stingrayPete1977 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 How can we as musicians slag off simon cowell and all the reality nonsense then diregard a band if the bass player wears glasses?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Contacts for stage. Anything that helps my confidence is good Plus better peripheral vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Contacts for normal gigging and glasses for reading gigs. Can't read in contacts and low light as the small, fast eye movements make my contacts slip and/or go sticky. Really annoying and I find the same thing happens with gaming sometimes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I need my glasses to see what's happening on stage so I wear them. Why woudln't you wear them if you need them? Glasses are cool these days aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dincz Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Never used to wear them on stage in my previous life as a vocalist. Part vanity and also felt less terrified if I couldn't see the crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1366675696' post='2055932'] I've just been informed that I will be wearing some decade appropriate specs when I dep for an 80's band at the weekend. They will have clear glass (hopefully) but I have no idea how I'm going to get on playing wearing them! [/quote] Pics needed for accurate assessment of indignity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmcnamara Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Without my glasses I can't see the neck of the bass clearly! Although I don't need to look at the neck all the time, I like to see it clearly when I do look. As regards Buddy Holly and John Lennon their glasses are part of their iconic image..... as distinct from practical considerations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Actually BH, Lennon and the Big O were blind without their specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 All the best looking people wear glasses. Just tie them to your head, you can headbang all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougal Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I prefer to wear contacts: I have played in glasses but they tend not to sit very well on my sweaty face. If I didn't have contacts, I'd [i]have[/i] to wear them. Blind as a bat, me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I don't wear glasses on stage OR for rehearsal. I don't like wearing them at all, really. They make me look like a sinister foster parent, or possibly some sort of paedophile/librarian. I am none of these things, of course. Well OK, a [i]bit [/i]sinister. Mainly at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I wear them because I read charts. Never considered contacts. Not that vain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I wear mirrored sunglasses sometimes, so i can ogle the girls without them noticing.... Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1366729175' post='2056507'] I wear mirrored sunglasses sometimes, so i can ogle the girls without them noticing.... Does that count? [/quote] No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1366729232' post='2056508'] No. [/quote] Bugger.... Still like the look of them wedgee things though, will keep my shades on my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1366730289' post='2056532'] Bugger.... Still like the look of them wedgee things though, will keep my shades on my face. [/quote] Eh..? How's that going to work? Yours pretending not to understand, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1366730421' post='2056536'] Eh..? How's that going to work? Yours pretending not to understand, Mark [/quote] Well, the heels go behind my ears and then..... erm... I need to be more discreet about this (badoom tish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Wahey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I wear mine - after all, being able to see where the stage is, is a very good start If it's looking a bit wild, or I'm moving about a bit, I will ditch them to the top of my amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 [quote name='barkin' timestamp='1366584193' post='2054619'] Always. Can't see jack without 'em, and wouldn't want to miss a jugfest.. [/quote] Indeed. We gig to watch the audience, while they watch and listen to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) [quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1366825079' post='2057783'] I tried putting coloured lenses in once and was blown away by how hard it is to put the f***ers in! [/quote] Tell me about it. I tried 'em once. A painful nightmare to get 'em in, then it turned out I was allergic to the solution they were kept in, then the frigging 'optician' scratched my eyeballs taking them out and I was obliged to spent the rest of the day at Moorfields Eye Hospital. My mincers have never been the same since. Great fun! Edited April 24, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Bass_Dog85 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 As a hardcore glasses wearer (eyesight has been crap since I was 5) I do wear them sometimes but prefer to wear contacts when on stage or general use. Saying that I know I am sexy whether I wear glasses or not despite I cannot see past my nose without either! I am not vain, honest haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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