Every kind of bassist

Every kind of bassist...well...this might not be every kind.

Songs used in this video as examples:
All The Small Things - blink-182
Basket Case - Green Day
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

My social media:

[DanielSwisherMusic]

Well...this might not be every kind. What did I miss? Let me know in the comments :)

[layne]

"Stalling for time" just reminds me of Mike Dirnt playing the Paper Lanterns bassline for several minutes while Billie just fucked around at Woodstock 1994

[laurensweetman]

this is just too good. the 'mike dirnt' absolutely killed me

[philmstudk]

Part II:

-the bored bassist
-the groove machine
-the Paul McCartney (contrapuntal melodies)
-the "picked up bass because it's more macho"
-the creeper (keeps moving closer to drummer)
-the SLAPPER
-strummer (strums chords instead of picks)
-the coked bassist (fast, flashy '80s pop, like Duran Duran)
-the jazzmaster (jazz bassist)
-the lazy bassist (thought it was easiest part of being in a band)
-the mastermind bassist (secretly writes all the music and runs the band, like Beach Boys' Brian Wilson)

[bananaman]

Energetic bassist - bassist who jumps, runs, and tries to get the crowd going. Example Mark Hoppus.

[marcen]

As a bassist, I feel attacked in the best way.

Us bassists want to be the Mike Dirnt but we end up as the out of tuner.

[nathanwalsh]

As a drummer you can't forget "the creeper"... those are the bass players that start out in the front of the stage and slowly creep closer to the drums as the night goes on... by the 4th set they're basically right next to your ride cymbal.

[willchug]

What about the bassist that just totally 🤬 nails everything to perfection and is standing there like they’re half asleep in the body and a stone cold nothing facial expression that doesn’t change. 🤘

[Iron_Hawk]

Some say the bassist stalling for time is still playing on the same stage at the same show to this very day

[BillBraskyy]

2:07 aka the Jason Newstead aka the "And Justice for All" amp setting.

[buoydix]

The last one is real. My first show was just a bunch of friends from school that put on a show in one of their garages. Called it "Freakin' Sweet Fest" had artwork on it and everything. One of the bands had a bass player that was so bad that they turned his bass down so no one could hear it. Funny enough they were in the top 3, along with my band, at the time. It was a blast. That was more than a decade ago, now.

[Shumsky]

Drunk bassist == typical bassist. I play bass, I know what I say :)

[philmstudk]

the "tried out for guitar, didn't make it" hit me to the core

[clintonschultz]

Downstroke everything, no exceptions really spoke to me

[dolfanrob]

The “tone sucks” was one of the best bass sounds you had. 😆

[sophievachon]

At this point the “not even plugged in” might as well be the norm since we never actually get to hear the bass in music… Bass vs Guitar is underwhelming because it gets less attention and some even consider it “useless”. Quite sad, the bass is a part of the backbone

[jacobnaugle]

“Bass Is Not Even Plugged In”. Lol. I did this once at a show. My cable clicked into the jack, but it wasn’t completely plugged in. This threw me off, and so for the first couple songs, I was cutting in and out at like 50% volume. It was frustrating too because, it was our first time playing White Room - Cream, and that song has some great bass-runs.

[thequebee_]

0:28 reminds me of that green day mudfight at woodstock 94 when Billie was busy in the fight and Mike was playing the riff in the background

[giacomozara]

the "how low can you go" is Robert Trujillo

[SoggyBacco]

sid vicious was a combo of 1st, 2nd, and 10th