The Super Intergalactic 'What if' Thread!

[MichaelScott]

Rules:

Type "What if... *Insert zany bass situation*"

Ready set gooo!!!!

[MichaelScott]

What if Claypool HAD become Metallica's bassist after he auditioned?

Woah.

[MichaelScott]

What if Leo had never sold his company?

[SoComSurfing]

What if I actually picked up a bass even just 1/2 the time I sign on to here instead.

[Eric Cameron]

What if Jaco had a tragic fignernail clipping accident, and lost the tip of three fingers?

What if a gigantic meteor was plummeting to earth, and all of the bass players in the world pointed their cabs at it and strummed a low B at exactly the same time and all in tune?

What if there was some massive nuclear accident that caused a genetic mutation that made it impossible for the human ear to hear anything below 1000 hz?

Rock on
Eric

[ZombieGhosTrain]

What if Jaco had a tragic fignernail clipping accident, and lost the tip of three fingers?

Tony Iommi pulled it off!

What if.... Talkbass immediately ceased to exist?

[BassChuck]

Cool idea. OK I'll go for the really odd.

What if there was no music recording?

In 1904 John Phillip Sousa (yes, Virginia, the March King) was part of a group that lobbied Congress to outlaw the infant recording industry. That's right, no recording. His line of thinking was that if the industry ever got its act together and started marketing recordings of music, then many musicians would be out of work.

Sousa allowed his band to make records in future years because he saw that as a source of income for his players, but HE did not record with them, Arthur Pryor, his trombonist lead the band in most recordings.

Imagine if every resturant and store, or radio station that wanted music had to hire a live performer(s) for that. We'd all be working... or it would be a very quiet world.

[Kasper007]

What if bassists actually got the respect they deserve and a more prominent place in the mix?

(No I'm not frustrated)

[Blackbird]

Originally Posted by BassChuck

Cool idea. OK I'll go for the really odd.

What if there was no music recording?

Along those lines, what if there were no broadcast technology?

[Kronos]

What if Baritone Sax was the root for most rock and roll instead of bass guitar or upright?

[tZer]

What if on every Halloween at midnight (CST), all bass players simultaneously played the 'Theme from the Munsters' out their windows as loud as equipment permitted?

[lemur821]

Originally Posted by Kronos

What if Baritone Sax was the root for most rock and roll instead of bass guitar or upright?

I think you're looking for the contrabass sax. No way a baritone could hold down the low end.

[Nino Valenti]

What if South Park was reality and they're watching:

"The boring life of Anthony Valenti"