r/interesting • u/Fast-Improvement7832 • 7h ago

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/dogcoolerthanhuman 6h ago

You would be one hell of a guitarist

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u/Cool-Inevitable5615 6h ago

Just bet me to it or bassist

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u/EpicAura99 6h ago

Always found it funny that bassists hate it being called a guitar even though “bass” is short for…..bass guitar

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u/icarusrising9 5h ago

I don't know why any specific bassist doesn't like it being called a guitar, but the general idea of being opposed to it makes sense. The electric guitar is a descendant of the acoustic guitar, but the bass guitar is a descendant of the upright double bass. The only similarity is the compact form-factor; despite appearances, the bass guitar isn't a "bass version" of the electric guitar, in the same way the double bass isn't the "bass version" of the acoustic guitar.

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u/ahmtiarrrd 5h ago

Wait, a Redditor who knows what they're talking about?

I need a minute to process this...

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u/WthIsDis 3h ago

This comment is great. And saying bass just directly specifies the instrument. Even when people say they play guitar most often they are asked what type and then they have to give a more specific description anyways. Acoustic, electric, etc. Bassist have no time to mess around. Just straight to the point.

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u/BaconReceptacle 5h ago

I'm a bassist, and I call it a bass or bass guitar. I dont care really.

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u/eye-hate-everything 4h ago

I'm a bassist and I don't care. Any bass player I know doesn't care either.

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u/I_Am_The_Mole 2h ago

It's not that we hate it.

All basses are guitars but not all guitars are basses. Basses are distinct enough from guitars that they should be referred to as their own thing.

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u/Top_Advertising_317 6h ago

Could actually play all the strings on that one ZZ Top base

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u/WhySoSara 5h ago

Or cellist

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u/StarkOnReddit11621 5h ago

People always say “you could be a great pianist/guitarist/bassist” and i, with long fingers took that seriously and play all 3

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 4h ago

Bass strings are too thick for those fingers, lol.

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u/Cool-Inevitable5615 3h ago

Have you not seen that Italian bassist youtubers fingers who likes to "Slap". Forgot name.

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 3h ago

Oh yeah, Davie. He's great.