (not due to audio quality) then they should probably get a bassist to play a part, or get much better at guitar before doing this.
You can buy a new bass for $125. You can buy a used bass for $25. Either will sound way better than a guitar tuned down. Also, the biggest difference between the two instruments is the way you play them. The notes you play. The way you pluck the strings. The timbre. All of it is different. A guitarist downtuning it to be a bass is just a crappy way to tackle the problem. Learn. To. Play. Bass. On. Bass. It isnt that difficult. If you already can play the guitar, then you can climb the learning curve quickly. It is a different instrument though and should be treated as such. I play both. And keys. Tin whistle. Xylophone.
This is actually very wrong, and anybody who’s actually Played a bass knows this. The strings because of their thickness and size produce a different timbre meaning, even beyond the pitch they sound different, no, that could be emulated digitally but it’s not as simple as lowering your guitar by an octave. Sorry. So if you don’t really care about complete and total tone accuracy, yeah you can do it, seven nation army did it and it’s iconic, but if you actually want to make your guitar sound like a base, the best thing you can actually do is put bass strings on your guitar, yes, you can do that, yes, there is a guitar designed specifically for that purpose. It’s called the bass VI and it’s also iconic
The secret to any good bass player is the fedora they wear. The color, size and material is what truly makes a bass player.
Glad you picked up on that
Tone Fedora, it's a thing
Bassists are in shambles now
I am shaking in fear 😬
Bass players been real quiet since this dropped
They have always been
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@@chikenman320 lmao you're perfect
We (bass players) are quiet, because guitar players are always flapping their mouth and not their strings!
@@acekiller48 found the bass player
Funnily enough I’m the opposite. I play bass, but I don’t play guitar (or own one) so I pitch up in my daw
But y got two missing strings
@@milksoup2542 who needs those anyways?
@@milksoup2542those 2 extra strings are for sissies who don’t know how to get creative
Instructions unclear: I turned my bass into a guitar
😎🤣
bassists are in shock
Unironically the best tip video yet
do more videos like this! it was so good!
I used to do that just adding additional overdrive and a little noise compression with itti bitti distortion just for kicks...
Though after that I moved on to sampling
bro really played the longview bassline 💀
Gracias! Me sirvió el consejo!
The tough part comes when you take into account the distance between each string, It'll make slap a way harder and more precise technique, and It'll make you run the risk of having your strings wear out or maybe even break sooner than with regular guitar playing.
The bass still has a difrent sound to guitar. But its pretty convincing to your average joe.
I love how no one mentioned you played Longview😭
I’m showing this to every bass player I know. nobody
wish i could pass that easily too
Does it work using an octave amp?
that happened when Seven Nation Army has a guitar that sound like a Bass in verses.
*YES*
Bassists have had theirs timbers shoverred
Now the question can you do this in reverse? Can you crank a bass up by 12 semitones to get a convincing guitar sound?
Well i guess pitch shifters must be getting better now cuz when I've tried it in the past it works but sounds like crap 🤣
I'm definitely gonna try making a song with my bass pitched an octave up now tho out of curiosity 😅
Bit lower than one octave, due to the thicker bass strings
Good news for bass players aswell..
Just tune your bass up 1 octave and you have guitar... Right?!? RIGHT???????????????
I actually did this when I started recording on a PC 20+ years ago, because I couldn't afford to buy a bass. It sounds like shit but it fills the bottom out. Yes, I just wrote "fills the bottom". 😮😊😮
Same thing can be done with bass to make a guitar sound
Will this require different tuning?
@@talkingchicken9263😮 thank you..
Bass players are tone snobs as well and we’d know the difference between a low octave guitar and a bass.
Some people can do it live by tapping on some parts of the guitar in a special way. A good example of that is John Mayer with his song "Neon" which is difficult not because of the notes themselves or the BPM but the way it is played.
As if most daws had pitch shifters good enough for it to sound remotely convincing lol
I know this video was tongue-in-cheek but if people in the comments can't understand how bad this sounds (not due to audio quality) then they should probably get a bassist to play a part, or get much better at guitar before doing this.
You can buy a new bass for $125. You can buy a used bass for $25. Either will sound way better than a guitar tuned down. Also, the biggest difference between the two instruments is the way you play them. The notes you play. The way you pluck the strings. The timbre. All of it is different. A guitarist downtuning it to be a bass is just a crappy way to tackle the problem.
Learn. To. Play. Bass. On. Bass.
It isnt that difficult. If you already can play the guitar, then you can climb the learning curve quickly. It is a different instrument though and should be treated as such. I play both. And keys. Tin whistle. Xylophone.
LMAOOO
Omg...
This is actually very wrong, and anybody who’s actually Played a bass knows this. The strings because of their thickness and size produce a different timbre meaning, even beyond the pitch they sound different, no, that could be emulated digitally but it’s not as simple as lowering your guitar by an octave. Sorry. So if you don’t really care about complete and total tone accuracy, yeah you can do it, seven nation army did it and it’s iconic, but if you actually want to make your guitar sound like a base, the best thing you can actually do is put bass strings on your guitar, yes, you can do that, yes, there is a guitar designed specifically for that purpose. It’s called the bass VI and it’s also iconic
Proof that bassists are indeed, useless:
(Tbh, I'm gonna use this)
do you think that tuning your guitar an octave lower with theses tiny strings equalize the bass 💀
Yeah but it usually sounds shite
Lol