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08-09-2009, 03:41 PM
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I Had a Very Similar Experience When The Bassist From The Vibrators Used My Rig.
GK 700RB Mark II --> Ampeg SVT 810E --> USA Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe
He Was Not Happy Because It Was Not A SVT Head And Precision Bass
He Plays In A Very Famous Punk Band From The UK.
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08-09-2009, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by dingbass  I guess in the end what really matters is that i am gigging almost every week, and he's NOT!!!
| And now you know why; he's a Richard. A Johnson, a tool, see? 
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08-09-2009, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by dmusic148 And now you know why; he's a Richard. A Johnson, a tool, see? | sounds like the guy lives in pen island. 
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08-09-2009, 10:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Suburbs of Chicago | | Better yet, learn to play fretless bass, lefty bass or fretless lefty
Nobody will want to touch your bass again because you can't show off on something you can't play! |
08-10-2009, 07:13 AM
| | | | Standard courtesy for jams dictates that you bring your own bass and leave the amp alone. Dont touch it period. This guy seriously disrespected you and your equipment, doesnt matter if he's got chops he's still an *******. If you see him again and he wants to jam through your rig tell him to bugger off. |
08-10-2009, 12:13 PM
| | | | I definitely agree with the bring your own bass rule.........sure, there might be exceptions for someone you know will be respectful with your gear but thats about it.
even with my Squier VM, I dont care if it's a cheap bass, you aint playing it if i dont know you.
The only part of an amp I touch on an open jam is the volume, to turn it all the way down to plug or unplug in my bass (if i dont know where the mute button is).
it's not limited to musicians, some people are respectful of other peoples things, and some are not.
In the OP's case, you were well within your rights to turn the amp off and politely as for your bass back......you ask politely once..........
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08-10-2009, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ClassicRock55 Better yet, learn to play fretless bass, lefty bass or fretless lefty
Nobody will want to touch your bass again because you can't show off on something you can't play! | love this, i'm going to get a new left handed, frettless, picalo, hondo, bass tomorrow 
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08-10-2009, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by derrico1 In your shoes I'd have turned the rig down once to get it out of clipping, and had a word with him at the same time. The second time I had to go up would have been to turn the rig off until the next player came up. | +1, If the guy feels he's so good as to have to have the best of the best when he plays a jam, then he should at the very LEAST, bring his own bass! I would! Amps are fine for that situation, but a bass is a personal thing and I'd use my own before using the one on stage. Maybe "reminding" him by turning it down to avoid clipping would put him in his place that he really DOESN'T know much about equipment, etc!
That said; if I DID use the bass on stage, I'd DEFINITELY be respectful of the equipment! Just another opportunity to try more gear than I've used before! Viva la differance!
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08-11-2009, 12:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Riverside, Ca. | | | So the guy is better in a few ways. It sounds like he's a dick though. I'd rather play with a group of mid-level talent players interested in sounding good together than a virtuoso douche who wants to be The Show.
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08-11-2009, 04:38 PM
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How hard is it for people to show up with their own gear to gigs of any kind? If you can't bring your own gear, that's your problem, not mine.
I did have my 6-string fretless one time at a gig, and the opening band bassist asked to borrow my bass because he had gotten mugged on the way to the show (judging by his black eye, I believed him). It wasn't nearly as satisfying watching him fumble around the fretless as it would have been if it were any other kn0b that simply didn't show up prepared. He respected my gear also, so I respected that.
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08-11-2009, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by FunkMetalBass What a . Seriously.
How hard is it for people to show up with their own gear to gigs of any kind? If you can't bring your own gear, that's your problem, not mine.
I did have my 6-string fretless one time at a gig, and the opening band bassist asked to borrow my bass because he had gotten mugged on the way to the show (judging by his black eye, I believed him). It wasn't nearly as satisfying watching him fumble around the fretless as it would have been if it were any other kn0b that simply didn't show up prepared. He respected my gear also, so I respected that. | +1,
and off topic: that must have been the worst gig of that guy's life! Mugged and forced to play an unfamiliar six string fretless?  I'm assuming that wasn't what he normally plays when I say, "ouch!" -- for him and everyone in the club.
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08-15-2009, 12:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Detroit area, Troy, MI | | | when I played softball (outfield), as I got older, the younger guys could probably run circles around me. While they were running in circles, I was running straight to where the ball was going to land.
Problem solved...
There's lots of bass players that can play circles around people. They usually call them "unemployed". Most of the time, people appreciate a nice powerful groove/feel that leaves space to make them look good when its their turn way more than someone wanking away all the time.
Experience, in both cases, is key. Knowing what notes NOT to play. Knowing where NOT to waste time running.
Randy
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08-15-2009, 08:53 PM
| | | | Sometimes the best note is a whole note.
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