ok so the other day, my best friend called me and asked if i could take him to the local jail to get processed. i thought he was joking. but unfortunately, he wasn't (sexual misconduct with someone under 17
) anyways, that day was the only day he had to do it. so being the friend i am, i agreed. we get to the jail and the lady tells me i am not allowed in. so i go sit in my car.
about 10 minutes go by. I am easily bored. i looked in my back seat and saw that i had my old ibanez back there. so i grabbed it and brought it to the drivers seat with me. well, needless to say, i didnt have enough room to play it. so i rolled down my window and stuck the headstock out. it was below freezing outside and my car was off. yes i know, im not the brightest crayon in the box. so after about 15 minutes of me entertaining myself, a squad car is driving buy and comes to a stop that made it slide on the snow. then i hear the cop yelling as he rolled his window down " Put what ever you have down and step out of the car!" i about peed myself. i got out of my car, the cop searched me and told me he thought i had a gun haha. i put my bass in the TRUNK so that didnt happen again lol.
then we decided to go to guitar center after that. i was sitting in the bass room, alone as usual. when 3 guys came in and were looking at stuff. im 18 and these guys were probably 19-20. one kid says "dude, i want to hear you slap on a pete wentz bass" the other kid, who im guessing was the bass player says "Theres no way i can slap on a pete wentz bass" i couldnt help myself. and i spoke up and asked why not. he said because they suck. i asked him what bass he had at home. im not kidding when i tell you what he said. he said "at home i have a squire p bass. i know its a squire, but its amazing." i laughed at him and he got mad/confused. i told him to imagine a pete wentz bass without the heart sticker thing and tell me what he saw. he walked out without saying a word haha. some people these days. just shows how much the appearance of a bass (in this case a sticker and a name) will turn ppl off so much.
lastly, a little kid, not much older than 10 comes in and looks around. then what bass does he grab? a warwick. he sits down and starts slapping away at it. no, not slapping like we know it. he was literally hitting it almost punching the neck. his mom came in and was smiling. i said to her "you know that's worth more than 1000 dollars right?" she looks at the pricetag and almost faints. she takes the bass away and tells him to try a different one. he instantly points to a marcus miller jazz. the kid has good taste. the mom asked me what a cheap one was that he could try. so i went out and grabbed him an ibanez shortscale. i tuned it up and played with it a bit. then he played with it a little and his mom ended up buying it for him. another thing that made me chuckle: i put back the ken smith that i usually play there and picked up a Music man 5 string. he looks at me wide-eyed, and says "you play 4 string AND 5 string?" haha kids, gotta love em.
sorry it those stories completely sucked. maybe they were a "you had to be there" thing. lol i just thought it was funny that while at GC, the customers made me laugh more than the sales people. anyone with similar stories? with cops or GC customers?
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