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Dunno. I started playing bass and doing tech at virtually the same time. Been doing both ever since.
It's a chicken or egg thing, no answer, really.
It's a chicken or egg thing, no answer, really.
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Why are bass players such techies?
- Thread starter mastershake
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Actually, with the exception of our chick singer I am the least technically savvy member of my band.
I definitely know how I want things to sound but outside of dialing-in my own gear (which is minimal), I really have very little clue how those sounds are achieved outside of a basic understanding of things like EQ and compression. I'm pretty clueless about electronics and even less about computers. To me the gear is just tools to help me do my job and I don't get real wrapped up in how it all works.
I definitely know how I want things to sound but outside of dialing-in my own gear (which is minimal), I really have very little clue how those sounds are achieved outside of a basic understanding of things like EQ and compression. I'm pretty clueless about electronics and even less about computers. To me the gear is just tools to help me do my job and I don't get real wrapped up in how it all works.
I'm the same in that I learnt the tech side of things right from the off, partially because there was no-one else at the time who could help me, and so I just got on with it.
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I'm seriously laughing out loud. My buddy, great guy, is a total moron about gear. Impedance? What is that. I just plug my amp to the speaker cab. Oh, so that's why my amp kept dieing?
Granted I'm no expert and still learning but I have the sense to ask questions about stuff I don't understand. He just plugs it in and goes.
