Maverick

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='698294' date='Jan 1 2010, 07:31 PM']It's probably all my fault. I did rather couch the question that way although - honest guv - I didn't mean it like that. What the hell do I know about bass playing - I'm sat in my spare room reading Basschat while they're out traveling the world doing there thing (capo or not).[/quote] Not at all mate, if it's something that's completely new and alien to you there's nothing wrong with asking, it's just some of the other comments that I think are a bit off.

As a rule, no matter how much of a cunning stunt an organiser/other band member is being, I try not to slag 'em off to their face but go get a pint and bitch about them with the rest of my band, unless something really does neeed saying. It's good for teambuilding . I can totally understand your frustration though mate, badly organised gigs are a nightmare.

I'm quite surprised by some of the snobbery on this thread, I can really see why it'd be useful, and I don't see why it implies that any bassist that does use one is a poorer bassist or has less theory knowledge than one that doesn't. I agree with the notion that it's basically no different to a drop-tuner, tuning to a different key or even going 5 string, and I have nothing against any of those things either. For example, here's Martin Mendez of Opeth, a fantastic bassist, making use of a capo:

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