[[[will choose best answser]]] can you use a guitar as a bass
Answers: isnt a bass guitar the same as a regular guitar it just has 4 strings instead of 5???
The bass has a 34 inch string scale normally.
some shorter=31" and some longer=35".
34" is the bass standard for string scale length. Also frets on a bass are spaced much further apart on the bass due to the longer scale length.
Guitars are normally 24 3/4" to 25 1/4" scale length.
And what every one else said about the string thickness, fret spacing, and neck size and what not.
The pickups are also some what different.
You want your guitar sharp and crisp but want your bass to carry the bottom end of the tonal range. (deeper and darker than a guitar)
The bass is larger and heaver than a guitar. You need the size and weight to carry the deeper sound expected from a bass and to hold the 10" longer scale length.
Convert your guitar to a bass and it will sound and play like a guitar converted to a bass. The cost would also not be worth it.
Take $100 and buy a used Squire (fender) Precision bass and start from there. The Squire is good enough to get you started.
Seeing that you seem to not have huge bass knowedge, the Squire P-bass will do you just fine for a long while until your skill and knowledge improve. Rock on and I hope we have all helped you greatly.
nope, 2 different things
no, several things wrong there.
1. bass generally does have 4 strings but they are thicker strings but they are tuned to the same notes as the lowist 4 strings on regular guitar just an octive lower.
2. a regualr guitar has 6 strings.
3. the frets on a bass are also bigger
hope this helps :)
Well, actually, commonly, guitars have 6 or 7strings, not 5. And basses are commonly available in 4, 5, and 6 string models.
But anyway, no. The strings on a bass are much larger and the scale much longer (which means the neck is longer). But if you had a custom "guitar" with an unusually long scale length and it was set up for larger strings (which isn't just putting bigger strings on it - it will require a new bridge, new nut, and extreme truss rod adjustments), I guess you could. Though it would be debatable whether or not such an instrument could be called a guitar.
As the other answers have said, there are significant differences between a guitar and a bass - string size, fret size, scale size, hardware requirements, bass is an octave below guitar - but it is possible to use your guitar as a bass, to a limited extent.
If you get a decent quality pitchshifter pedal, roll the tone knob on your guitar back a bit, and set the pedal to "1 octave down" then you can 'cop' the sound of a bass. Jack White from the White Stripes is said to have done this on their song "Seven Nation Army", as they have no bassist, just a guitarist/vocalist (Jack) and a drummer (Meg).
It won't be the same quality of tone, by a long shot, and to get the best tone possible you would want to be playing through a bass cabinet, but it is possible, to a very limited extent.
(Something I would consider would be either getting a bass cab extension, a 1x15 or a 2x10 or something, or actually splitting your guitar signal off to a separate bass amp. Maybe a line switching pedal? In position A your guitar goes to your guitar amp, in position B it goes to your octave down peal and then to your bass amp?)
Saul