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05-01-2011, 09:23 PM
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A few nights ago the day befor my bands first major gig(school talant show) I waz tuneing my bass, I was tuneing the E string and was not paying attention, when I noticed the pitch wasent changing I thought the tuneing nob was broken so I started tuning it faster all of a sudden the A string broke! I was turning the wrong nob!...im so stupid |
05-01-2011, 09:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Salem, NH | | | derp.
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05-01-2011, 10:07 PM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | D'OH! - is THAT why the note doesn't change sometimes ??
Shoot - I have done the same thing. Never at a gig though and usually while I was distracted by someone. I toss an old set of strings in my case "just in case" something like this happens at a gig. As they say in the old country - "Oops!"
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05-01-2011, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Queen Creek AZ | | | I have never broken a string but done that same thing atleast 30 odd times. |
05-01-2011, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by azfryguy  I have never broken a string but done that same thing atleast 30 odd times. | Yeah same here. Have not broken a string, though.
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05-01-2011, 10:33 PM
| | | that's why you should never tune your own bass..  |
05-01-2011, 10:37 PM
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05-01-2011, 10:38 PM
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05-02-2011, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Youngbrett A few nights ago the day befor my bands first major gig(school talant show) I waz tuneing my bass, I was tuneing the E string and was not paying attention, when I noticed the pitch wasent changing I thought the tuneing nob was broken so I started tuning it faster all of a sudden the A string broke! I was turning the wrong nob!...im so stupid | And this story was worth sharing with all of us...why?
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05-02-2011, 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by totallyfrozen And this story was worth sharing with all of us...why? | Cus it's a cool story, bro.
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05-02-2011, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by totallyfrozen And this story was worth sharing with all of us...why? | And this comment was worth making...why?  
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05-02-2011, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by brendanbassist And this comment was worth making...why? | Because you makes you pause and think about how this story is only about a small personal mistake and sharing it with the world only makes the OP look like a chump. 
Dats why!
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Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. | |
05-02-2011, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by EdHunter Cus it's a cool story, bro. | That's great! I LOL'd
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Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. | |
05-02-2011, 02:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | The only reason I visit TB is to see who else is struggling with tuning their instruments!
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Sadly nowadays it seems people struggle to tune them to standard tuning
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05-02-2011, 09:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | "You mean we're supposed to tune these things the same? Well how in the hell do we do that?"
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05-02-2011, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | One private gig the keyboard got transposed up a fourth because part of the requirement for the show was that the guest of honor got to play a Michael Buble song to his wife (anniversary party). There had been someone playing along on my bass and apparently they transposed the keys because the sheet music was written for a 5 string bass and I play 4 bangers. I went to tune up before our first set and they keys were way out. Figured keys are digital so they're not going to fall out of tune and started tuning to them when "SNAP!" Broke a low E at 5 on a Sunday afternoon with no backup available. I managed to pull a string off of a bass I had sitting at my house that hadn't been used for several years.
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05-02-2011, 03:10 PM
| | | I dont have that problem.
Tune once at the store before you buy it and never worry about it again. 
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05-02-2011, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Depth_Charge The only reason I visit TB is to see who else is struggling with tuning their instruments!
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Sadly nowadays it seems people struggle to tune them to standard tuning | +1 |
05-02-2011, 07:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sartell, MN | | | This thread is epic fail. For his next thread, OP will post: "I was hitting on a chick at this gig and she looked so hot but then turned around and it was my mom LOLZ that was brutal!"
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05-02-2011, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by THUNDERGODX I dont have that problem.
Tune once at the store before you buy it and never worry about it again. | Won't work. You have weld the tuners to stop them moving. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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