Urwordsbreakmed
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I Went to a show yesterday (for my 19th birthday.. getting old) and
The first half of the show was smooth sailing.
Band got on stage did they're thing.
Everything was jamming.
The same couldn't be said about the second half
All that was heard was alot of Guitar, Vocals, Drums and Keyboards
As a bassist that worried me. So I thought maybe I was crazy
And tried to listen a little harder.
...
There was no bass
Which greatly worried me I did't know what was going on.
I was scared because I didn't know if the world had come to an end and I was partically deaf
or even worse, the world had come to an end and all the bassist had been killed off and I was the only one left.
So I had to run my check:
1. Bassist present on stage ... Check
2. Bassist had a bass while on stage ... ummm Check
3. Bassist was playing bass... Check
4. Bassist was pluged into amp... Check
5. Amp was on... Check
Everything was fine? So I'm sure I'm deaf
And without bass my life has ended
As I took another look and realized what was wrong..
Whew...my ears were fine and all the bassist of the world were fine
Sep for the one on the stage who must have missed the whole memo .. That nobody plays Fender P's anymore.
The first two bands
Billy talent, who used an SR
and Circa Survive, who used the HELL out of a Butter Cream SR
Both had their and dandy and trustworth EB Basses
No Problem there
Plenty of presence
While the last two bands used wimpy Fender P's
HA
The moral of the story is... Bands using anything other than EB should NOT be allowed to headline better yet play
You can't hear the best part of the music and
Nobody in your band knows what heck they are doing if they let their bassist use anything other than a EB.
The first half of the show was smooth sailing.
Band got on stage did they're thing.
Everything was jamming.
The same couldn't be said about the second half
All that was heard was alot of Guitar, Vocals, Drums and Keyboards
As a bassist that worried me. So I thought maybe I was crazy
And tried to listen a little harder.
...
There was no bass
Which greatly worried me I did't know what was going on.
I was scared because I didn't know if the world had come to an end and I was partically deaf
or even worse, the world had come to an end and all the bassist had been killed off and I was the only one left.
So I had to run my check:
1. Bassist present on stage ... Check
2. Bassist had a bass while on stage ... ummm Check
3. Bassist was playing bass... Check
4. Bassist was pluged into amp... Check
5. Amp was on... Check
Everything was fine? So I'm sure I'm deaf
And without bass my life has ended
As I took another look and realized what was wrong..
Whew...my ears were fine and all the bassist of the world were fine
Sep for the one on the stage who must have missed the whole memo .. That nobody plays Fender P's anymore.
The first two bands
Billy talent, who used an SR
and Circa Survive, who used the HELL out of a Butter Cream SR
Both had their and dandy and trustworth EB Basses
No Problem there
Plenty of presence
While the last two bands used wimpy Fender P's
HA
The moral of the story is... Bands using anything other than EB should NOT be allowed to headline better yet play
You can't hear the best part of the music and
Nobody in your band knows what heck they are doing if they let their bassist use anything other than a EB.
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