Contacts, my glasses start to slide down my face when I get sweaty. Kind of a shame, as I have a couple pairs of really nifty frames, but the tradeoff is I get to be crazier with my makeup, so it evens out.
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For the visually impaired T'Ber - glasses or contacts?
- Thread starter Fine Cut
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I wear glasses, but not when I play( I think they make me look like a dork) so all the songlists have REALLY,REALLY big letters....
Glasses help hide the size of my schnozz... 
Really, though, with 20/400 and 20/440 left and right, respectively, I've worn glasses for as long as I can remember, and I'm just comfortable with them.
I hated them until the super thin frames and lenses became affordable, now I feel like they're almost my security blanket.
Really, though, with 20/400 and 20/440 left and right, respectively, I've worn glasses for as long as I can remember, and I'm just comfortable with them.
I hated them until the super thin frames and lenses became affordable, now I feel like they're almost my security blanket.
- Jun 25, 2007
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- Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system (original test-pilot)
I fought the smoke for years with contacts (when I was young and skinny)
But now that I'm "old and ugly" it's glasses (I aint winnin' no beauty contest anyway!)
But now that I'm "old and ugly" it's glasses (I aint winnin' no beauty contest anyway!)
haha, it's good to see i'm not along in my blindness at gigs 
i usually make the mistake of wearing my contacts all day, and then during the show lasting into the early morning, and they irritate my eyes. i really wanna get some of those super thin frame glasses..i love those things lol.
i usually make the mistake of wearing my contacts all day, and then during the show lasting into the early morning, and they irritate my eyes. i really wanna get some of those super thin frame glasses..i love those things lol.
don't like wearing glasses..they fog up too much on me!! hummm wonder what my eyes are doing under there! haha
anyways I prefer contacts
anyways I prefer contacts
Either or for me is fine. I'd be REALLY in trouble if I didn't have either though. I probably wouldn't even be able to find my bass, much less play it...
I don't wear either when I'm gigging because not being able to see the crowd helps keep my nerves down. It kind of sucks though. I end up having to forgo flirtin' with the ladies because well, I can't see. 
hey good idea!! well, all I have to do is shut one eye..I am missing a contact, and wear one in my weaker eye..I haven't been able to afford to go to the eye doctor b/c I keep buying basses!I don't wear either when I'm gigging because not being able to see the crowd helps keep my nerves down. It kind of sucks though. I end up having to forgo flirtin' with the ladies because well, I can't see.
Contact lenses! They're brilliant! i play field hockey too, so glasses weren't an option for that. i started out on daily wear lenses, so I'd buy a box, and put two in whenever i needed to be without glasses, but that becoming more and more the case, i decided to get monthly wear ones. the great thing about them is i wear them for a month straight, no taking them out at night! it saves me so much hassle! it's as if i have perfect vision all the time!
Contacts all the way, although in my younger years I took off my glasses & went on stage practically blind. My friends used to say "dude, you don't even look scared" I thought to myself ... it's because I can't see. There could have been 5 people there or 5000 all I saw was a blur!
love contact
Glasses help hide the size of my schnozz...
Really, though, with 20/400 and 20/440 left and right, respectively, I've worn glasses for as long as I can remember, and I'm just comfortable with them.
I hated them until the super thin frames and lenses became affordable, now I feel like they're almost my security blanket.
Yea, I'm not the only one with big numbers on the prescription!
-Mark
Contact for me. I've worn them since I was 12 I think. I'm 32 now. I would get the surgery if I could afford it. I wear disposable ones. I don't even own any glasses for backup because if I can't wear contacts I'd rather go blind!
usually put my glasses on top of my amp or in my tool box. things get a little fuzzy when i don't where them, but i don't NEED to see that well when we play live. too busy jumping around.
