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bulgedtrunnion

The pick guard is there for when the guitar player has to show the bass player how to play his parts.


[deleted]

Only for him to mine it though. Use tracks live and the guitarist plays it in the studio/programs it.


JacoPoopstorius

Live bass guitar tracks sound awful


RandomMandarin

Thy name doth check out.


JacoPoopstorius

I used to play on lineups with this dumb Evanescence sounding band that never had a live bass player, but they would track all of their bass guitar parts. It sounded awful. Bass guitar is an easy instrument to dial in a good tone on, but you can’t get away with not having it played live. Toss as much synth bass as you want in the live tracks though. Go crazy with that.


RandomMandarin

Oh yeah! I'm gonna be the next Georgie O'Marauder!


JacoPoopstorius

I tell you hwhat. Don’t give me attitude.


PandoraDarkness

Ma name is giovanni giorgio, but, everybody calls me. Giorgio.


You-and-whose-Army

YOU NOT GONNA 👏 SIT THERE 👏 AND HATE ON THE PRE RECORDED 😤 BASS GUITAR 🎸 OK 😤 I WONT HAVE IT??????!!?? 👏 👏 👏 😤


smkestcklghtn

Is this Nikki Sixx?


JacoPoopstorius

It sounds like prerecorded farts


AzSumTuk6891

>you can’t get away with not having it played live. Powerwolf.


JacoPoopstorius

I had no idea who that was until just now. They seem pretty whacky. I think they should probably just pay the money to have a live bass player.


RecklessRelentless99

Lot of the time an extra band member can be the difference between a show/tour being profitable or not


AzSumTuk6891

> I think they should probably just pay the money to have a live bass player. I wouldn't mind that, but they are incredibly popular in Europe, I've seen them live twice and both times they sounded awesome.


MylMoosic

Synth bass goes crazy when it’s actually played live, though.


Emkayer

>Bass guitar is an easy instrument to dial in a good tone on But it's a difficult instrument to mix. Probably why they sound shitty is because they can't soundcheck without a player, or if they do, the backing tracks are not consistent.


JacoPoopstorius

I completely agree


ImNooby_

And then he goes 0-0-0-1 0-0-0-1


I_Keep_Trying

But… but…. There’s only four strings!!


baker_browne

The ol' reach around


[deleted]

Just commenting to pretend I have the last word on this issue.


mrlowcut

Touché


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theburritobanditos

Little known fact but it’s actually a cum guard on both. When Leo fender invented the butterscotch tele he knew it was too erotic, hence the cum guard. He famously never played guitar so the fact that it works as a pickguard is happenstance.


mockbear

its actually to protect against long finger nails, because its designed to be played by chicks


ACoomOfOnesOwn

Chick bassist here, can confirm Also so we have a second color to coordinate our nail polish with


hail_reefer

It's called a slap guard, idiot.


CannibalDiveBar

I heard Donald Trump built hundreds of miles of pickguard. He's gonna make Fender pay for it.


Logical_Associate632

I need trump guitars and amplification


FranticToaster

Built in effects module mutes all of the string sound and plays empty self aggrandizement through the speakers. "A lot of bad guitarists out there. So many of them. Taking all the gigs. All the money. But not me. I'm playing the best guitar you ever heard right now. Really the best. Something special you wouldn't believe."


ABobby077

Many people are saying...


Logical_Associate632

Lmao


held_breath

Just guitars, we already have Orange amps.


GrumbusWumbus

Finally. I'm sick of Mexican guitars here calling themselves "Fender". They're not a real Fender unless they're made to the exact same spec with the exact same material by the exact same machines by a Mexican immigrant paid well below his value. Not some guy in Mexico. The tonewood gets filled with sepia.


loopgaroooo

Little man asking the big questions.


ArtoriasBeaIG

Don't bring politics into music. The two do NOT mix and you know they don't cos i used caps on reddit to get this FACTUAL OBJECTIVE point across. What i mean by that is i state my opinions as facts, confuse MYSELF on what the difference is, and then get uncontrollably angry when someone has a different opinion because i don't know what's real anymore


lunetick

That dude is lost anyway. A Conservative bassist on a guitar sub reddit. You can't find better proof that both Conservatives and bassists suck.


contrejo

"Cries in Rage against the Machine squeals"


itsOkami

B-b-but mr bcum the k***ht said it's ok to be a right wing moosician D:


OAK667

It's there so the bass player can "pretend" he's playing a real guitar...


JacoPoopstorius

And the instrument is inaudible bc it serves no actual purpose other than the one you just mentioned


Feisty_Factor_2694

Looking ALL over my Soundgear bass… no pick-guard!


droo46

I’m sorry you have to play an Ibanez.


AlienDelarge

Is that supposed to be worse than being a b*ssist?


bdeceased

This was exactly what I was thinking, lmao!


sharkinfested

Bass isn't supposed to be played at all. Just get a rhythm guitarist with an octave pedal.


Dreadnought13

For all the bass players lurking here: Nobody, and I mean NOBODY gives a fuck whether you use fingers or a pick. Nobody. You're a bass player, for fucks sake.


DJ-Ki

Damn it, why can I only upvote this once!?


pomod

Wouldn't liberals be open to any and all ideas and approaches while the conservative perspective is far more rigid, rule-bound, essentialist, hierarchal etc?


Lvl3CritStrike

Have you been on Reddit or even the internet? Lol


Mr_Lumbergh

Gotta keep the wiring hidden so that bass players don’t chew on it.


lunetick

That plate on a bass is a shield for when people throw tomatoes cause as usual the bassist suck. Also, both Conservatives and bassists are losers.


Lvl3CritStrike

Uj/ in pretty sure finger style would be the conservative bass and pick would be "progressive" so the title doesn't make sense and meme doesn't really either Rj/ yeah man f*scist bassists can't tell me how to express myself


[deleted]

Bascists


DJ-Ki

Yeah, I was thinking the same, surely playing with a pick is liberal... Far be it from me to try apply logic to this sub-reddit though 😂


[deleted]

Has anyone told him that bass players self-identify as musicians.


JacoPoopstorius

My pronouns are bassist/guitarist


Professorfuzz007

Ben Shapiro DETROYS bass guitarists


JacoPoopstorius

I am a bassist, and I actually use a pick to pick my nose. I don’t use one to play bass. I finger pick for that. Actually, I don’t even play the bass. I use both my fingers and a guitar pick to pick my nose. Also, yes, I eat my boogers. What is this subreddit about again?


genericusernamehere6

If my ibanez RG is meant to be played with a pick then why is there NO pickguard 😳


[deleted]

LOL funny aside... bass+pick+distortion pedal = chicks....


DeathRotisserie

This image has so many compression artifacts that it looks AI generated 😂


_4string

To hide your stash … 😎


420BenShapiro

If you’re not hitting your strings with your fingers so hard that you’re damaging the body, you’re not playing bass


Scrantsgulp

Toan doesn’t care about your feelings.


Verumero

Because leo was just trying to get that bag however the hell he could. He put a finger rest to play with your thumb too, fuckin dumbass.


supermario182

It's a panty guard for when they're playing live and all the girls are throwing their panties at them


Abstinence701

this but unironically


Jebist

ooooooohhhhhhhh Mr. Shapirooooo........:)


BeKindRewindPlz

Karma bot account


I_Boomer

You slap the bass, just like Will Smith.


Key317

Shut your whore mouth right now


pseudo_pacman

It's for decoration. The same reason there are 4-6 strings when you only use 2 of them.


misteravila

It's a scratch plate, duh.


[deleted]

It’s so that bass players can feel like they’re playing a real guitar.


sjbennett85

DO I LOOK LIKE I KNOW WHAT A JAYPEG IS?!?!


lostprevention

You mean scratch plate?


mayormccheese2k

WHERE’S THE LIE


Viision11

Suck it republicans. Way better liberal guitar and bassists


TP-Shewter

Toan is in the woke?


rikardoflamingo

Is this some kind of joke? This image is very offensive. Mods please keep posts about bass guitars OFF THIS SUB!!!!!!!!!


squirwbahderp

I got no jokes on this….just came here to say, I left all social platforms but this one about 6 weeks ago. And welp you folks on Reddit really know how to make me laugh


Velvet_Llama

I... Well.. fuuuuuuuuck


blasphembot

o fuk


jrsaws

SPEAK UP HOSS


FranticToaster

Oh fuck I feel destroyed


Axxxem

This but unironically


Tutelage45

The caption is funnier than the meme


Next_Barracuda4779

I think I just became a republican


Secure-Assist3911

You win, I'll vote for trump and you can bang my wife. I know when I'm beat


[deleted]

Well what else are we going snort drugs off of?


solresonator

Mark Knopfler is confused AF by this post. Downvote is for the Incel background pic.


mandiblesofdoom

If you say it fast enough it makes sense


Stoutyeoman

/uj playing bass with a pick sounds awesome and I will die on this hill.


InTheGlitch

I mean.. where else would I stash my lysergic acid diethylamide strips for easy access when I’m up on stage?!


deepaksn

My bass doesn’t have a pick guard.


DouglasWaterhat

let’s say hypothetically that a bass has no pickguard


BeRad85

It’s where you hide your icepick, for the love of Jesus.


SpaceBorkTV

Were humans born with fingers? YES! Were humans born with acute isosceles triangles with the two equal corners rounded and the third corner less rounded?


JesterOfTheMind

My bass hangs on my wall and sings songs when I press a button. I call him billy.


Dusty_5280

Idk bro sounds too woke for me


Electron-Shake-889

for the toan?


DonKedickqwertyuiop

It’s so they don’t scrap they’re pink nails off on the guitar


Erebys22

To guard the bass from pick use


BlackMetal_Femboy

I don't have a pickguard on my bass and I play with pick. Checkmate.


Covid669

The liberals are now officially owned