how your playing have been described by others?

[neural_rust]

One of my closest friends told me that my playing sounds like that David Gilmour is being ********* by Geezer Butler.
I think it's one the nicest things i've ever heard about my playing..

so, what about you?

[Osprey]

Does your mummy often let you use the computer by yourself?

[mongo2]

I was once told I play just what a song needs, no more, no less.

I can live with that.

[GM60466]

I was told that after the drummer I was the second most important person in the band.

G

[dan.ablett]

i was told that the only thing more profound then my playing is chuck norris

[Chad Michael]

Groovy, funky, user - friendly, comfortable.

[oldrocker]

One of the drummerrs I've played with described my playing as steady. I guess that's good as he always calls me when he's in a situation that needs a bass player.

One of the guitar players I've played with was described by another guitar player as Jimmy Page trying to play Dickey Betts. He took it as a compliment even though it wasn't meant as one

[lunarpollen]

I've had a few people just say they love the sounds I make without quite being able to articulate precisely why they do, but they still get their point across because I know where they're coming from. A couple have compared me to Steve Severin and Peter Hook but with something extra, which I take as a great compliment considering the nature of the music we do...

[RedemptionBass]

Some have said that my playing is "bad". Others have said that it was "horrid". One even said that my lack of rhythm made them vomit and go into siezures.

Usually, it just makes small children cry.

[Akeris]

I've been told I sound like the bastard son of John Wetton and Larry Fast, or like some form of jackhammering device gone awry.

[bassteban]

I've had more than a couple of fairly knowledgeable folks compare my style & sound w/Les Claypool's. I take this to mean I often use a bit of distortion, play strange chords & intonate poorly on fretless.

[mr-mungo]

When my friend was doing his best don't-kill-yourself, he described me as 'compotent'. Nice of him

[8guy]

Ive been told to sound more like a Bass and sound less like a guitar, and once told to put away my 8 string because I was hurting the second guitars feelings!!!!

[GeneralElectric]

Good.

[MadMan118]

My bands guitar player said that not only do i support the band well, I am a hazard to the structural integrity of every building we play in.

[Honk'n_down-low]

Good solid Bass Player - Legendary in my own mind

[Deacon_Blues]

I've been told I was the tightest bassist he's ever seen in a certain nightclub/pub in town. I definitely am not that ultratight (I know a bunch of pros playing there regularly), but I appreciated his comment.

On the same gig, (I think) there was another guy complimenting on my playing, and at some point asked if I used to be a guitarist, which is true... After that I slowly began to realize I don't need to play every chord tone just because I can, better to keep it simple. There's other instruments in the band for a reason.

One of the guitarists I play with regularly said I'm a great bassist with a lot of attitude in my playing. I am not a technical monster playing arranged basslines but I play almost entirely on feel. I guess that shines through somehow. He also said he appreciates that I don't step on his toes with my playing or my sound.

An older guy said on a gig I have a "good touch".

I haven't really gotten much negative feedback, but I'm sure my timing has been all over the place, especially when I just was starting on bass. My twinbrother (pro keyboardist nowadays) obviously used to hate my bass playing, especially in certain songs when we played in the same band 6-7 years ago. I was new on bass then, having just switched from guitar. In some songs, he insisted to play bass on the keyboard (although he generally hates to do that). I guess he thought my timing was too off in those songs. Later I started working more on my timing and groove and I think it paid off.