Tell me something I don't know....

[SurferJoe46]

But for real, everyone in our band requests that the bass be the loudest instrument on stage and out front.

That's just W-R-O-N-G- on all levels!

Everybody knows that the bass player is always 'way in the rear - (outside in the parking lot if they could get away with it) since the other band members just KNOW they are the whole show and don't need no st-e-e-nking bass player except for the union rules.

 

[SurferJoe46]

Any bass with more than 4 strings is a health and environmental hazard and should be sent to me for proper disposal.
Any bass with less than 5 strings is a health and environmental hazard and should be sent to me for proper disposal.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Basses only need two strings - the E and the A.

Everything else is redundant and the guitar player can cover those notes anyway. So why have them in the first place.

Come to think of it, anything above the 5th fret is also in guitarland, so ignore those notes too.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Basses only need two strings - the E and the A.

Everything else is redundant and the guitar player can cover those notes anyway. So why have them in the first place.

Come to think of it, anything above the 5th fret is also in guitarland, so ignore those notes too.

Heck, you can replace all the melodic instruments in a band with a single Bosendorfer piano

 

[BurningSkies]

That's just W-R-O-N-G- on all levels!

Everybody knows that the bass player is always 'way in the rear - (outside in the parking lot if they could get away with it) since the other band members just KNOW they are the whole show and don't need no st-e-e-nking bass player except for the union rules.

No, really. They even cancel practice if I can't make it. I usually also get a spot at the front of the stage.

 

[Tonedeaf Hack]

You're no Mingus, and neither am I .

 

[BurningSkies]

You're no Mingus, and neither am I .

I had a bad case of mingus once, but I got an ointment and it went away in a few days.

 

[Drucifer]

The most important thing I learned about playing bass in a band is to not let anyone know if someone (especially you) makes a mistake while you're performing. Most of the time, no one notices except the band, unless you stop or give someone a dirty look.

 

[MatticusMania]

Bassists do it better.

Incorrect... acceptable answers:

a)deeper.
b)with their fingers.

 

[shadowtippy]

When your singer tells you, "You sounded great in that last song" never tell him/her that you were not plugged in.

 

[relwof]

You will always need "just one more" bass.

A truer statement has never been spoken.

LIES, don't fall for it. You may feel like you only need one more now, but give it time. Before long you'll need at least two or three more, and then the shaking starts...

 

[father of fires]

Incorrect... acceptable answers:

a)deeper.
b)with their fingers.

How about:

"Bassists do it in the Bottom End"

 

[MatticusMania]

How about:

"Bassists do it in the Bottom End"

Bonus Points!!!!!

 

[shadowtippy]

Lest we forget...Bacon and carrots.

 

[Goatee220]

Bass is the glue that holds the guitars and drums together. You play the same root note as the guitar, but at the same time as the drummer. That's my philosophy of bass anyway.

 

[No Malarky]

Always.............I mean never, be indecisive!

Play your style and craft your tone!

Never eat spinach with a stranger!

Remember to compliment the drummer on their shoes. They can be extremely sensitive!

 

[SurferJoe46]

No, really. They even cancel practice if I can't make it. I usually also get a spot at the front of the stage.

That's so that you deflect the bullets.

Face it - bass players are the unseen, uncouth and un-photogenic members of the band, but by there estimates only.

I - an the other hand - am the handsome one and they keep me in the back to let the guitarts look good in my absence.

Call me: "El Hermoso".

 

[EdHunter]

That's so that you deflect the bullets.

Face it - bass players are the unseen, uncouth and un-photogenic members of the band, but by there estimates only.

I - an the other hand - am the handsome one and they keep me in the back to let the guitarts look good in my absence.

Call me: "El Hermoso".

I get the same thing. This is a clip of our only gig so far, and one where the only person not to make a mistake was... the bassist! But look at the position of the lighting:

 

[JoshuaTSP]

I get the same thing. This is a clip of our only gig so far, and one where the only person not to make a mistake was... the bassist! But look at the position of the lighting:

A bunch of mannequins on stage?

 

[EdHunter]

A bunch of mannequins on stage?

Good point! But as I said, first gig...

 

[NickyBass]

That's so that you deflect the bullets.

Face it - bass players are the unseen, uncouth and un-photogenic members of the band, but by there estimates only.

I - an the other hand - am the handsome one and they keep me in the back to let the guitarts look good in my absence.

Call me: "El Hermoso".

No, he's right. It's the same with the salsa group that I'm plying with right now. They keep telling me to turn up!

Siempre lo quieren más fuerte, señor hermoso.