Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Poll: Guitar & bass ownership

Greetings, everyone. Thank you, once again for taking part in the recent poll. It's interesting to note that many guitar players own basses as well. I'm one of them & bass ownership came much later in my playing days. Here're some implications:

  1. The recording enthusiasts. Many of us are bedroom recording champions. We own several instruments to attend to our recording needs- guitars, drums, synths, basses, percussions, etc. We may not be specialists in every department but we do things ourselves for maximum satisfaction.
  2. The need for perspective. Many guitar dweebs can relate to this; we need another stringed instrument to offer fresh perspectives to ideas. We also believe that the bass can offer us more finger dexterity due to that longer scale length.
  3. Teaching music. Some of us are music teachers, we own the bass to accompany our students' guitar parts.
  4. We collect. Em, that's right, some of us buy for keep's sake. It's that simple.
In this light, the stores out there would do well to (maybe) offer guitar-bass bundles at a more competitive, bundled price. It'd be wise to also include the bass counterpart when a dealer introduces a certain guitar brand. These are some suggestions of course. I'm seeing things from both the buyer & seller perspectives. As always, I advocate for a win-win situation :-)

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