musicbassman Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Jack said: Five feet, nine inches. That's two separate measurements ladies. Hang on, let's not get started on the old adage about long men and long... errrr....members. Anyway, that correlation is more accurately between the length of your fingers and the ....errr...other length. All to do with mother's hormone levels during pregnancy, apparently. So if you notice a male bass player who's playing really badly but still has an over-confident grin on his face, then look at the size of his hands to see why that might be.................. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 6’2” 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdenspur Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 6'5" in my socks and 5'6" if wearing a T 40😮 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Geek99 said: Andy Fraser was not overly tall. Neither is Macca, often to be seen with short scale basses... hmm Jim Rodford John Paul Jones isn't a particularly tall chap either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) John Paul Jones is actually very tall indeed, but due to his modesty only allows himself to be pictured in extremely large building, or stood further away from the photographer when in the company of shorter people, this giving the illusion of being diminutive. Edited October 25, 2019 by Bassfinger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 6'5" in my stilettos... otherwise a regular 5'11".... 🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I'm not overly tall at 6ft1 but the two guitarists in my band are somewhat smaller at somewhere around 5ft 5 a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 5'7" ...and at 73 getting shorter every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 10 hours ago, FinnDave said: A six foot plus bloke with a guitar makes it look like a ukulele! Yes, I’m 6’2” with an 18 stone rugby players frame, a Strat looks like a toy on me. Anything other than a full scale bass looks ridiculous on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 At 6 foot I am neither tall nor small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 It makes you wonder, who is the smallest and who the tallest BC member? Any 5’ or 7’ BCers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Lozz196 said: I’m 6ft and when I was in my teens/early 20s was one of the tallest people around both at work and in my local. Now it seems I’m just of average height. I don’t think Boris has been blamed for enough this week so I’m going to lay this at his door. Agreed on all points!😁 Actually, one of the issues with people stating their heights is many people either have no real idea or lie. I’m actually 5’11” and a half if I’m being accurate, but the amount of people who have said to me “you must be about six three because I’m six foot” when they’re actually no more than five nine is ludicrous. Edited October 25, 2019 by 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I am the tallest and ugliest guy in the band, so my instrument is naturally - bass. What's the difference between a double bass and a coffin? Corps is inside the coffin. (I know it was an old one, but I haven't heard any new ones in a decade or so.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 11 hours ago, Bassfinger said: Surfing the interweb trying to get my fix of bass related news and I found this... http://www.thecavanproject.com/tall-musicians/ ...postulating that us bass players are a tall breed. Is this true? The first example that came to my mind was myself, and I'm 6'5". But does the correlation hold water? Are we a breed of Hightowers, or a random mix of heights? One of my best friends, a very tall man, calls me ThunderDwarf when I play bass. I'm guessing I'll be an outlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 6’4” 18 st My double bass is the only band mate I see eye to eye with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Maybe we need a pole for our height instead of us all posting ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moffat Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 5'8. After 10 months learning bass and other stuff, length of scale (from uke to Ibanez SR800 (34") basses) doesn't bother me but the spread of my fretting hand is now an inch and a half wider than my picking hand😜 is that a common thing? The only instruments I have problems with are top end of a tenor uke and smaller. So I've kind of focused in on Bass with baritone uke as a secondary instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 13 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Hmm, I think there's at least one good reason to keep bass-playing women at the front, then. Think Suzi Quatro, Tina Weymouth, Divinity Roxx... all just marginally larger than their bass guitars! Carol Kaye probably not much bigger either. Ida Nielsen is slightly taller, and so are Yolanda Charles, Julie Slick, Esperanza Spalding and Tal Winkelfeld, but big women? Nah, none of them. Our very own @seashell can hold her own with bass-playing gentlemen from the point of view of height*, but she's offset by yours truly, who's 5'2"... * and that of bass-playing, natch. Thanks for the mention, Silvia! 🙂 I'm 5 ft 6 and a half which is slightly above average for my age group, but I think younger women are a growing a bit taller these days! 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Another short ar$e here at only 5'6. Although I have stopped growing upwards, I am now growing outwards, and will soon struggle to reach the strings!! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2elliot Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 5,9". In the 80s I was significantly taller thanks to cuban heels and crimped hair... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 5.9" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 8 hours ago, mep said: Maybe we need a pole for our height instead of us all posting ? Would we all need to stand next to the pole to prove our height? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, FinnDave said: Would we all need to stand next to the pole to prove our height? Surely any nationality would do? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuyAtTheBack Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 6'3" built like a brick outhouse and massive hands. Bass player written all over me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysbass Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 6'5" - once again proving the theory 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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