"Bass ain't supposed to sound like that!"

[FarkusSWR]

Sound-checking tonight for a local festival when a guy out in the crowd yells "Bass ain't supposed to sound like that!"
I was running a EBMM StingRay 4HH through a GB Shuttlemax 9.2, so it was pretty modern-sounding to me, but not excessively so.
Guess he was a P/tort/flats guy
I keed, I keed.

 

[nobodysfool]

Who died and made him the boss?

 

[iridiumrocks]

Did you ask him what it is supposed to sound like? I would like to hear his answer

 

[Epitaph04]

It's supposed to sound like "bum bum bubum bum bubum."

 

[BrBss]

It's not supposed to make a sound at all.

 

[UrsaMinor]

I am confused at his comment. You should have just threw your bass at him. Can you hear that?

 

[lowfreq33]

And where was his gig that night?

 

[lfmn16]

Sounds like some TBers.

 

[thunderstation]

Never argue with an idiot...they drag you down to their level & win by experience"

+1

 

[ronned2tm]

He's just a snugglemuffin! It is all a matter of taste! I am totally old school in my sound, but I do definitely respect modern tone as well. Different sounds fits different music styles and fits different tastes.

 

[ArvindJayaram]

Did you smile and wave?

- Arvind

 

[lfmn16]

Never argue with an idiot...they drag you down to their level & win by experience"

+1

You have to love Mark Twain!

 

[klejst]

It's not supposed to make a sound at all.

Funny I was going to say something along this. If you happen to play metal I bet he was just surprised he could hear the bass...most metal heads are not used to that and really get confused when they can hear that extra low end.

 

[kcole4001]

And that's when I crank up the gain and hit my overdrive, flanger, and delay pedals and face my 4003 close to the speakers for some unearthly feedback, then shout "how about that then?"

 

[Razman]

My best friend and sound man gets leery of new fx. For my band's last concert we covered Avenged Sevenfold's "Afterlife" which contains a nasty, grindy bass riff in the intro. I picked up a MXR bass di that gives me that sound (it's used, was at my favorite local shop, and was priced right.)

When I tried it out I got some funny looks and I could feel him seething a bit from behind the board, but the sound was perfect so it's now a permanent part of my signal chain. Can't wait to do "Full Circle" by Otherwise...

 

[Nev375]

Applause ain't supposed to sound like that.

 

[Russell L]

Never argue with an idiot...they drag you down to their level & win by experience"

+1

--Mark Twain

 

[kurosawa]

Obviously he KNEW it was a bass.