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S Jan 2, 2017 at 18:54 history suggested Tim Burnett - Bassist
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Aug 28, 2016 at 5:27 history tweeted twitter.com/StackMusic/status/769768453033095168
Aug 27, 2016 at 15:34 answer added Tim Burnett - Bassist timeline score: 2
Dec 3, 2015 at 8:24 vote accept Neil Meyer
Dec 2, 2015 at 21:41 answer added Matt Barboza timeline score: 3
Dec 2, 2015 at 10:05 history edited Shevliaskovic CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dec 1, 2015 at 21:10 answer added s31064 timeline score: 5
Dec 1, 2015 at 17:32 answer added user1044 timeline score: 7
Dec 1, 2015 at 16:14 comment added Tim Just had to check the dictionary again. 'Strum' = twang strings (especially carelessly or unskilfully). Had to smile... Playing lead lines is not usually in a bassist's remit. Neither is usually playing runs.
Dec 1, 2015 at 15:46 comment added Doktor Mayhem Just in case you hadn't seen this lot, they all have bass guitars: youtube.com/watch?v=9Ky8rfTJlY4
Dec 1, 2015 at 15:14 comment added Steve Jessop There's no contradiction anyway. "Mostly" doesn't mean "always".
Dec 1, 2015 at 14:14 comment added Carl Witthoft You can certainly strum; even us cellists do now and then. Or you could run the back of a saw blade across the strings, or the chuck of a power drill :-) , all of which one crazy rocker or another has done at some point.
Dec 1, 2015 at 14:07 answer added Tetsujin timeline score: 5
Dec 1, 2015 at 13:55 answer added Shevliaskovic timeline score: 10
Dec 1, 2015 at 13:45 comment added Shevliaskovic Pretty much anything with strings can be strummed
Dec 1, 2015 at 13:45 history edited Shevliaskovic CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dec 1, 2015 at 13:36 answer added Todd Wilcox timeline score: 3
Dec 1, 2015 at 12:08 comment added Todd Wilcox Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin and everything by Ned's Atomic Dustbin seem to indicate that strumming on bass is definitely a thing that is done by some. That said, playing single root notes and playing "lead lines" are not the same thing, from my point of view.
Dec 1, 2015 at 11:47 history asked Neil Meyer CC BY-SA 3.0