Yes, actually I do. I started on guitar at fifteen, and made the switch to bass around the time I was eightteen on the verge of nineteen. The desire to switch, or the seeds were planted in an odd way. First, it was a non-bass playing guy that got me listening to bass lines more. He was a wild guy, cool drummer too. So yeah, I started quoting him saying "Yeah, give that bass some d**k!" Just sort of stuck. Now of course, I'd been a Steve Harris, Cliff Burton and Geezer Butler fan up to this point, but never really paid much attention to the bass. It was also around this time I got seriously into the Misfits, hence the Crimson Ghost tattooed on my right arm. Seeing the Misfits live in September of '06 really made a full transition moment for me. Seeing Jerry Only live, singing, hulking around and just playing this full on bass feeling that hits you in the gut. It was a damn good feeling. Haven't looked back too much since then, at least not until recently.
However, I'm a much more accomplished bassist than I am a guitarist. I had the drive to put bass on the map in my band, and prove an underrated and near unnoticed instrument could really sing and shine. It's come along a good way, as you can hear in some of the tracks on my band's page at
DraXsiS. Anyways... Enough about my boring story. You get the idea.
Bottom line? Ha, pun intended. I'm a "former" guitarist and now bass player. I've also started getting into singing and all that. So we'll see where that takes me.
Keep up the playing bro. Stick with it, have faith, confidence and perseverance. Don't let your head drop when you hear Skwisgaar's solos. I know mine does, and it makes me want to pick up guitar seriously again, ,but... I've got a home on the bass, and I'm determined to be an inspiration musically to someone, somewhere with it in my hands. Keep us updated on your progress bro.
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