You just can kinda tell that its wearing away. You also want a bigger grade of pick to really rock.
using Bass Guitar material
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by using your hands
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb or by using a plectrum.
When one purchases an Epiphone bass guitar, it should have the necessary strings. If the guitar needs new strings, it is best to have a professional replace the strings or follow the manual received when the guitar was purchased.
Because of music theory. The bass guitar is played in the bass clef.
If this means you are using a guitar amplifier to power an electric bass, stop this immediately. Guitar amps are not designed to handle the low register of a bass, and you can blow out your speakers. If this means you are using a guitar amplifier to power a guitar, but want a more bass-like tone, turn down the mids and highs and turn up the lows on your EQ. That should do the trick.
The double bass is still used in Rock and Roll, but the bass guitar is now used to. There are both acoustin and electric bass guitars.
The guitar can be used as a guitar or bass.
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How is a Bass Guitar made?
The bass is considered a guitar... That's why they call it "bass guitar"