Help Guitarist Friend Get Over Hatred Of Bass?

CauliColin · #1 06-15-2011, 12:34 AM

My good friend hates bass. When we go out to the shops, I might pick up Bass Player Magazine, he'll glare at me and rant how bass is the worst instrument of all and all bassists suck. Mind you, he does that whenever I say or ask something bass-related.

onionpuzzle · #2 06-15-2011, 12:46 AM

I don't quite understand why anyone would hang around someone who hates an aspect of music like that. Dump the friend, play the bass.

CauliColin · #3 06-15-2011, 12:50 AM

Problem is, he's the guitarist in our 'band' and he is one of my most trustworthy friends. I was also hoping for methods to persuade him to like bass.

onionpuzzle · #4 06-15-2011, 12:54 AM

you can paint a horse into a zebra, but it's still a horse.

CauliColin · #5 06-15-2011, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by onionpuzzle

you can paint a horse into a zebra, but it's still a horse.

Fair point.

James Judson · #6 06-15-2011, 01:01 AM

Immature. He'll get better you just have to have patience.

Jools4001 · #7 06-15-2011, 01:15 AM

Most of us enjoy music in all it's glorious forms, but imagine developing a pathological hatred of bass. Sufferers of Hatred of Bass Syndrome (HOBS) are condemned to a life of torment. Every movie they watch, every TV show, music in stores and sports arenas, subjects them to intolerable levels of bass that these poor souls simply cannot endure.

Trips to the theatre, listening to the radio, buying CD's or mp3 downloads are all things that the rest of us take for granted but for sufferers of HOBS all of these things cause levels of nausea that condemn them to a life of purgatory and a lifetime of anaemic, wimpy music.

There was no solution, until now! For just $5 a month the Haters of Bass Syndrome Society can fund a team of trained therapists and counsellors who can alleviate their suffering. Just $20 buys a visit from one of our professionals who can permanently cure this devastating affliction with a simple operation. In less than 5 minutesd one of our therapists can swiftly and easily put an end to this pain by smacking these whining idots in the face with a shovel.

Can you help? Please give generously to the Haters of Bass Syndrome Society. Together, we can make a difference to people's lives.

madmatt · #8 06-15-2011, 01:25 AM

I am thinking he just likes to hear himself talk.
Or he is just an idiot.
Maybe both.
Find new friends.

I used to like having friends like this, controversial and a little nutty, until one day I realized controversial nuts have issues.

78fenderjazz · #9 06-15-2011, 01:28 AM

Show up to your next rehearsal or gig with just a guitar and amp, roll all the bass off the eq, crank the treble and play all the same parts you play on bass in the highest position possible on guitar.

He will be begging for some bass after the first 4 bars.

Caca de Kick · #10 06-15-2011, 01:44 AM

Simple. Put a group of girls in front of both you guys playing one at a time. See if they dance to endless shredding vs laying a groove down. End of story.

GrapeApe · #11 06-15-2011, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Caca de Kick

Simple. Put a group of girls in front of both you guys playing one at a time. See if they dance to endless shredding vs laying a groove down. End of story.

Sounds reasonable.

spaz21387 · #12 06-15-2011, 01:52 AM

my guess is hes tiny in the pants region and hes jelous that your bass is bigger then his guitar.

sreas2 · #13 06-15-2011, 05:24 AM

Just let him have a play. I was a mad keen guitarist until i played a bass for the first time now I try to love both equally.

piccolo_whitley · #14 06-15-2011, 05:32 AM

BASSISM!!!

Absentia · #15 06-15-2011, 05:34 AM

Just a hunch, but does the kid only listen to crappy metal separated in to a million different unjustified "genres" always judging music for the guitar lick?
Always wears a random black shirt with some band "you'ver never heard of (rightly so because they suck)?

We call these people metal douche bags, they are very similar to hipster douche bags, just a little more annoying.

I hate the washboard but agree it does have it's place.
Even guitars just plain sound like a girl instrument to me, no balls.

Oopsdabassist · #16 06-15-2011, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jools4001

Most of us enjoy music in all it's glorious forms, but imagine developing a pathological hatred of bass. Sufferers of Hatred of Bass Syndrome (HOBS) are condemned to a life of torment. Every movie they watch, every TV show, music in stores and sports arenas, subjects them to intolerable levels of bass that these poor souls simply cannot endure.

Trips to the theatre, listening to the radio, buying CD's or mp3 downloads are all things that the rest of us take for granted but for sufferers of HOBS all of these things cause levels of nausea that condemn them to a life of purgatory and a lifetime of anaemic, wimpy music.

There was no solution, until now! For just $5 a month the Haters of Bass Syndrome Society can fund a team of trained therapists and counsellors who can alleviate their suffering. Just $20 buys a visit from one of our professionals who can permanently cure this devastating affliction with a simple operation. In less than 5 minutesd one of our therapists can swiftly and easily put an end to this pain by smacking these whining idots in the face with a shovel.

Can you help? Please give generously to the Haters of Bass Syndrome Society. Together, we can make a difference to people's lives.

LMAO!!!!!

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RBetoGT · #17 06-15-2011, 05:42 AM

then, ask him to try to play the music without a bass

jgroh · #18 06-15-2011, 05:47 AM

Anti-bassetic!

Seriously, do you play bass in this "band"? If you do, your "good friend" hates your chosen instrument and is dissing you to your face. Yeah, no, thats cool.

Wannaflea · #19 06-15-2011, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by 78fenderjazz

Show up to your next rehearsal or gig with just a guitar and amp, roll all the bass off the eq, crank the treble and play all the same parts you play on bass in the highest position possible on guitar.

He will be begging for some bass after the first 4 bars.

+1
Use an octaver to, just to annoy him

If that doesn't work, challenge him to a guitar jousting session. The bass's superior length and awesomeness will defeat him easily, leading to obvious endings, namely your bascist friend humble and tolerant, and you, when you forgive him, with a smug, warm content feeling, a bit like when you give to charity, but with more 'I'm great'-ness.

Smokin' Toaster · #20 06-15-2011, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 78fenderjazz

Show up to your next rehearsal or gig with just a guitar and amp, roll all the bass off the eq, crank the treble and play all the same parts you play on bass in the highest position possible on guitar.

He will be begging for some bass after the first 4 bars.

LMFAO!!!!!!

I was gong to suggest several sharp blows with a 2x4 upside his empty head....