If there were a Top 10 list...

[RAM]

If we had a Top 10 list of why it's great to be a bass player, what would you include? You don't have to have all 10, perhaps you might have more than 10!

Here are a few of mine (in no particular order)...

• Always in demand, regardless of skill level

• We have fewer strings to change (sorry JT)

• We can change people's bowel habits

• It's the "easy" instrument (um...I hope you know this is sarcastic!!!)

• Songs don't sound right without bass (um...White Stripes anybody?)

• We're not egotists

• We can do it on our own don't typically need two of us in a band to fill out the sound

[Darkstrike]

Thunder.

[Jeff K]

Feeling that rumble in your gut.

It's the coolest-looking instrument in the band.

[Phalex]

Raw Power!

[jdblaiz]

- Inherently have twice the musical credibility of the drummer.

[nutso42]

Build much stronger fingers, should we choose to play other instruments later.

[Joey3313]

Originally Posted by jdblaiz

- Inherently have twice the musical credibility of the drummer.

Yet still 1/3 less than a guitarist.

[dragon574444]

Originally Posted by RAM

We have fewer strings to change (sorry JT)[/list]

Yet, we pay 4x more for our strings...

Hey, I guess we're all pessimists.

[uethanian]

you can have a beard and wear strange hats and no one will think twice about it

[whirlwind]

The sound of a bass is better than sex (well it comes a very close 2nd)