Re: [Worship] Electric Guitar

["Melanie King" <melanie@planetkc.com>]

Fred,

Thanks for your comments.  They will be a help.

> This all depends on the make-up of the rest of your group. A bass is more
> necessary if you have a drum set.

Drums?  Are you kidding?  I already told you guys my story about the lady
who only likes drums she can't see!  Actually, we have a young drummer in
the wings as well, but, at this point, using a guitar subtley, either
accoustic or electric, is pretty easy to pull off.  Drums we're not quite
ready for.

The bass line could certainly be played on
> the guitar, in fact there is an electric guitar processor which drops the
> pitch an octave and puts it in the exact range of a bass.
>

This is wonderful info to have!  How expensive is this, and do you have a
brand name to recommend?

> However I have a couple of cautionary notes. If this young man is a
guitarist,
> he may eventually resent being "made" into a bassist, even if he says its
OK.

I think he kind of wants to play the bass, but his parents aren't interested
in investing in another instrument.  Because we are starting from a music
reading point of view I was thinking that he may not be able to play chords
in all our keys right away and that perhaps since he reads music he could do
the bass line when he can't play the chords.

> On this note, if he ends up playing the bass on guitar, be very cautious
of
> bringing in other guitarists to play rhythm and leaving him on "bass"
without
> asking him. Of course I know many fine bassists who started as guitarists
and
> then because of necessity ended up playing the bass, and then eventually
> preferring it. This young man may end up being one of these people. Bottom
> line is: constant communication is essential

I appreciate the reminder here.  He's a young teen and probably won't speak
up for himself if he's unhappy, so it's good to be reminded of this.

> BTW Melanie thanks for the kind comments you made about me earlier.
>

Did I say something nice?  I didn't MEAN TO!  Was it the communication about
the fighting kids?

Melanie

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