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02-03-2009, 06:24 PM
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Hey, i know a guy that always says things like, bass is just big guitar with less strings, and other bass related insults. He's a guitarist, so what are some good comebacks to things like that? | 
02-03-2009, 06:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dupont, PA | | | If you could play thick strings and do it in time and you wouldn't need us.
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Insert cliched, hip, witty, or rhyming comment about the funk, groove, or pocket here:___________ | 
02-03-2009, 06:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | Big and thick? Nah, it's just all in proportion small-fry.
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I was there and I posted #8, Brutal Bassist #6.9
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02-03-2009, 06:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland | | | Kick him in the um...you know.
There's no safe way to say it.
It's the best comeback, it'll shut him up -or alter his voice- for quite a while.
Or, just let me know what kind of guitar he plays and I can go on that.
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02-03-2009, 07:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Outside Boston | | Don't sweat it, man. YOU are driving the train.
That is all. 
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02-03-2009, 07:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA. | | | He plays the baby guitar. It has a little neck and is for p***ies. *
* The word I am blocking out is actually "puppies". | 
02-03-2009, 07:34 PM
| | | | just stay, without the bass your guitar is just noise.. | 
02-03-2009, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: fall river mass | | | sleep with his girlfriend | 
02-04-2009, 03:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by notforrobots sleep with his girlfriend | Best. Idea. EVER.
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I was there and I posted #8, Brutal Bassist #6.9
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02-04-2009, 04:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dupont, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by notforrobots sleep with his girlfriend | She's probably a skank with a fe-mullet... You only go after the singer's woman.
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Insert cliched, hip, witty, or rhyming comment about the funk, groove, or pocket here:___________ | 
02-04-2009, 04:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: France | | Just say "Yes, you're right" and smile. He will be happy and never more bother you with that BS. 
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02-04-2009, 06:30 AM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | Simply explain to him that the body of a typical bass guitar weighs just about as much the head of a typical sledge hammer. The neck on a 34" scale bass is actually longer than the handle on a sledge hammer and provides better leverage.
Then point out the fact that his comments tend to put you in a bit of a nasty mood, and that you stand next to the drummer and behind the guitar player when the band is onstage.
If subtlety doesn't work, whack him over the head with your bass.
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02-04-2009, 06:38 AM
| | | | Simply glare at him with one eye shut, stiffen your whole body, lean forward a bit, tremble, and start to clench and unclench both hands simultaneously.
Always works for me...
P.S. This approach is also useful in situations like the one mentioned in another thread right now: the keyboard player with the heavy left hand. | 
02-04-2009, 06:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Suffolk County,NY | | | "Don't make me turn it up" | 
02-04-2009, 07:05 AM
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02-04-2009, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Phalex Simply explain to him that the body of a typical bass guitar weighs just about as much the head of a typical sledge hammer. The neck on a 34" scale bass is actually longer than the handle on a sledge hammer and provides better leverage.
Then point out the fact that his comments tend to put you in a bit of a nasty mood, and that you stand next to the drummer and behind the guitar player when the band is onstage.
If subtlety doesn't work, whack him over the head with your bass. | This one I like!!!
The one that gets me, is "Well the guitarist could play bass on this song" HAH!
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02-04-2009, 09:17 AM
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"That may be true...but your mama....."
__________________ I am not a "yes" man. If my wife says no...I say no. | 
02-04-2009, 09:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | How about:
Blank Stare
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"Gee, it must be horrible to be so insecure." | 
02-04-2009, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by troyus He plays the baby guitar. It has a little neck and is for p***ies. *
* The word I am blocking out is actually "puppies". | I just love "puppies"! They're warm and furry and so much fun to play with! If you play with them enough they get all excited and make cute little noises. I like to get down on the floor so my face is right up close to them so I can breathe in that happy "puppy" smell. Of course if you get them too excited they'll leave a wet spot, but that's a small price to pay. Ah, good times!
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02-04-2009, 07:41 PM
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