the things bassists cant agree on thread

I voted "Fingers vs Pick", but I'd think "How many strings" should be on there somewhere

 

F vs. P (not Fender vs. Peavey) by FAR.

The (electric) bass was developed with the intention of being picked.
Somehow the fingerists became the norm (and the elitists).

... that too

 

Probably not the biggest dispute, but I've seen some pretty darn heated "cheap vs. expensive" threads.

 

You forgot to include Carrots vs. Bacon!!

 

Gotta be vintage vs. new...or boutique. I love to hear how sterile my gear sounds, how it won't make me better, it's all in the fingers, etc. Don't care, I want something very light.

 

vintage vs. new

 

finger vs pick is definately number one

number of strings isint that much of an issue. theres still some narrow minded folk saying "thats not a bass" but most other people own atleast one 4+ sting bass..

tube vs ss might be on the list as well?

 

I vote bacon.

 

I can honestly say I've never argued about any of those, either on Talkbass or in real life.

I think the closest I've come is saying that I don't have any interest in warp speed tapping or slapping demonstrations, which I guess would be covered by "speed vs feeling", but I've never really thought those things were mutually exclusive.

 

LOL! Well, on one hand carrots help you see, and bacon, well, that comes from the magical animal that gives us hot-dogs, pork and sausage.

 

Ego vs ego

You think we're bad, go to a motorcycle forum & try asking what kind of motor oil works the best.

 

You know, fingers v pick is pretty bad, but most bassists I meet can agree that it's all about tone. I chose light touch v digging in because that creates the most problems with me. I feel that if you do nothing but either one of those things, it's a sign of poor technique.

 

Hi.

Wow those are good ones. I would've added these though .

Neck through vs bolt on
Strings through body vs strings to the bridge
Humbuckers vs single coils
Combo vs head+cab
To rack vs not to rack
Pedal tuners vs rack tuners
9V vs 18V
Made in USA vs made in XXX

The list may be endless though....

Like in the first spot? .

Regards
Sam

 

They're all good choices, but I had to go with fingers/pick just because that seems to be the one that people seem to get real dickish about.

The worst subject is the Coverband/original band argument. That's gotta be the dumbest thing to have a strong opinion on musically.

 

4v5v6

 

Ha-ha! That episode was on last night!

"Come to Homer's BBBQ. The extra B is for BYOBB."