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11-20-2006, 01:51 AM
| | | | List of fingerstyle bassists who hang their basses low?
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low = crotch or lower
cliff burton
rob trujillo
chris from muse
flea
steve digiorgio
steve harris
joe nerve
any more? |
11-20-2006, 08:23 AM
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Brian Marshall (Creed, Alterbridge) |
11-20-2006, 09:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Stoneham, MA | | | Flea is debatable, it's been creeping up over the years. |
11-20-2006, 10:29 AM
| | | As has the angle of his thumb.
Alot of metal players have it really low... maybe so they can see what they're doing whilst headbanging  |
11-20-2006, 12:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Bay, CA. | | Frank Bello from Anthrax has his bass pretty low. 
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11-20-2006, 12:46 PM
| | Poop? | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | how does he even reach the g... |
11-20-2006, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia Water | | | norwood fisher from fishbone, do some google image of that mofo! |
11-20-2006, 02:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah | | This is a photo I took of Norwood around 1989 or 1990.  |
11-20-2006, 08:11 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | me, i have it at the crotch
also....fieldy  |
11-20-2006, 08:25 PM
| | | | Alex webster of cannibal corpse. |
11-20-2006, 09:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Oh man...to feel the carpal tunnel developing just from seeing those photos...
Sorry...but, it's a major peeve of mine. It's impossible to have good technique and be a good player while hanging your bass that low...unless you're a gorilla.
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11-20-2006, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RAM Oh man...to feel the carpal tunnel developing just from seeing those photos...
Sorry...but, it's a major peeve of mine. It's impossible to have good technique and be a good player while hanging your bass that low...unless you're a gorilla. | Yeah, there's nobody worse than Norwood Fisher, Cliff Burton and Rob Trujillo  |
11-20-2006, 10:02 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | | To be fair, Robert Trujillo might be part gorilla. |
11-20-2006, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by steve21 To be fair, Robert Trujillo might be part gorilla. |
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought he looked like a gorilla  I don't get why he hangs it that low... it doesn't look cool ya know 
Dave Ellefson, formerly of Megadeth, slung his bass low, and looked damn cool doing it! |
11-20-2006, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by RAM Oh man...to feel the carpal tunnel developing just from seeing those photos...
Sorry...but, it's a major peeve of mine. It's impossible to have good technique and be a good player while hanging your bass that low...unless you're a gorilla. | that would actually explain all this hair... 
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11-21-2006, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by richard simmons Alex webster of cannibal corpse. | Actually, he keeps his bass above the beltline. It's just the low crouching stance he takes while playing live that creates the impression of a low hanging bass.
There are videos (at Youtube e.g) of CC in the studio where he shows his gear etc. You can see it there.
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11-21-2006, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by RAM Oh man...to feel the carpal tunnel developing just from seeing those photos...
Sorry...but, it's a major peeve of mine. It's impossible to have good technique and be a good player while hanging your bass that low...unless you're a gorilla. | Pardon...my BS detector went off. Different players are comfortable with different styles and techniques. I don't play mine as extremely low as some of these guys, but definitely enough to CYN.  If you get it done, you get it done - period. |
11-21-2006, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by VanillaO how does he even reach the g... | It's metal... I've never heard Frank Bello go anywhere near the G.
Also, Trujillo is usually about a foot off the ground anyway, so I figure he and his bass have no choice but to meet somewhere in the middle.
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11-21-2006, 01:32 PM
| | Poop? | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | ya but i know plenty of metal where the g is used quite a bit... or is it thaaaaat kind of metal. |
11-21-2006, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Fathand Actually, he keeps his bass above the beltline. It's just the low crouching stance he takes while playing live that creates the impression of a low hanging bass.
There are videos (at Youtube e.g) of CC in the studio where he shows his gear etc. You can see it there. | That is actually a pretty good idea. That way he can fool all the metalheads in the crowd into thinking he is playing low while keeping good technique at the same time. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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