Need ya'lls opinion on my bass issue

So, as you all might remember, our bass player decided to quit. It was on friendly terms and all, and mostly just wasn't quite happy with the sound and "being heard" enough.

Well, since he's still a friend, I invited him out to our show last week where we had a stand-in guy on bass. This guy is purely temporary and was just helping us out for the gig. Well, he just sent an email to the rest of the band and I saying that he really feels like he {censored}ed up in quitting and that we were sounding great the other night etc...

So, do we give him another chance? Should I worry that the same {censored} will just happen again?

I can't help feeling a bit like if a girl left me and then wanted to come back. I just don't like the feeling of it. On the other hand, he is still cool to hang out with and is a great player.

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If you don't have anyone else lined up I say let him back in. The worse that can happen is that you're in the same situation currently. Does he not get solos?

ghead and get him back.

can you adjust the sound a bit to keep him happier? would there be any harm in it?

Ya'll now own him. He can come back if he understands the dynamic... "dude, you're the bassist, that's it ... know your role, play your role well and all is groovy. Look at us crossways again, and you're out on your ass quickly. If you can handle that, all is good. If not, buhbye. . .you're not good enough to pull another Axl Rose."

Haha yeah I'm kinda with you on that one BeakerArk. We definitely have plenty of pull now and he's gonna definitely be on his best behavior.

Cearlywine, the funny thing about that is we actually asked him if he wanted more solos and said something along the lines of "i'm not really a solo-y kinda guy". Yet he said he wanted to be heard more. I guess we were kinda confused by what he meant. Maybe a little split personality thing going on haha.

Well, first step will be to talk this out with the other 2 guys. I'll let you guys know what happens.

if he wants to be heard more, turn his amp up to 11.

Bring him back man, work it out, and have a great big Group Hug!

Maybe he just wanted to be more dynamic in the band's sound? Like not simply being the background of the guitar.

I guess I could give a couple examples, though I'm not sure what music your band plays:

The bass is distinctly heard relative to the guitar and drums in both of these songs.

Does he mean musically=volume in the mix or creatively in the band room=ideas etc?

Maybe you should all go out for a beer or Latte and have a chinwag away from the bandroom??

He missed you:facepalm: take-um back and show him the headlock of love

far be it from me to be culturally purile.. but. . ."chinwag" (to chat/chew the fat) is not likely to be considered a good thing in the States. . .rhymes w/ "teabag" and that is definately not something where one wants to be the bagged.

Can't beat a good teabagging.:lol:

They can have a discourse instead then......

LOL beaker

Perhaps his concern was that he wanted more musical bass parts and not just a hidden in the background groove. An dynamic bassist can add a lot to a song. I'd say give him another go.

Oh, now I remember you saying that in the previous thread. I'm thinking he must have issues with the guitar guys covering him up. In my opinion the bass doesn't always need to be heard but felt. Maybe you can have more tunes where just the bass kicks it off, or breaks of just bass and drums are tasty.

Yeah I agree.

We are gonna meet up and talk with him tonight. We decided we are still gonna do this Friday's gig with the stand-in guy just to make him sweat it and think his decision through for a couple days. We just really don't want the same {censored} to happen again really. Other than that, I think we'd all love to have him back.

Tell him you have been doing fine without bass, and that you have also been unplugging his amp live, and the guitarist was re-recording his parts after he left.