Jazz Bass

Tonight I was out late with my friend Neal to observe hime play the Jazz bass. Because he goes to Wayne state and all our schedules collided and I couldn't get over there until late tonight. Anyways I went to his basement and sat don to get ready for him to show me some stuff. His basement is pretty cool, when you walk down there the first thing you see is the stacks of amplifiers everywhere. I mean they are stacked and all hooked up. Think of the amplifier from the beginning of "Back to the Future", it would probably be bigger than that. The amps are surrounding the wooden stand that was hand biult by his dad for the drum set. The drum set is blue and has some sound barriers so the drums don't out do the guitars. Right next to the little stage is a sand for all the guitars and basses he has. There were six guitars and three basses. There were also a couple stools where we sat while he played.

He pulled out his Schecter base and sat down in front of me to get ready to show me some stuff. Schecter is a brand of bass, it's not any spcific kind, but schecter makes good stuff. Neal is about 5'8" and has a really short buzz cut. He has blonde hair so he almost looks blonde. He has a pretty built sleek look to him. Combination of being on the football team, and being a track star. He was wearing blue jeans, a black fender shirt. Neal is a good guy and allowed me to listen in n some stuff. Plus music is his major and after he is done at Wayne State he is going to the Berkley school of music. It's a pretty big deal so hopefully it works out well for him.

When he started playing he followed up on the previous two places I have been. He warmed up his fingers on both hands. On a bass you play with your fingers on both sides. There was no guitar pick involved. He starte out pretty simple at first and then things got complicated. He would plays tunes that blew my mind even in the warm up. I have been around guitars for a while, but never Jazz Bass. He would also tap on fret board while he aould also tap on the string over the pickups of the bass. Very quickly he did this with precision and I could never tell if he missed a note. At some parts it sounded like the music in the show Sienfeld, when it switched scenes, they bass part sounded very similar. He would ask me waht songs I wanted to here, but I didn't know any, so he played me his favorite stuff, which was good enough for me. He would play like a made man, and look as smoothe as a violin player. The transition was great and I really enjoyed myself.