Glasses..

[Spidey2112]

You seem familiar with the vision enhancing properties of eyeglasses.

Bwawaahaha!

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Unless you're headbanging while playing Metallica or Slayer covers...

 

[HolmeBass]

i have readers of various strengths depending on the task at hand, e.g.,
- i have gig-glasses (for me: +1.50 or +1.75).
- +2.0 to +3.0 for different close up stuff...i have some +4.0 for real 'microscopic' stuff.
- +1.25 in the inserts of my driving glasses.
yada yada

i spent my whole life as a 'myop' so having to use plus lenses for anything has been a real brain-teasing experience. but i'm glad i can see --- i'm reluctant to complain.

also: for everyday/usual, i've made a few pairs of bifocal readers. e.g., i get a cheap pair of +1.50 readers and add my own insert on the bottom of the lens:
https://www.amazon.com/Optx-20-Stic...ocphy=9015733&hvtargid=pla-438984102688&psc=1
if i hang my readers on my nose, like santa = my distance is fine with no correction, the intermediate (e.g., computer screen) is covered by the cheapies, and the added insert gets me some close-up vision.

hope you get some of your vision issues worked out, @glocke1!

I took the plunge and got progressive lenses. Been pretty good. I can drive and read road signs, see the dashboard in focus, and read hand-written instructions, all with the same pair.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Apparently you need glasses, or contact lenses or laser surgery.

Go to a professional, you have already determined yourself the need to see one, pun intended. LOL

 

[mdogs]

I kind of wish my problem was only reading charts or a tablet. I am quite far sighted and of course, it has gotten progressively worse, I'll be 59 soon. My other problem is that my eyes do not focus correctly and this can make position markers look double on necks in other than perfect light. So far, I have been able to deal with it, I wear single focus contacts and offstage, I use reading glasses. On stage though, wearing readers is tough because I don't really spend any time reading, other that the setlist and it is in big letters and far enough away. My biggest off stage issue is that it is getting very difficult to see to put my contact lenses in, I told my doctor about it and he just kind of laughed. I suppose that full time glasses are in my not too distant future, I hate wearing them all the time, I have been wearing contacts for nearly 40 years. My kids laugh at me too, but my revenge with them is coming some day.

 

[SteveHeissner]

Perhaps wear prescription sunglasses on stage. It looks cool and works well unless you're playing in the dark. If there are bright stage lights it solves that problem too.

 

[OptimalOptimus]

Why is it a problème ? Not rock and roll enough ? It goes again a stupid untold law among cover band that you can’t wear glasses ?

just wear them come on

 

[brianrost]

What did you do?

I started wearing my glasses onstage.

 

[Benj-jammin]

Go to a good eye doctor and tell her what's wrong and what you need to do. She'll tell you about the options. Modern bifocals and trifocals can have "progressive" lenses, which mean they don't have those ugly lines that make you look old.

Seriously, see a doctor.

You're correct, Spectrum, progressives just may be the solution. I've been wearing them for the past 6 years - otherwise, before, I'd have to take my spectacles off just for reading, then put them back on for driving, etc. Sometimes, it has to be tweaked to get the right fit to eliminate the "coke bottle" effect.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

I wear glasses.
First thing on in the morning, last thing off at night. I've never played a gig without them.

If reading a specific distance is an issue, you can take that up with your optometrist. Charts are usually about arms distance away and you can get a specific prescription made for that distance. Many people who work with their hands and need glasses have a pair for that distance.

I am right there with you on this and I do have a pair for arm distance and they work great...

 

[Slevage]

Talk to your eye doctor.
They can design lenses (bi-focal or progressive) to have a focal point at any distance. You can have anything just not everything.

 

[Hevy T]

Go to a good eye doctor and tell her what's wrong and what you need to do. She'll tell you about the options. Modern bifocals and trifocals can have "progressive" lenses, which mean they don't have those ugly lines that make you look old.

Seriously, see a doctor.

I have Trifocal transitions and a p[air of trifocal sunglasses. I agree it's great not having the ugly line

 

[MCS4]

Unless you're headbanging while playing Metallica or Slayer covers...

My originals rock/metal band headbangs plenty, and three out of our four members wear glasses. They can slip now and again but it's not a huge deal.

 

[sabre79]

i have readers of various strengths depending on the task at hand, e.g.,
- i have gig-glasses (for me: +1.50 or +1.75).
- +2.0 to +3.0 for different close up stuff...i have some +4.0 for real 'microscopic' stuff.
- +1.25 in the inserts of my driving glasses.
yada yada

i spent my whole life as a 'myop' so having to use plus lenses for anything has been a real brain-teasing experience. but i'm glad i can see --- i'm reluctant to complain.

also: for everyday/usual, i've made a few pairs of bifocal readers. e.g., i get a cheap pair of +1.50 readers and add my own insert on the bottom of the lens:
https://www.amazon.com/Optx-20-Stic...ocphy=9015733&hvtargid=pla-438984102688&psc=1
if i hang my readers on my nose, like santa = my distance is fine with no correction, the intermediate (e.g., computer screen) is covered by the cheapies, and the added insert gets me some close-up vision.

hope you get some of your vision issues worked out, @glocke1!

Thanks for the tip on the stick-on lenses!

 

[JRA]

Perhaps wear prescription sunglasses on stage. It looks cool and works well unless you're playing in the dark. If there are bright stage lights it solves that problem too.

 

[Crash 56]

Last year I went and got bifocals. They worked great for reading, but the focal didtance was too close for a music stand. I had to go get my prescription adjusted, and a new pair of "gig" glasses.

 

[Swipter]

Progressive Varilux lense. It has a wider view and is more clear. My last pair had Varilux but this time I saved $50 and got the step down. Yes, you can see a difference and I had to adjust.

I will go back to Varilux. I will say that America's Best was horrible but Lenscrafters has given me three great pairs of glasses that work. America's Best, no.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Not entirely music direct, but both closeup and distance has deteriorated over the past year to the point where I absolutely need glasses at night to drive, and for close up work, reading, etc. I need glasses.

Poses a problem in stage, as I often times rely on charts and cheat sheets on an iPad to get me through tunes that are sprung on me on short notice.

Im sure there are others in this situation. What did you do?

I am only semi-serious, but isn't Occulus moving into augmented reality glasses. You might be able to wear a pair of such and have the charts and cheat sheets projected onto the glasses.

 

[TerribleTim68]

I still don’t understand the issue. The OP says he needs glasses for certain things, then asks what to do on stage because he can’t see. It’s like, my shoes protect my feet when I’m walking around the places I walk. Should I wear shoes when I’m walking somewhere else? What am I missing?

Well, considering that I actually know a band who fired their bassist because "He didn't look rock and roll enough", I can wager a pretty penny that the OP is concerned about stage image, and he may have reason to feel that way. So rather than try to make them look like an idiot, why not just move on?

 

[Gorn]

Well, considering that I actually know a band who fired their bassist because "He didn't look rock and roll enough", I can wager a pretty penny that the OP is concerned about stage image, and he may have reason to feel that way. So rather than try to make them look like an idiot, why not just move on?

I apologize if you’re offended by proxy for the OP by your version of what I said. If this was about image, I think that would’ve been mentioned.