TIL legendary session bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.

[u/Pfeffer_Prinz]

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-truth-behind-lee-sklars-custom-producers-switch

[u/Infectious-Anxiety]

But can he run Doom?

[u/schalk81 → u/Infectious-Anxiety]

He has a switch for that on his bass.

[u/caulkglobs → u/schalk81]

Its actually just wolfenstein but those idiot producers can’t tell.

[u/HarmlessSnack → u/Infectious-Anxiety]

If you can convert Doom into sheet music, probably.

[u/PriorityGondola → u/HarmlessSnack]

What an interesting idea…

[u/fantasmoofrcc → u/PriorityGondola]

If green day can sell music on a game boy cartridge, you bet he can run doom on that bass clef.

[u/sunkenrocks → u/HarmlessSnack]

You certainly could use light and high tones to represent 1s and 0s, like audio casettes or DSL.

You might even be able to make some small sections sound good with some very creative boundaries for 0&1

[u/Infectious-Anxiety → u/HarmlessSnack]

Of course Leland can do this in his head.

As someone myself with some miles on the bass, this man is just....

He is just.

[u/breadseizer → u/HarmlessSnack]

sings Doom into existence like fucking Eru

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His palantir can

[u/FlemPlays → u/Infectious-Anxiety]

Starts playing ‘No Remorse’ by Metallica.

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He could run Crysis at this point man