Science says the bassist is the most important member of the band

[PaulWarning]

[url="http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/science_says_the_bassist_is_the_most_important_member_of_a_band"]http://www.altpress....ember_of_a_band[/url]
not sure how true it is but useful when the guitarist says you're too loud or you want to be higher in the mix when recording (always)

Edited February 27, 2017 by PaulWarning

[bassace]

Is that important or impotent? Just asking.

[PaulWarning]

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1488194281' post='3246587']
Is that important or impotent? Just asking.
[/quote]bloody hell, Freudian slip there if ever there was one,

[TheGreek]

I'm having a [i]Deju Vu[/i] moment - didn't we do this recently??

[PaulWarning]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1488194922' post='3246598']
I'm having a [i]Deju Vu[/i] moment - didn't we do this recently??
[/quote]did we? must have missed it, ignore me, then I'll go away

[SpondonBassed]

Yes. There was a link posted to a similar article recently. I can't seem to find it now. We all knew that we're fundamental to any decent band anyway didn't we? When I say "we" I mean to include double and synth bass too.

Edited February 27, 2017 by SpondonBassed

[Happy Jack]

Synth bass? Aaaaaaargh!

Picture me grabbing a pair of ornate Church candlesticks and using them to make a cross ...

[Barking Spiders]

though praps not in The Cramps, The Black Keys and The Doors

[SpondonBassed]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1488198764' post='3246646']
Synth bass? Aaaaaaargh!

Picture me grabbing a pair of ornate Church candlesticks and using them to make a cross ...
[/quote]

Sorry. I thought I was doing everyone a favour by saying synth instead of keys.

Self help groups are available.

Oh, Regards to you both!

Edited February 27, 2017 by SpondonBassed

[Davo-London]

This is good.

I play bass and drums at church. If the drummer is a no-show - the leader invariably asks me to swap from bass to drums. Science says this is wrong!

Davo

[mark76]

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1488204951' post='3246737']
though praps not in The Cramps, The Black Keys and The Doors
[/quote]

And Van der Graaf Generator from Pawn Hearts to World Record (at least live. Hugh Banton took over bass duties in the studio after Nic Potter left and played the bass pedals in concerts).

Which leads me to point out that there is bass on Doors records. Played by Ray Manzerak live and in the studio (keyboard bass) and Robby Krieger (bass guitar overdubs) in the studio,

Edited February 27, 2017 by mark76

[mark76]

Other people who played bass on Doors albums

Douglass Lubahn (Strange Days)
Kerry Magness (Waiting for the Sun: Track 6)
Harvey Brooks (The Soft Parade: Tracks 1 to 4, 7 and 9)
Lonnie Mack (Morrison Hotel: Tracks 1 and 11)
Ray Neopolitan (Morrison Hotel: Tracks 2 to 9)
Jerry Scheff (L.A. Woman)

[Bolo]

I would count the Cramps' bassVI. Just becuzzz.