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bassist stereotype - which one are you?

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[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1348690820' post='1817059']
Bass guitar players are (according to the stereotype) intelligent, introverted, deep thinkers, that don't make eye contact and prefer the dark to the light (night to the day).

What do you reckon - do you fit this stereotype. Do you think there *are* any common behaviours/character-traits for bass players or is it all bunkum?
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I hate stereotyping. The people that tend do it are all the same.

spinynorman Rising Star

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[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1348696378' post='1817195']
Well I was going to write my phd in quantum physics, but I couldn't get my pencil sharpener to work. :blink:
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Are you sure you're not a violinist? Trying to blame your unwritten phd on a pencil sharpener.

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[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1348747858' post='1817652']
Are you sure you're not a violinist?[/quote]

Desperately trying to think of a response using "fiddler" but they're all too obvious. :lol:

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[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1348748036' post='1817656']
Desperately trying to think of a response using "fiddler" but they're all too obvious. :lol:
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Maybe you could do something with rosin ...

KingBollock Veteran

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[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1348740111' post='1817508']
Bin those shades and get some large Ray Ban Aviators. Cool tats.
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Those shades are genuine, £180 Gucci, Japanese imports! I didn't buy them, they were a gift. I hate Aviators. I do have some old Ray Ban style shades, with polarized lenses for fishing, but they don't look right with the hat.

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I like to think I'm intelligent, definately not an introvert, i am a deep thinker, no problems with making eye contact and love the sun (except when i'm at work). I do have long hair and a beard though, if that amounts to any bassist stereotypes. It seems from a jobs thread i saw ages ago (not necessarily on here, may have been TB) that a lot of bassists also work in IT too, which is what i do.

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[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1348738698' post='1817484']
I think those who should actually reply to this topic are our friends, loved ones and perhaps bandmates - they would probably give a more accurate description of us... :D
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Accurate... [i]and chockful of profanities[/i]; at least in my case :lol:

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I'm energetic on stage, I sign along & bounce about like a nutter & I'm as mad as a pelican in a boob tube with a wine stain down the front.
I'm not sure if I am a stereotypical bass player !

lowhand_mike Community Regular

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i generally dont move much, dont make eye contact if i can help it, i'm not allowed to sing, definately moody i also tendto be the only one that learns their parts when we agreed to be ready.
wish i did move about or had the confidence too but the mrs tells me not to dance when i start

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[b]Intelligent[/b]. I didn't finish school, so have no GCSEs, but, later, I did get myself into a college doing electronics and did quite well.
[b]Introverted[/b]. I am incredibly shy, until I can properly relax, then I get quite loud.
[b]Deep thinkers[/b]. Don't have much else to do...
[b]Don't make eye contact[/b]. I don't play live, my playing never leaves this room, so no, no eye contact.
[b]Prefer the dark to the light (night to the day)[/b]. I am naturally nocturnal, which rather confounds my Doctor (though, this summer, I have been quite good and only lapsed a couple of times and not for long). And other than an obsession with sparkly things and coloured lights (I have disco lights set up around my house, in fact I put together a mobile Disco purely to be able to play with the lights. And don't get me started on smoke machines and lasers...), I prefer the dark.
[b]Moody[/b]. I shouldn't be, I take so many tablets every day, to control it, that I rattle. And I'm [i]still[/i] moody.

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PlungerModerno Proficient

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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1348738571' post='1817479']
A drummer I knew said that all bassists are moody bastards...pretty much describes me!!
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I'd say all musicians can be a bit moody - they're people after all.

Having said that I can get very moody about some things. . . and have been called so by a drummer. . .

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[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1348692784' post='1817108']
Or hats. Except Slash.
[/quote][quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1348692570' post='1817101']
It's the long hair and the beard. Guitar players never have beards ;)
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[attachment=119515:guthrie-govan2.jpg]
Perhaps the best guitarists have beards

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[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1348779682' post='1818232']
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Perhaps the best guitarists have beards
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Perhaps the best guitarists are bassists ;)

Our buddy Guthrie does do the slap thing very well!

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