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12-10-2009, 02:51 PM
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Yes, here it is, the official International Dysfunctional Idiots Of Talkbass (I.D.I.O.T.) club... 
Ok, here's how we play the game...
You're qualified to join the club if you've done something ridiculous, frivolous, or even just plain foolish and it's related to your bass playing somehow. That can be anything from buying/selling bass equipment you never should have, such as purely due to GAS indulgence, to something nutty you did on a gig. I figure most TB'ers qualify on GAS suffrage alone, but time will tell... if this club gets any traffic, anyway. 
To Join, you just need to state how you qualified, and it works best if you speak painfully honestly. Then I assign you a number, and you have the honor (or the cojones, as the case may be) to use that number in your sig if you so choose.
Only one rule. NO FLAMING! This club is for FUN ONLY! Folks that have the guts to post here have full diplomatic immunity. Period. Consoling and commiserating are fine... just no blasting.
For example, if someone wants to say they're an idiot for purchasing a J bass with a figured top, let them. Don't take it personal and get defensive and turn it into a debate of whether something is silly or not just 'cause you did the same thing and don't think it was silly at all (which is ok too!!).
In short, let's keep the shiny side up, and hopefully have some laughs, ok?
I reserve the (well deserved, I might add) right to claim #1 as the founding and certifiable member of this club. I qualify because I have over 10 high end basses, and I keep buying more, despite the fact I only need maybe 2-3 to easily cover anything I'd ever need to play. Yeah, I'm an idiot!
Edit: I also promised johnnydi he could be #2, so
TB I.D.I.O.T. #2 johnnydi!
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12-10-2009, 02:55 PM
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Brownchicken Browncow | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | i sold.......
my 1962 juzek doublebass because i didin't want to put it on the plane when i moved
my daion (in my sig) bass to pay rent
i told.....
my lead singer one night when standing in the driveway after rehearsal while looking up at the stars that "stars don't twinkle......only planets twinkle cause they reflect the light of the sun.....the song should be twinkle twinkle little planet" 
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12-10-2009, 02:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | I sold my pre-Fender Kubicki and then turned around and sold my Lakland 55-01 right after I spent $300 and stuck a set of Nordstrand Big Singles and a Bartolini NTMB 18v preamp in it. I miss those two basses horribly.
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12-10-2009, 03:07 PM
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Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | I just bought a Sadowsky with a quilt maple top. As I'm partially the impetus of this thread/group, I believe I should get to pick my number. I would like to be 13 as that will bring me luck. My black cat Milo told me so. |
12-10-2009, 03:09 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Everything Sadowsky, InTune Guitar picks | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Upstate NY | | | HI
As a youngster, took my '72 jazz(maple board black blocks and binding) and had a buddy pull out the frets with god knows what 'cause I wanted a fretless. He didnt know I still wanted the neck to play it. Just thought i wanted the wire yanked, no matter how it turned out!! Needless to say, it ruined the neck. Damn!!! |
12-10-2009, 03:10 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | I had a friend belt-sand a 70s(possibly earlier  )P-Bass neck to *defret* it. Idiotic. It was a good 20 years ago, in a lacquer fume & weed-induced haze. Still...
Edit: Is self-flaming allowed? I'm still pretty bitter.
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12-10-2009, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | A few weeks ago I showed up to a gig without my endpin. Thinking I just forgot to put in in my case after I put my wheel on, I played the entire gig hunched over, looking foolish and not exactly at the top of my game. When I was packing up my car to go home, I saw the endpin hang'n out in the back of my car, laughing at me. |
12-10-2009, 03:13 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | I also threw away a Yamaha CS-5 analog monosynth- it had a little noise...
I'm thinking this is going to be a large club. 
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12-10-2009, 03:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Santa Barbara, Ca | | | I think I already requested #2.
I own 4 Sadowsky and they are all NYC. Two of them have either burl maple top or quilted maple top. I'm an idiot because I keep finding more option to put on something I can't even see when I'm playing.
I keep wanting more Sadowsky.
I'm addicted to a brand. What a moron. |
12-10-2009, 03:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver, CO | | | Sold a Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus to fund a bass rig. It's a guitar I've had since I was 15(I'm 29 now). It was a sweet ride, but GAS ensued and I had to have nicer gear than a squier affinity series plugged in direct.
Hope this counts. I just sold it last week, and I already miss it....lol. |
12-10-2009, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | I just bought a new Jag bass, and as a result I haven't paid Novembers rent...
It's now December 10th...
I have to send out 2 months rent next week, and also figure out how I'm going to have any cash to live off of.
Number please?
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12-10-2009, 03:27 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by standupright i sold.......
my 1962 juzek doublebass because i didin't want to put it on the plane when i moved
my daion (in my sig) bass to pay rent
i told.....
my lead singer one night when standing in the driveway after rehearsal while looking up at the stars that "stars don't twinkle......only planets twinkle cause they reflect the light of the sun.....the song should be twinkle twinkle little planet" |
TB I.D.I.O.T. #3 standupright! |
12-10-2009, 03:28 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by capnsandwich I sold my pre-Fender Kubicki and then turned around and sold my Lakland 55-01 right after I spent $300 and stuck a set of Nordstrand Big Singles and a Bartolini NTMB 18v preamp in it. I miss those two basses horribly. |
TB I.D.I.O.T. #4 capnsandwich! |
12-10-2009, 03:29 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nostatic I just bought a Sadowsky with a quilt maple top. As I'm partially the impetus of this thread/group, I believe I should get to pick my number. I would like to be 13 as that will bring me luck. My black cat Milo told me so. | Sorry, but I can't manage number requests. My brain is too small!
TB I.D.I.O.T. #5 nostatic! |
12-10-2009, 03:30 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bikeplate HI
As a youngster, took my '72 jazz(maple board black blocks and binding) and had a buddy pull out the frets with god knows what 'cause I wanted a fretless. He didnt know I still wanted the neck to play it. Just thought i wanted the wire yanked, no matter how it turned out!! Needless to say, it ruined the neck. Damn!!! |
TB I.D.I.O.T. #6 bikeplate! |
12-10-2009, 03:30 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassteban I had a friend belt-sand a 70s(possibly earlier )P-Bass neck to *defret* it. Idiotic. It was a good 20 years ago, in a lacquer fume & weed-induced haze. Still...
Edit: Is self-flaming allowed? I'm still pretty bitter. |
TB I.D.I.O.T. #7 bassteban! |
12-10-2009, 03:31 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by joehaven A few weeks ago I showed up to a gig without my endpin. Thinking I just forgot to put in in my case after I put my wheel on, I played the entire gig hunched over, looking foolish and not exactly at the top of my game. When I was packing up my car to go home, I saw the endpin hang'n out in the back of my car, laughing at me. |
TB I.D.I.O.T. #8 joehaven! |
12-10-2009, 03:32 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnydi I think I already requested #2.
I own 4 Sadowsky and they are all NYC. Two of them have either burl maple top or quilted maple top. I'm an idiot because I keep finding more option to put on something I can't even see when I'm playing.
I keep wanting more Sadowsky.
I'm addicted to a brand. What a moron. |
As promised...
TB I.D.I.O.T. #2 johnnydi! |
12-10-2009, 03:33 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MrTAteMyBalls Sold a Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus to fund a bass rig. It's a guitar I've had since I was 15(I'm 29 now). It was a sweet ride, but GAS ensued and I had to have nicer gear than a squier affinity series plugged in direct.
Hope this counts. I just sold it last week, and I already miss it....lol. |
TB I.D.I.O.T. #9 MrTAteMyBalls! |
12-10-2009, 03:33 PM
| | There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
Staff, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JoZac21 I just bought a new Jag bass, and as a result I haven't paid Novembers rent...
It's now December 10th...
I have to send out 2 months rent next week, and also figure out how I'm going to have any cash to live off of.
Number please? | Here's yer sign...
TB I.D.I.O.T. #10 JoZac21! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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