Right. In Spanish a bass is masculine. A guitar is feminine. I've always heard bass guitars referred to basses though, so I'd say it's masculine only because the bass guitar doesn't really exist Spanish. AFAIK
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Just for Fun: Do Basses/Brands have a Gender?
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Right. In Spanish a bass is masculine. A guitar is feminine. I've always heard bass guitars referred to basses though, so I'd say it's masculine only because the bass guitar doesn't really exist Spanish. AFAIK
Nothing creepy about it. Many languages assign gender to everything in the world, including ancient Greek and Latin.
They must be male: Every one of those s**s-of-b*****s I ever owned or own now have made me crazy at one time or another.
. . . . . . he slowly released his grip on the neck as the pounding in his head and the other-worldly voices in the back of his head began to recede. He downed a quick bracing shot of brandy and counted off the next tune . . . .
. . . . . . he slowly released his grip on the neck as the pounding in his head and the other-worldly voices in the back of his head began to recede. He downed a quick bracing shot of brandy and counted off the next tune . . . .
Fortunately , we have the Romance languages (that evolved from Latin) to bail us out of this one.
Bass is a masculine noun. Although guitar is a femenine noun. So , if you just play bass , it’s a boy , if you play guitar , it’s a girl. If you happen to play bass guitar , you are in for a large bill on the hormone replacement therapy.
Bass is a masculine noun. Although guitar is a femenine noun. So , if you just play bass , it’s a boy , if you play guitar , it’s a girl. If you happen to play bass guitar , you are in for a large bill on the hormone replacement therapy.
"Look you don't have the weak womanly fingers of a guitar princess. You, my friend, have the muscular stumps of a bass man!"
Exactly so. And sometimes, it doesn't make much sense, either. If my memory serves, in the German language, potatoes are feminine (Die kartoffel), while girls have no gender (Das Madchen)...
In Germany, there are genderized articles for nouns too. „Die Gitarre“ - the guitar has a female article. „Der Bass“ - the bass has a male article. I, personally, don‘t attach a gender to my instruments. Though I onced named them, and when I did that, I considered these articles, „die“ und „der“, so I gave my guitars girl‘s names and my basses boy‘s names. A Jazz I once had was called Fritz.
This also makes sense to me because basses have a low, thundering voice which wouldn‘t really fit a girl, would it?
This also makes sense to me because basses have a low, thundering voice which wouldn‘t really fit a girl, would it?
I’ve always thought that genderization of inanimate objects is just a little lame-brained. What is the purpose?
Read into this what you will as it is my rationale if I have to assign a gender to my instrument.
If I'm going to be holding it to my body and caressing it, it darn well better be female...
If I'm going to be holding it to my body and caressing it, it darn well better be female...
Hi,
Technically, no. Biologically, no.
But lots of folks tend to anthropomorphize animals and inanimate objects all the time. So just ask your bass, "What gender do you feel like?" Because we all know that feelings are the only thing that matters. And we can't make that decision for them.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Technically, no. Biologically, no.
But lots of folks tend to anthropomorphize animals and inanimate objects all the time. So just ask your bass, "What gender do you feel like?" Because we all know that feelings are the only thing that matters. And we can't make that decision for them.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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