What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...

[Steve Browning]

17 minutes ago, Sean said:

My main bass-related irrational fear/prejudice is technique-related. It obviously stems from a fear of RSI (repetitive strain injury). It's bassists (or should I say "people who play bass"?) that just seem to use their index and ring finger to play and their little finger flies around all over the place.  

 

There's a few variations of this that I just can't even watch. It makes my joints ache just looking at it. I can't watch a Jonny Dibble video for example (there's just something about the way he plays, it goes through me like fingernails down a chalk board) and there's a band I'm going to see later this month where bass duties change between two members of the band during the set, one has what I call "correct form" and looks like he was born playing bass, the other one looks like he'll be in need of a hand physiotherapist and a prescription of anti-inflamatories before too long. 

You'd hate me.  My 'redundant' fingers have worn substantial grooves in my basses just above the scratchplate.

[Jack]

24 minutes ago, Sean said:

My main bass-related irrational fear/prejudice is technique-related. It obviously stems from a fear of RSI (repetitive strain injury). It's bassists (or should I say "people who play bass"?) that just seem to use their index and ring finger to play and their little finger flies around all over the place.  

 

There's a few variations of this that I just can't even watch. It makes my joints ache just looking at it. I can't watch a Jonny Dibble video for example (there's just something about the way he plays, it goes through me like fingernails down a chalk board) and there's a band I'm going to see later this month where bass duties change between two members of the band during the set, one has what I call "correct form" and looks like he was born playing bass, the other one looks like he'll be in need of a hand physiotherapist and a prescription of anti-inflamatories before too long. 

I get that it's awkward and slow but is it actually unhealthy? 

[Sean]

5 minutes ago, Jack said:

I get that it's awkward and slow but is it actually unhealthy? 

I guess that's one of the questions that is answered by "It depends."

 

People earn a living and play some great lines with techniques that make me pull a face, good luck and all power to 'em, but I'll be listening to them, not watching their hands. 

[Sean]

16 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

You'd hate me.  My 'redundant' fingers have worn substantial grooves in my basses just above the scratchplate.

 

I probably should have said "fretting hand".

 

I'll edit that now.

[Grooverjr]

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

My prejudices are all completely rational.

I have an irrational prejudice against people whose prejudices are all completely rational 🤣

[RhysP]

12 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

People who say the latest bass they have bought is life changing then sell it a few weeks later (I have done this, I am this person, and yes, I dislike myself for it).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah, you mean "pretty much every bass player ever"...

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Drummers / personal chauffeur who are deaf, angry and way too fast jolting all the time with a satnav with the woman’s screeching voice telling me about places of interest.

 

Hofner violin basses that look older than the people that invented them .

 

So many ‘made in Indonesia’ basses these days. I do wonder if the necks are as fragile as they look 🤔. The Ibanez headless seemed to have quality control issues now and again . 

 

Active circuitry! I prefer plug’n’’ play .

 

over complicated multi effects ! 

[Count Bassy]

Bass players who have way too many effects pedals (i.e. more than zero). It's a bass guitar, no-one except other bass players will even notice.

 

Also goes for guitarists to some extent. Pedal boards that they spend ages fiddling with between songs. Just play the bloody thing.

 

[MichaelDean]

Bass players who think just going straight into an amp is always the best 😜 EVERYONE notices when you're swelling three octaves of the same note, with an additional octave up & down into delay, reverb and shimmer reverb and you sound reminiscent of a church organ.

[Steve Browning]

Two others. 

 

Light coloured basses. They look huge on me. I'd love a white precision, a la Pete Farndon etc, but I know it'd look daft on me. 

 

Buyers (not sellers) who give no indication of their approach to the seller. It raises a level of expectation if there's no recorded interest, and you find the item sold. 

[Terry M.]

Music stores where I have no choice but to demo a bass wearing headphones while the guitarists and pianists (Yamaha Music) get to make as much noise as they like.

[Jonesy]

Bassists have an area on stage to move about on that's roughly shoulders width. You stay in that area and looked slightly bored whilst playing. 

 

Anyone who moves out of their area, or looks remotely excited whilst playing,  should have their epaulettes stripped and be excommunicated from the bass players union.