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03-09-2010, 09:02 PM
| | | | Good comebacks for when people call bass "a pointless instrument".
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Good comebacks for when people call bass "a pointless instrument". 
Hello there,
A friend of mine keeps trying to ruffle my feathers...I need a good comebacks for when he makes fun bass/bassists again. Please share some of your clever "Jerk store" moments about bass and/or being bassists, that'd be great!  |
03-09-2010, 09:07 PM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | How many successful bands have no bass?
Those that have or had no bass had a bass player in the studio and may also cover the bass line with keyboards. (like the Doors) |
03-09-2010, 09:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Perth, Australia | | | Why bother?
Do you like bass? Does your band want a bassist?
Ignore the friend. I'm guessing you are probably High School age. As you grow up these sorts of silly comments will bother you less. |
03-09-2010, 09:10 PM
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its all about "THE POCKET" | | | | | just ask them to try to form a band without a bassist and see how it sounds..... |
03-09-2010, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Staten Island, NY | | | Almost any good musician that plays in a small ensemble, regardless of what instrument they play, will tell you bass is the most important instrument. It defines the chord structure, and ties harmony and rhythm together. |
03-09-2010, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Suburbs | | | I've never met anybody who said bass was a pointless instrument.
And certainly not anybody who understood music. Your friend is an idiot - just ignore him.
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03-09-2010, 09:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AZ | | | "Not as pointless as your existence."
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03-09-2010, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Maximusprimico Good comebacks for when people call bass "a pointless instrument".
Hello there, A friend of mine keeps trying to ruffle my feathers...I need a good comebacks for when he makes fun bass/bassists again. Please share some of your clever "Jerk store" moments about bass and/or being bassists, that'd be great! | He's, um, not your friend.
Now that you have this info, what do YOU think you ought to do? |
03-09-2010, 09:30 PM
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Head Tinkerer, The Flufflab | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California | | | "You know, I'm so glad that my **** isn't so small that I feel the need to insult other musicians and talk about stuff I know nothing about"
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03-09-2010, 09:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Suburbs | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TortillaChip520 "Not as pointless as your existence." | Yeah, and then kill him! 
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03-09-2010, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Red Hook, New York | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TortillaChip520 "Not as pointless as your existence." | Hahaha, perfect. |
03-09-2010, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AZ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim C. Yeah, and then kill him! | Only if you have a silenced pistol or piano wire handy.
Or a bass string, for irony 
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03-09-2010, 09:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Suffolk County,NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Maximusprimico Good comebacks for when people call bass "a pointless instrument".
Hello there,
A friend of mine keeps trying to ruffle my feathers...I need a good comebacks for when he makes fun bass/bassists again. Please share some of your clever "Jerk store" moments about bass and/or being bassists, that'd be great! | Drop my Explorer on their foot, and reply...Pointless? |
03-09-2010, 09:43 PM
|  | LICENSED TO KILL - any song I play! | | | | | My reply?
"I know! Can you believe I get paid the same as these guys do? AWESOME!"
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03-09-2010, 10:04 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Exploiter8 My reply?
"I know! Can you believe I get paid the same as these guys do? AWESOME!" | Exactly this! 
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03-09-2010, 10:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Suburbs | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TortillaChip520 Only if you have a silenced pistol or piano wire handy.
Or a bass string, for irony | I LOL'd. 
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03-09-2010, 10:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by UncleFluffy "You know, I'm so glad that my **** isn't so small that I feel the need to insult other musicians and talk about stuff I know nothing about" | FTW.
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03-09-2010, 10:39 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I'd probably say 'Yeah, you're right' then proceed to make the ladies' butts move
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03-09-2010, 10:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dallas, TX | | | "hey man, f you, you dumb butt!!!"
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03-09-2010, 10:51 PM
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