Basschat Top Trumps

[Steve Browning]

6 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

Just a thought, should we not have a category for ‘Heft’?

Or 'good at metal'.

[Leonard Smalls]

Year started playing: 1983

Number of basses: 5

Music theory: Did grade V theory 40+ years ago... 

Technique: 1. Or 10, depending on the criteria! Not many folks seem to play in the same way as me, though that may be with good reason!

Groove: Yes. Mostly.

[Baloney Balderdash]

3 hours ago, paul_5 said:

Just a thought, should we not have a category for ‘Heft’?

I think it would had been a good idea to add "writing/composing" skills to the list.

 

Year started playing: 1994 (I think, might had been 1993)

Number of basses: 6

Number of instruments played: Them all! (only really know how to play bass and guitar well though. And then I don't know if computer and midi counts as an instrument, but am highly skilled at that too)

Music theory: 3? (I know the basics, but I can't read nowhere near fluently, I would have to sit and point at the sheet with my finger, counting each note)

Technique: 6

Groove: 6

Heft: I play very lightly, but heavy.... If I have to I can go to 11

Writing/Composing: 8 (yes, again it would be very cumbersome for me to write in standard notation, but multi track recordings and midi grit has been invented)

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Baloney Balderdash

[StingRayBoy42]

4 hours ago, paul_5 said:

Just a thought, should we not have a category for ‘Heft’?

Are you saying I'm fat?!
I'll have you know it's all muscle.

[HeadlessBassist]

Year started playing: 1977

Number of basses: 9 (currently) - Can't remember how many in total over time. The number would be shocking!

Music Theory: 10 - Music degree & two teaching diplomas.

Technique: 10  

Groove: 9

Edited 27 minutes ago by HeadlessBassist

[Marvin]

Year started playing: 1990 (sold my gear in 1997 and had a 12 year sabbatical started again in 2009)

 

Number of basses: 2 (most was 3)

 

Music theory: 2

 

Technique: 4

 

Groove:  7

 

 

I'm not very good to be fair.

[Piers_Williamson]

Is a higher number of basses a good or a bad score?  I know the E-Type Jag used to win everything with 12 Cylinders, but would an electric Lotus 7 (for instance) trump that today?