Barking Spiders Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) This was from a 2018 edition of Music Radar so it might've been mentioned here but I've not seen it if it was so.... NB it's clearly light-hearted in tone so not to be taken seriously https://www.musicradar.com/news/13-types-of-bass-player-a-spotters-guide clearly I'm #12 😀 Edited June 27, 2019 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 OFC (harrumph) this list is useless because it doesn't break Metal down into it's 19 true sub-genres, 14 associated moods and 5 extra dark undiscovered corners. /tongue 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I couldn't spot myself (or am I being subconsciously blind?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Such an article must surely have occurred after the following exchange at the office: Editor: 'Folks, we are on a tight deadline and we need some bass content urgently. Rob, can you just draw up some kind of list thingy based off your own preconceptions which requires no research whatsoever?' Rob: 'Sure thing boss, I will get right on it after I finish this Pot Noodle.' 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I couldn't spot myself either (though there were elements of truth in there). Otherwise, it's a blunt little tool, Clarice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_c2 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Yeah its just a crappy, lazy piece of clickbait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Feck me, yes utterly pointless, cheap journalism ..... bit like reality tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Yep, couldn't spot myself but I had traits of No.1, No.10 and No.12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stofferson Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Wow surprisingly accurate on two for me haha The Blues Baron, I do have a custom built black not quite gold bass and i am partial to taking it for a walk. Mr Metal, My Corvette is my baby but i do use my thumb more nowadays and plenty of fuzz, only on breakdowns though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) I'm definitely number 11, apart from the Mohican, punks didn't have them in 77 Edited June 27, 2019 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I couldn't spot myself either, other than shades of other things, but it was funny, well written and not offensive so I liked it. And I do know a lot of people from those categories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1, 5 & 11 for me, but none really fit. There should be a category for me - 'The Teebs™' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown_User Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I enjoyed that. With the following edits this sums me up pretty well. 1. The Rocker Bass: Battered Fender Squier Precision Technique: Rock solid Limited No pedals, no picks, no prancing about: the Rocker’s creed is simple but devastatingly effective. They have come to rock, and rock they will. Usually found having the time of their life with their covers band at the local pub, they plays it unapologetically loud and care not for your eardrums. There is no purer sight in all of bassdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo-London Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I'm closest to No 1 as well 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, Teebs said: 1, 5 & 11 for me, but none really fit. There should be a category for me - 'The Teebs™' Oh there is, Young Teebs, there certainly is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 3 hours ago, PaulWarning said: I'm definitely number 11, apart from the Mohican, punks didn't have them in 77 Me too, never had one then, and nature/middle age has decreed I can’t have one now! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Woodinblack said: but it was funny, well written and not offensive so I liked it. Yes indeed. It makes a change and proves it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 No 1 all day long for me, although I do have a pedal it only has 2 sounds, my tone......and tuner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FDC484950 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I thought it was quite amusing and not at all lazy. Stereotypes they may be but quite well-written. Obviously the hep jazz cat wasn’t very good - as we know, jazz is more aimless noodling* rather than odd time signatures - that would be number 14 - the ex-music school fusion nutjob who listens to the Elektrik Band, Tribal Tech, UZEB and the Yellowjackets all day and cannot for the life of them find the “1” * not my phrase but beloved by some on BC... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 7 is closest, apart from my vintage Jazz. I never smile when I'm playing. Edited June 27, 2019 by Dan Dare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionred Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) He He that was (mildly) amusing. No 8 Metal - I don't recall the Warwick Corvette being particularly pointy? Methinks he doth confuse it with the Warwick Vampyre perhaps 🙂 Edited June 27, 2019 by Marillionred Typo correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassalarky Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 No 1 is closest for me but not so loud these days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 I relate mostly to 11 but it's probably only about 60% of the picture. I agree that it reads like lazy clickbait journalism but it gave me something to do for about 90 seconds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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