Justin Beck doesn’t beat around the bush. Never has. The 41-year-old native New Yorker tells it exactly how it is, which is why we believe him when he talks about his partiality toward bass. Especially when he explains his disdain for guitarists who pick up a 4-string and simply follow along with their guitar riffs. “That’s f-ing lazy, corny, and most of all, vain. Guitar in our music is a mere percentage of our audible offering, so for me, bass lines following my guitar work would simply be too one-dimensional and boring. The irony is that the instrument I play live is the wackest instrument regarding pecking order of importance in our music.” Widely known exclusively as a guitarist, Beck has always been the man behind the music and writing of post-punk heroes Glassjaw since their inception in 1993, which naturally includes all low frequencies. This may be news to fans of their music, as bass plays a highly dominant role in their heavy sound, which has influenced countless