BottomE Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [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? [/quote] I hate stereotyping. The people that tend do it are all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [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. [/quote] Are you sure you're not a violinist? Trying to blame your unwritten phd on a pencil sharpener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1348748036' post='1817656'] Desperately trying to think of a response using "fiddler" but they're all too obvious. [/quote] Maybe you could do something with rosin ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 What? like ....... "House Of The Rosin Sun"? or Ritchie Blackmore's "Rainbow Rosin"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 (edited) [quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1348740111' post='1817508'] Bin those shades and get some large Ray Ban Aviators. Cool tats. [/quote] 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. Edited September 27, 2012 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1348740111' post='1817508'] Bin those shades and get some large Ray Ban Aviators.[/quote] ....... and switch to sax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 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. Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deefer_dog Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm a street smart ex-doorman, intelligent, talk to a brick wall and adrenaline junkie off stage. On stage, I do my business, while looking a bit moody apparently. No tatts surprisingly....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='deefer_dog' timestamp='1348759190' post='1817831'] On stage, I do my business [/quote] ew, gross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deefer_dog Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='bremen' timestamp='1348759334' post='1817833'] ew, gross [/quote] When you gotta go, you GOTTA go.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [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... [/quote] Accurate... [i]and chockful of profanities[/i]; at least in my case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumps Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 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 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderbird13 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Dont know about the other sterotypes but from my expereince bass players are the only ones who seem to be friendly at gigs to other bands ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderbird13 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='fumps' timestamp='1348760138' post='1817847'] I'm not sure if I am a stereotypical bass player ! [/quote] Gav, mate - I'm not sure there's anything stereotypical about you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1348751812' post='1817730'] What? like ....... "House Of The Rosin Sun"? or Ritchie Blackmore's "Rainbow Rosin"? [/quote] Get your coat! Get it NOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1348764211' post='1817907'] Get your coat! Get it NOW!! [/quote] Consider this Fiddler ............On The Hoof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panamonte Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='fumps' timestamp='1348760138' post='1817847'] I'm energetic on stage, I sign along [/quote] Always good to provide a service for the hard of hearing in the audience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 (edited) [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. Edited September 27, 2012 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1348738571' post='1817479'] A drummer I knew said that all bassists are moody bastards...pretty much describes me!! [/quote] 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. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Strangely,yes,I am exactly that stereotype.Also tattooed and moody.No hair though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [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 [/quote] [attachment=119515:guthrie-govan2.jpg] Perhaps the best guitarists have beards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1348779682' post='1818232'] [attachment=119515:guthrie-govan2.jpg] Perhaps the best guitarists have beards [/quote] Perhaps the best guitarists are bassists Our buddy Guthrie does do the slap thing very well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm lo-fi. I'm monotypical. Actually I'm a multi instrumentalist so I guess that makes us shizophrenic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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