bassist confessional.

Is being a gear snob a bassist stereotype? If so, I wasn't guilty until I became a member of this website...

 

i've got a burly gotee! plus i'm a tad on the heavy side. BUSTED!!!

 

I blend into the background no matter how hard I try. I'm the lead singer too!!!

Of course having a hot blond playing electric guitar next to me and ripping out solos probably has something to do with that.

 

I have a beard and I wear hats.

 

I am awesome.

 

i bob the head, say "solid groove" and since i've joined here been obsessed with my tone, and making it as perfect as possible (to my ear)

 

I suppose then you fall into the bass player stereotype of being unnaturally arrogant.

 

When other members of the band start to argue over crap I really don't take a side.

 

i often have to be the mediator, but i am brutally honest with bandmembers when i need to be.

 

Yep. Our job is to hold down songs and keep stuff together so I guess that would be second nature.

 

enigmatic to the point where i am dangerously sexy.

 

its all about the goatee.

 

Beard, a tad on the fat side and wears a hat. That's me...

 

Hi.

I have a van, PA....

Sam

 

I know exactly how the rest of my band likes their gear set up better than they do.

And I set it up for them every gig.

 

If listening to music I hum bass lines rather than the riff, plus I unconciously adopt an absurd 'Flea' stance of feet more than shoulder width apart, low slung body and head up by my ear, not good as I'm only 5'8 and it makes me look even smaller

 

I lipsync my basslines

 

I dont think I fit any of the stereotypes