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Obiously you can, but how will it sound? People mostly play with plugged in acoustic, but I have an electric only... also I'm a bassist, so I'm not really experienced in guitar.
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I watch people do it all the time. The trick is to stay at a low volume and work your eq settings so you don't get an overly bassy tone.
If you are not really experienced in guitar, then I would say no.
I played it for 12 years, but i had breaks where I played bass mostly. I'm comfortable with a lot of chords and shapes and I understand them and I've been practising. I just don't know what do people that do acoustic gigs do exactly. But I gotta start somewhere.
Open mic would be the best start. Which songs with electric and singing were you thinking of? I've seen a guy do it by himself with backing tracks.
Some UK garage rock, modern day pop, old school 90s pop, some hip hop and mix of songs from our country for the people which are mostly popish.
Why not play the BASS? There's a million people playing a guitar with a singer, but you could write a bass line that had a little harmony to it and do something unique
Wow great idea actually haha... it would take a lot of practice and I'm time limited here but interesting
Two voices and diads on the bass make for four part harmony!
Thank you! make it in service to the song and let it be simple and you won't need a million hours : )
Well, bring your bass and the guitar. Work out one song on the bass and pull it out mid set. It gives you time to tell a story
Yes you can pull off a gig with an electric guitar as the only instrument. But you need to be really careful about your tone. Low volume- don’t overpower the singer. Duo performances really are mostly about the vocals. Clean sound - little or no distortion. You will want to do mostly strumming to fill out the sound, so usually that means neck pickup (depending on your guitar) with the volume rolled back. Practice and record yourselves then listen back and adjust as needed.
great advice, thank you so much
As long as you drink enough before hand
Absolutely - this is how Jeff Buckley used to play bar/cafe gigs before he was signed. There’s a live album from that period so you can take a listen.
Depends on the tunes you are playing - but it's generally going to be a bad idea.
See if you can borrow an acoustic and do some practicing
I don't know because I'm a left handed player. Why is it bad? I have an amp (I can plug it in the mixer with amp's output or let it blast) if that's what you think or you were thinking of another problem of electric?
Again, depends on the sound you want, but electric is not usually a 'nice' sound to have on it's own... Acoustic is a much better option - but your call at the end of the day
Totally.
Just get a Kemper and play bass.