SOUND CHECK
WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
For the last few years I have been playing bass on our small church’ s worship team two Sundays a month. It has been good for me to serve in this manner. I am not a bass player, but as a guitarist I have been able to adapt enough to help add some bottom end to one of our revolving worship teams.
I have a nice little bass rig – a short scale Martin acoustic bass( so my fretboard scale is what I am used to on my acoustic guitars) and a Fishman Loudbox Mini amp that doubles as both a stage monitor and a DI out to the digital snake on the small worship platform. Both have gig bags, so it is quite easy to transport them to rehearsals and services.
On the off Sundays from the worship team, I have been helping my wife Judy as a Greeter. Greeting at our church has an extra element to it as we have several elderly folks in our small congregation. Judy and I will go out to the parking lot when an elderly member arrives and help pull out their wheelchairs or walkers from their cars and assist our folks into the lobby.
So I have two roles I play at church and I feel led to do both. Now we have added a new bass player to the cycle, and I will only be playing bass one Sunday a month. Judy is happy because that means I am free one more Sunday to help her. We just had a ministry fair at our church and we hope to add a few more greeters so we can take turns but for now it is three weekends“ on” for greeting and one“ on” for bass.
With a little more help coming on board what else can I do? Well, for starters I would like to prepare for possibly playing electric guitar one Sunday a month. We have not had an electric player for many years on the worship team. I play bass because that role is a higher priority, but if that is being handled then perhaps a
door is opening. I have a Riggio Custom Tango( Telecaster style) electric, a vintage Gibson Falcon amp with Reverb and Tremolo built-in and a humble pedal board with all I need on it. So, my rig is ready. I would need to woodshed the songs of course and select the best parts to play to fit in with and serve each song- but I am up for the challenge.
Being an older congregation, I don’ t think I’ ll be too loud in the mix or jump around a lot on the electric when the rest of the worship team is pretty stoic, but it may add some musical colors that aren’ t in the worship band’ s current palette.
What do you think? What else can I do?
Lord Bless You as You Follow Him! Bruce & Judy
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