To play leads or Not to play leads?

[jimbobass]

So tell me how you feel about bass players playing leads?

[EviLTwiN]

can be good... especially if you play lots of quiet music... or if you put lots of distortion on the bass and play a main riff over and over... type thing...

[coldbuggin]

if the song needs it play it. thats my philosophy

[NoteBOOM]

I think that in alot of cases it's overkill, but in many cases it's nice too.

[dotman]

my band uses a lot of crazy bass stuff. Like strange feedback bass...I think it can add a lot.

[joeinthebox1980]

leads are fun... but sometimes you just don't need 'em.

i'm not a particularly good lead player, so i keep my "leads" to a minimum.

[joeinthebox1980]

Originally posted by joeinthebox1980
leads are fun... but sometimes you just don't need 'em.

i'm not a particularly good lead player, so i keep my "leads" to a minimum.

LOL!

obviously i didn't read the post(s) or the forum title carefully enough... ;)


but, i played a bit of bass in my time... i kept things simple. but i was not adverse to doing a bit of lead.

in my band... i have encouraged my bass player to play more of a quasi-lead sort of style (a la Peter Hook) as opposed to a more traditional style.

[The User]

Play whatever the song needs and nothing else. If the song needs an 8 minuite solo, then play one.

[jackass]

Entwistle played some pretty damn cool leads.