Best Musical Instrument for Impressing The Ladies With

[theblueneutrino]

After my first year at uni, I have come to the conclusion that the best Musical Instrument for impressing the Ladies with is no longer the guitar.
Any fool with 2 hands can crack out an acoustic and play some incubus while looking contemplatively at the sunset, and as a result women are waaay too demanding of ones guitar skills when you try and woo.

I've found that getting out my Korg Vocoder and singing harder, better, faster, stronger always impresses.

My Brother swears that all the Ladies love his bassoon.

Has anyone got any tried and tested songs/instruments for the job?

Edit No one has mentioned Organ yet, lets bare in mind that this ugly motherfucker had 24 children
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[hoopymo]

A comb and paper, or a kazoo.

[Kenneh]

After my first year at uni, I have come to the conclusion that the best Musical Instrument for impressing the Ladies with is no longer the guitar.


WHAT?

[Shagg]

It's obviously the guitar.

[meTalmessiah]

Saxophone is pretty high up there too, so I've heard.

[easter69]

drums, having tattoos helps too

[ToastmasterAlpha]

Saxophone is pretty high up there too, so I've heard.

It only really works if you play alto or tenor and you can play really well. I play the baritone sax, which is meant to be low and loud. So not very impressive there.

My Brother swears that all the Ladies love his bassoon.


Really? I personally think the bassoon kicks ass, but I never thought of it as a chick magnet. Give that man a high-five for me.

[OoooF4LiFe]

Piano usually works.


Though it usually gives the "I've never used my penis" vibe.

[Lupita]

that really depends on how hot the guy is. The instrument is just an excuse so we do not sound that easy.

[ToastmasterAlpha]

Piano usually works.


Though it usually gives the "I've never used my penis" vibe.

Piano is especially effective when you sing too and pretend to be Ben Folds.

[Kazzwald]

The drums work for me. I love the Baritone Saxophone aswell but i'm not particularly aroused when a guy is playing one. It often looks like he's taking a crap.

[exetra]

I've found that getting out my Korg Vocoder and singing harder, better, faster, stronger always impresses.

If I was female and I saw you doing that I would probably have sex with you on the spot.

Any instrument you can play and sing at the same time is fine, as long as your singing voice isn't terrible.

[RessXalcor]

Saxophone is pretty high up there too, so I've heard.

Yeah because Kenny G. Rocks with the old unmarried ladies.
To contribute, The guitar is still impressive to a girl when you play it.

[Dave]

Just be really good at the instrument, thats usually better than what you actually play. Although I'd love to learn sax, its kinky as hell in a cheesy-ass kinda way.

[docmartens]

Chicks dig rhythm instruments. Only the super slutty chicks like the front man / lead guitarist in a band. Pick up bass, or drums, or piano if you can do it. But seriously, just tab out something like "I'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years After, and you're set. Trust me on that one.

[Killer Carebear]

I've always wanted a Vocoder.

[Android]

College girls love guys who play shitty acoustic renditions of Dave Matthews band and the like. Of course doing that would make you a huge douche.

[Shagg]

Thats the kind of guy I'd fall for Android.

[OoooF4LiFe]

College girls love guys who play shitty acoustic renditions of Dave Matthews band and the like. Of course doing that would make you a huge douche.

A huge douche thats getting his dick wet.


I wish my taste in music sucked bad enough to get laid for it.

[Slutty McBangerton]

Saxophone is pretty high up there too, so I've heard.
It absolutely is not.

[ToastmasterAlpha]

To reverse the situation, I'll admit I totally have a hard-on for chicks who play the oboe.

[Kenneh]

I have a hard-on for chicks who play the skin flute.

[Lissa]

As Dave said, being amazing/having rare talent turns on everyone.


Harmonicas are pretty tight though.

[Stickperson]

Playing the guitar is way up there... if you do it with your feet.

[afroman9898]

With looks like mine i could play a whistle and impress the ladies. Can the fattest most disgusting guy play a guitar and impress a girl?

[ShadowFlame]

I for one think its the drums. They just have a giant scent of "Man" in it. Also it proves you can really beat the shit out of something. Really shows your sensitive side. If your willing to be a Pussy then an acoustic guitar.

[gizzalove]

What really gets me going is the recorder or tuba.

[Pelican Man]

Bass guitar.


...please?


But on a serious note, I think guitar's still up there. Bitches dig it. And as said previously, tattoos win overall. "That's fucking hot" will never, ever be uttered while you're diddling on a guitar, fellas.

[theblueneutrino]

If I was female and I saw you doing that I would probably have sex with you on the spot.


Hahahahahah :flamewar:

Could spark a new debate, what instrument/song/performer would turn you gay for the musician.

I would almost definitely let Hendrix do me if he played some guitar for me first.

[InTransit]

Just be really good at the instrument, thats usually better than what you actually play.
Not necessarily. I mean... Ben Kweller's really really sexy as a musician because he does the whole acoustic guitar rocking love song thing.

Although I'd love to learn sax, its kinky as hell in a cheesy-ass kinda way.

OOh yeahh
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But to be honest, the sexiness of an instrument all depends on the type of girl that's watching you.

A frontman will always be sexy to the skanks.

A bassist will always be sexy to the music lovers.

A pianist will always be gay. Sorry.

A drummer just doesn't get the chicks really. They're kind of assumed to be stupid, and all the groupie girls are taken up by the front man and the bassist.

Oh and if you just play guitar, you'll be sexy to the ugly skanks that know they have no chance with a frontman.

[MistyTehMoose]

I have a thing for Bassists.

[InTransit]

I have a thing for bassists after dating a drummer who really was as stupid as people make them out to be, then dating a frontman who turned out to be as much of an egotistical asshole as they're made out to be.

[OoooF4LiFe]

As a stupid drummer with a bassist friend, I am offended.

[Android]

I have a thing for Bassists.
I have a thing for bassists.

I'm a LONG time bassist ladies. :clint:

[MistyTehMoose]

I'm a LONG time bassist ladies. :clint:

:hmm: Will you stick it in my pooper?

[Tastychainsaws]

Wow where I live no one gives two shits if you play bass. Hell half of the girls don't even know what a bass guitar is.

[Android]

:hmm: Will you stick it in my pooper?

And that ladies and gentlemen is why I became a musician. Matt Melvin should change his comic from a guy holding an acoustic guitar and getting naked chicks to a guy holding a bass.

[Mystrangy]

The triangle, enough said.

[dameon5646]

I have a hard-on for chicks who play the skin flute.

What about the nose flute?

I find that it is not just one instrument, but a combination. take my retard friend, Alex, he only took up guitar for the chicks and that hasn't worked out well for him, actually it had the opposite effect. Now take my other friend Andrew, he plays the drums, and he gets no action at all.

I however play both, and get all the girls Alex wants without trying. And even though Andrews friends are fugley, they still want me. which is kinda gross.

[exetra]

A pianist will always be gay. Sorry.


FUCK YOU! I'm gonna go drown my sorrows with Lemon Ruski and listen to Kylie Minogue.

Seriously though, would it be fair to assume that it's the whole Elton John thing that gives that impression?

Edit: That, and the fact that when you say "pianist" it sounds like penis?

[InTransit]

Yeah, the main reason would be that most of them are just fairies. Just to add to the whole me being a stupid groupie whore, I have had the same pianist ask me out 3 times, so they're not ALL gay, even though he does look & act it.

And yeah, they do play a long instrument, with lots of thin long bits on it, that sounds amazingly close to penis.

[exetra]

And yeah, they do play a long instrument, with lots of thin long bits on it, that sounds amazingly close to penis.

My piano doesnt sound like a penis :S

[InTransit]

Really? Mine does? Is there something wrong with it?

[Shimigami]

I have a piano for the express purpose of getting piano players to come over and serenade me.

[JonC]

Generally the guitar is the one that impressed the ladies for some reason.

But I have found the skin flute is good at impressing the ladies at certain times.

[Merka2]

Usually the guitar leaves me doing a five finger solo:indiff: Am I doing somthing wrong? Should i play like this? :banjo:

[InTransit]

Seriously though, would it be fair to assume that it's the whole Elton John thing that gives that impression?


Actually I'd have to say Elton John is the exception to the rule. I got to see him play a couple of months ago and I must say, for a fat ugly old gay man, he sure makes playing the piano very sexy indeed.

But if you can serenade me with Tiny Dancer, you can be an exception too :hmm:

[tunacake]

The ladies love a good fiddler.

[MistyTehMoose]

Actually I'd have to say Elton John is the exception to the rule. I got to see him play a couple of months ago and I must say, for a fat ugly old gay man, he sure makes playing the piano very sexy indeed.

But if you can serenade me with Tiny Dancer, you can be an exception too :hmm:

Ben Folds makes the piano sexy.

[exetra]

Ben Folds makes the piano sexy.

I think it's a widely accepted fact of science that if you competently perform "She's a Brick" to a female she will probably have sex with you.

[Alcoholic]

Bass guitar.


...please?


But on a serious note, I think guitar's still up there. Bitches dig it. And as said previously, tattoos win overall. "That's fucking hot" will never, ever be uttered while you're diddling on a guitar, fellas.

Way untrue man. Had this one girlfriend that practically raped me whenever I played one of my electrics. She didn't think the acoustic was sexy, just "nice". A couple of time she actually wanted me to play whilst in the middle the chosen activities.

[BassBastard]

I play primarily Bass and Piano.
Piano head is awesome.
I have found females like skill and passion. Then again, skill on the Harmonica commutes to other, unmusical skills.

[BKS]

Something with heavy tongue and/or finger action.

[JonC]

Wait, BKS, what exactly are you talking about?

[Gryphon]

My personal opinion, as stated by a couple already, as long as you're good at what you do and the instrument isn't considered a joke (tuba, triangle, etc haha), you'd be fine. I do find, however, being good at bongos is great, that's how I hooked up with a couple girls before.

[exetra]

I do find, however, being good at bongos is great, that's how I hooked up with a couple girls before.

What?! Were you at a hippy/metaphysics meet-up or something? Did you hook up with some mad witches?

Piano head is awesome.

I can't imagine that recieving oral sex and playing piano at the same time would be paticularly easy. Unless you were being blown by a piano or something.

[Ercoledi]

Nah, just A Minor.

I'd imagine it's also what you play. Are these ladies more impressed by skill, or are they more attracted to being wooed and serenaded by a love song?

[Pelican Man]

Way untrue man. Had this one girlfriend that practically raped me whenever I played one of my electrics. She didn't think the acoustic was sexy, just "nice". A couple of time she actually wanted me to play whilst in the middle the chosen activities.

Yeah but she was a slut.

[Alcoholic]

Yeah but she was a slut.

Damn right. I don't stick my dick in anything that doesn't let me pluck a few G-strings during the event.

[tunacake]

Piano head is awesome.


She'd get in the way of the pedals! :mad:!

[BassBastard]

She'd get in the way of the pedals! :mad:!

That all depends on how you are sitting on the bench. And is she is laying across it. Once the zipper is down, mute and sustain take a back seat.

[Alcoholic]

That all depends on how you are sitting on the bench. And is she is laying across it. Once the zipper is down, mute and sustain take a back seat.

That is one of the best lines I have ever heard. I'm sorry, but this may very well become my Facebook status.

[eyehatepeople]

In Australia every second person plays the guitar, and half of those are playing it simply for the chicks.

I admittedly do play guitar, and but I play for the music, but if I can score a few chicks out of it...awesome.

To get some chicks out of the guitar I play Under the Bridge or Soul to Squeeze by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[Pelican Man]

In Australia every second person plays the guitar, and half of those are playing it simply for the chicks.

Actually, every second person IS a chick.

I admittedly do play guitar, and but I play for the music, but if I can score a few chicks out of it...awesome.

Sure, you're in it "for the music". Meaning, you're shit.

To get some chicks out of the guitar I play Under the Bridge or Soul to Squeeze by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

For someone who "isn't in it for the chicks", you sure seem to have already worked it all out, eh?

[Greger]

I heard being great at writing lyrics is a sure way of getting the ladies, im sure eyedhatepeople get a ton of chicks just from his lyrics.

[Pelican Man]

Yeah, fat bald chicks.

[Alcoholic]

I have a question guys: what kind of music most appeals to fat, bald chicks based mostly upon the lyrics?

[Android]

I have a question guys: what kind of music most appeals to fat, bald chicks based mostly upon the lyrics?

Anything by Ani DiFranco.

[Alcoholic]

Anything by Ani DiFranco.

Ani DiFranco? Fuck that shit, I just became even less attracted to fat bald chicks.

[alo81]

I've always wanted a Vocoder.

Damn so have i, I've always wanted to get something like it for my guitar, something about mixing the vocals with the guitar just gets me going.

[Android]

Damn so have i, I've always wanted to get something like it for my guitar, something about mixing the vocals with the guitar just gets me going.

You can pick up a Korg Microsynth for pretty cheap. In addition to having great, easily manipulable sound banks, it comes with a microphone and built in vocoder. I own one and it's a versatile synth that beats the pants off of anything else in the same price range.

[InTransit]

Anything by Ani DiFranco.

Or kd Lang.

[BassBastard]

NSFW (http://dockera.com/pics/fun/piano2.jpg)

A good case for the piano argument.

[Gryphon]

What?! Were you at a hippy/metaphysics meet-up or something? Did you hook up with some mad witches?

No no, it was just a jam session my old high school holds every year. I was stating the fact that if you're good at a certain instrument that isn't completely whack, at least one girl will find it a turn on.

[Mamimi]

Personally I don't think musical men are attractive. :x
'HAY LOOK I CAN PLAY MUSICZ' nothnx.
But if you're lvl 70 and horde, that's pretty damn sexy.

...or if you smear shit on your face and say 'daddy made me dirty', I'd totally fuck you.

[None of you will get the above statement.]

[Alcoholic]

This girl is absolutely horrifying.

Don't they have instruments in WoW? If not, what a sad world it is.

[Mamimi]

I'm not the kind of woman that will swoon over a foreign accent or some 'different' guy playing a guitar. I like my men weird. Or WoWfags.

The regular guys don't interest me anymore.

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[DPJ]

A couple of time she actually wanted me to play whilst in the middle the chosen activities.
Finishing a song on guitar with an epic finish while simultaneously blowing your load on some girl's face is just too awesome to comprehend.

You sir, are my new God.

[meTalmessiah]

The other day I broke a G string whilst fingering a minor.

Acoustic guitar is the kind of instrument that gets preppy, "sensitive" guys some pussy from whatever musically ignorant woman that walks by. All they have to do is throw in some generic wordplay, like "heart," "wind," "eyes," and such like that, and bingo presto! International house of pussy.

Electric, however, while being harder to show off to ladies because of the amp, is a sure-fire way to shred your way into someone's panties. Sure, this isn't true for all women, but generally guitar is still quite the girl-grabber.

[whereisyourgodnow]

Personally...it's not always the instrument but the guy behind it. I find bass and guitar extremely sexy, but it isn't the bass I'm dealing with later.
Also, I play both so a guy that can't play worth shit, no matter what a great instrument he's got in his hands, isn't attractive.

Still, it all depends on what kind of girl you're looking for

[TheFerret]

Two words: The Theremin


But seriously, if you can actually play more than 3 chords, guitar could help you out quite a bit.

[Thrashed]

It used to be the guitar at some point.. it eventually stopped working for me.

[BassBastard]

Two words: The Theremin


But seriously, if you can actually play more than 3 chords, guitar could help you out quite a bit.

The Theremin kicks ass. I saw one used in conjunction with a Korg Kaoss pad, digital delay pedal and distortion. It was some weirdness. They also used a Virus B12 synth. It was one of the coolest additions to a band I have seen in awhile.

The ladies seemed to love it.

[theblueneutrino]

The Theremin kicks ass. I saw one used in conjunction with a Korg Kaoss pad, digital delay pedal and distortion. It was some weirdness.

The Hell with the Ladies, that just gave me an erection!!!

Were they both being played at the same time as separate synths, or was one being used to alter the other?

[Kass]

I'm really surprised nobody's said cello yet.
http://givethemhorns.deviantart.com/art/Apocalyptica-VI-95899058
'nuff said.

...Maybe it just appeals to bisexual men, though. >_>

[Vin]

Bassists have bigger penises. :facts:

I find the kazoo brings all the ladies. It just sounds so sexy.

[Jackoff Shitler]

Guitar Hero.

[BassBastard]

The Hell with the Ladies, that just gave me an erection!!!

Were they both being played at the same time as separate synths, or was one being used to alter the other?

Both. The Virus was stand alone with keyboard, the rest was modulating the Theremin as far as I could tell. I was very much enjoying the noises from the crowd.

[Mantastic]

The Theremin looks incredibly hard.

I know a trombone can really catch a mans attention :heya: I only mention this predictable joke because I was scarred when I used to play it.

[theblueneutrino]

I saw a garden gnome which had it's fishing rod turned into a theremin. Looked kinda cute.

http://www.thereminworld.com/gal_gnome.asp was all I could find on a picture search though.

Both. The Virus was stand alone with keyboard, the rest was modulating the Theremin as far as I could tell. I was very much enjoying the noises from the crowd.

Oh wow, as a synth geek that makes me weak at the knees :hmm:

[Alessandro]

i pick up girls while playin the guitar alot :P

[JoeyJoJo]

I kept expecting someone to say jazz flute,
maybe i have anchorman on the brain too much.

Personally i think rock instruments - so gtrs, drums, vocal chords
would get u most chicks cause "good girls always want bad boys"

[theblueneutrino]

True, i think it would be worth learning jazz flute simply to have anchorman-like sex.

[JoeyJoJo]

Haha - so true.
Tell me when u learn it.
;)

[Britney Spears]

Playing a slow song with a lot of tremolo picking on mandolin works a lot. Girls think it's unique and shit.

[OmgItsAlex]

Im going to have to say Acoustic Guitar.
I play guitar myself, and nothing can compare to a song being passionately played and sung.
But you have to pick the right song, Like a song by Brand New, or something less heard off and soft.

[MusicalIdiot]

I'd say the voice is the most impressive 'instrument' if the person can sing well. After all; voices are unique to each individual and can be lyrical. Now if we don't count the voice as an instrument, then I'd say impressive belongs to piano or guitar depending on the woman.

[Mr. Wink]

I find playing the hairy banjo always works

[JaiRaj]

French Horn anyone? It worked for me, I found a lot of other horn players I know to be more successful than others.

[Lozenge]

But to be honest, the sexiness of an instrument all depends on the type of girl that's watching you.

A frontman will always be sexy to the skanks.

A bassist will always be sexy to the music lovers.

A pianist will always be gay. Sorry.

A drummer just doesn't get the chicks really. They're kind of assumed to be stupid, and all the groupie girls are taken up by the front man and the bassist.

Oh and if you just play guitar, you'll be sexy to the ugly skanks that know they have no chance with a frontman.

I play guitar and piano, so does that mean I get gay ugly men? damn.

And with the whole piano being gay thing, what about Matthew Bellamy from Muse?

[Ercoledi]

And Billy Joel?

[Pelican Man]

And with the whole piano being gay thing, what about Matthew Bellamy from Muse?

Oh god, you're right. Tranny just called Matt Bellamy gay! LYNCH HER! LYYYNCH HEEEEER!

[Bubblegumstar56]

But i think that the drums r good enogh i mean c'mon people!Let it shine let itletlelleletlet ilet itlet it slet it shlet it shilet it shinlet it shineand for disgusting men.... 8008135 translated....... boobies

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[koots]

It is most definatley still the guitar.

[javaD]

Well, Piano and guitar if it includes singing, can be sexy instruments, even drums, but what gives the sexiness and appeal to the instruments is the way you play them.

[Derelict]

I play piano, guitar, bass, drums, violin, and harmonica, and it's always the piano the chicks are impressed by. I have a decent singing voice and singing to them while playing pretty much guarantees action. It's even better if you know some funny songs. Humor, talent, and physical attraction are basically vagina magnets. Obviously.

[Pelican Man]

I thought 'being Derelict' was considered the biggest vagina magnet of all?

[Revocracy]

Guitars, obviously. although drums are pretty cool, I don't like holding sticks though.

[asphysciated_emus]

I always thought the bassists were cutest, but others I have known always the think the drummer is where it's at. I'm undecided yet on the matter.
I always liked the guys who play the cello. Then again I am biased because I play it as well. But not violinists, not violas.
Harmonicas are badass.

[javaD]

Well the thing is that it all depends on your way of doing it. For example if you sing in a passionate way you will get the ladies, but if you sing it like William Hung, obviously you won't get any pussy.

[Tyler_Legrand]

I knew a lady who played a guzheng.

That was hot.

[iamdathan]

stage performance... thats all it is. you could totally suck with your live sond but if you rocked hardcore then thats all that counts.
but once you hit the studio then you have to do your thing but thats a differant subject.
so just people socks with your sweet guitar throws or drumstick tossing or whatever and your get some pretty damn good recognition for girls... and/or guys.
depending on your preferance.

... Atleast thats how it is in the STL area because we arent a really big "rock music scene" group so people dont listen and apperciate the music as much as they do just look at your apperarance.

inda pisses me off really.

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[Derelict]

I thought 'being Derelict' was considered the biggest vagina magnet of all?

I outlined that at the end of my post. Want some scotch? I have some scotch if you'd like some.

[Desert]

Drums always work. Always. As long as it isn't thrash or anything.

[Pelican Man]

I outlined that at the end of my post. Want some scotch? I have some scotch if you'd like some.

Scotch and pussy, right? It'll sure beat my usual cuisine of ale and whores.

[veveze]

I like a man who can play the harmonica, and when he doubles it up with some guitar I get goosebumps.

Drums are pure sex, though.

[Haggis McSpud]

Personally a guy who plays any sort of instrument is attractive in my eyes. It shows that they are passionate and dedicated and a little bit romantic :douchecock:
Also, guys who play guitar are totally hot! :lol:!

[lafuriaroja]

Here's a good one. Play a good instrument like guitar and piano and learn how to sing in a romantic language like spanish or french. I always get the ladies when I play my guitar and sing in spanish. It gives them that "oh my heart is melting" look in their eyes.:hmm:

[theblueneutrino]

I always get the ladies when I play my guitar and sing in spanish. It gives them that "oh my heart is melting" look in their eyes.:hmm:

I will personally testify that it doesn't work with turkish, or afrikaans.

[Stickperson]

I sang to a woman in ancient hebrew while playing the guitar.

I think I offended her.

[Gettothevan]

Guitar, be good. Very good. Be able to shred but do not play death metal, chicks hate death metal, play some cheesy romantic crap like John Mayer

[Haggis McSpud]

Guitar, be good. Very good. Be able to shred but do not play death metal, chicks hate death metal, play some cheesy romantic crap like John Mayer

I like death metal.

[Gettothevan]

I like death metal.

Are you a chick?

[Pelican Man]

Obviously, otherwise her replying to you wouldn't be relevant. God, you're a shit excuse for a user.

[tunacake]

Not anymore!

[Samuraininja333]

Not anymore!

Wow, nice one. Guitar is best in general.

[Pelican Man]

:hf:

[koots]

:hf:

What about the bass.

[Bayview05]

Unless you're Flea, bass is lame.

[Pelican Man]

What about the bass.

Actually, it should have been like this;

Not anymore!

:hf:

Bass is by far the sexiest instrument ever. You should know that.

[Bayview05]

It is in looks (long neck implies :heya:) but unless you can bust out into a crazy bass solo I fail to see how you're going to impress anyone. It's generally too simplistic.

[Pelican Man]

That just proves you know jack shit about bass, really.

[Bayview05]

Please enlighten me. :hmm:

[Pelican Man]

Bass is all about creativity. Most modern bassists just play bass as an excuse to play in a band with their friends, but for any style, there's so much you can do with bass. Styles like jazz and blues are more open for bass, hence why they generally have good bassists. Modern rock and metal it's a little bit harder for bassists to express themselves, so finding good bass among that is hard.
Mudvayne's a good example, Ryan Martinie is an incredible bassist, despite the fact that the guitars are so low you'd think they'd throw the bass way back into the mix.

Most people think bass is boring, but that's not the case. It's that most people choose to do boring things with it. Heck, look at Rancid, and even Green Day. Their guitar work is simplistic, yet people don't stereotype guitar as being simple because of it. And in both those bands, the bassists write awesome basslines, yet people seem to forget about that.

[Bayview05]

Most modern bassists just play bass as an excuse to play in a band with their friends.

That was the assumption I was making. Sorry if I came off as a little narrow minded.

[Pelican Man]

It's alright. As detailed here;

That just proves you know jack shit about bass, really.

It's clear I assumed that's what you were assuming anyways.

[Samuraininja333]

Bass is a good instrument if you are really good at it. If you are in a band and you play bass, and people care about you more than the other members, you will get chicks.

Flea gets more chicks than the rest of RHCP.
Do people like Michael Antony get more chicks than Eddie Van Halen. Doubt it.

[Pelican Man]

Bass is a good instrument if you're not lazy and actually WANT to play bass, rather than using it to get famous with your talented friends.

[Ziggy St. Valentine]

Bass is a good instrument if you're not lazy and actually WANT to play bass, rather than using it to get famous with your talented friends.

Bass is a good instrument because you can do so much with it. You can play something really simple and sound good, or you can get all fancy and technical whilst still sounding good. It's an instrument that you have to be really creative with if you want to get noticed, though, which is what makes it cool.

[Lozenge]

That was the assumption I was making. Sorry if I came off as a little narrow minded.

Watch this, and be enlightened - http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5XeVLJeMdE

Primus is amazing, and Les Claypool is a bass god.

[The_Solipsist]

On the topic of the bass, I usually tell them to sit on the amp, and I turn the low end all the way up. They like any song I play then.

[CnGy]

Just be really good at the instrument, thats usually better than what you actually play. Although I'd love to learn sax, its kinky as hell in a cheesy-ass kinda way.

This.

I would like to get a banjo bell.

[Quink]

guitar- but sadly it only works if its acoustic and you play the kind of music the ladies are into.

[CnGy]

Well try lugging an amp around with you to a party good luck with that ridiculous plan.

[Pelican Man]

Well try lugging an amp around with you to a party good luck with that ridiculous plan.

Considering he said acoustic, I don't think an amp is really necessary, aye?

[SourChicken]

The downside to playing music "the ladies are into" is that you have to either
1. Play some really sexy song with a bunch of bends, or
2. Play Wonderwall, and other shit music in that category.

I think piano would work well, because you can play Ebony and Ivory

[Monads]

Tuba. The ladies dig it.

[gagins]

The guitar is still tops at my school. Even if all you can do is the 'Smoke on the Water' riff, teenage girls with Edward Cullen paraphernalia up to their eyeballs will come chasing after you, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to attract those types of girls :indiff:.

[CnGy]

Considering he said acoustic, I don't think an amp is really necessary, aye?

I was illustrating why electric is not what he said. ;)

[Pelican Man]

I was illustrating why electric is not what he said. ;)

Don't sass me, boyo.