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06-18-2010, 03:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: cincinnati | | | the "I cant play bass with a shirt on" club
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much to jimmyM's chagrin, im starting a club for this. 
personally, i cant fathom the idea of going on a stage wearing a shirt. the second i exit the stage, i put it back on. something about lights and the weight of an instrument just compel me to remove my shirt.
this practice reduces laundry, eliminates the "leather strap stuck on shirt" phenomenon, and should you be in the correct shape, provides a great deal of sex appeal. 
so come one, come all. join up. shirts off, basses on. lets rock. 
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06-18-2010, 03:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: europe | | Hi
Won't join this club for s..t 
I don't mind people doing it but its a very bad idea, I tried this once and almost completely ****ed up my hand, because of the leather strap being stuck to my skin and not wanting to move during the songs, so the result was way too much effort in one position which I could not change...resulting in cramps and a slight tendinites
With a shirt on I could have moved the neck up and down, adapt it to where I was playing and saved my fretting hand some trouble.
Now if you find a strap that still moves on sweaty skin and think you look cool go ahead... |
06-18-2010, 05:48 AM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | An asbestos shirt might help repel some of the flames headed your way.
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06-18-2010, 06:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | I'd need to shave before trying this... |
06-18-2010, 06:16 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: kcmo | | | gender fail |
06-18-2010, 09:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | I have played without a shirt, but I dont have to. Should I get in a little better shape (gotta tighten up those abs!) I'd probably be more inclined to show off my sexy self. I am a Leo after all.
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06-18-2010, 09:54 AM
|  | ... you talkin' to me ?? | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: DEEP in the Heart of Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by emor  gender fail | ...this .
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06-18-2010, 09:54 AM
|  | LICENSED TO KILL - any song I play! | | | | | Just the thought of my sweaty flesh gumming up the backside of my bass gives me the heebie-jeebies!
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06-18-2010, 09:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas | | | shirts, i'm indifferent. pantsless is the way to go.
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06-18-2010, 10:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: St. Louis | | | I've done it, but it's not something I would TRY to do. It was outside, hot and sunny and I was surrounded by rednecks anyway. In a club, wear a shirt.
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06-18-2010, 10:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | | This should be merged with the man-card violations thread.
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06-18-2010, 10:06 AM
| | | | i have put my bass on with no shirt (i was alone at home & just woke up) & it is unbearable. & there is no way i would show off this belly on stage.
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06-18-2010, 10:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Midwest | | So lame. Pretty akward too - not for you maybe, but for the crowd.
Trust me, no one wants to see that stuff. Even chicks (unless you're RHCP or playing 105 degrees beach/pool party gig). If you wanna take your shirt off, go to the beach and lay out, and don't forget your tanning oils. People pay their hard earned money to hear and see your band onstage, not see your nipples bounce around to the music.
Believe me when I tell you that everyone in the crowd is thinking, "Yea dude, nice muscles, sweet, look at you standin' up there, you're in such good shape. You look so cool...
WHOA! Look at that sweet riff you just played!!! Probably couldn't have done that without taking the shirt off...nice call...loser" 
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06-18-2010, 10:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Massachusetts | | | Just checking this thread for ladies posting.
Ok, I'll check back later, thanks. |
06-18-2010, 11:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: niles, mi | | | i get far too sweaty sometimes playing bass, and learned a loooong time ago... playing with a shirt on does NOT work for me at all.
the bass just slides around on my chest. and when you're running around and jumping and what-not... it just doesn't work... so i keep my shirt on, no matter what the temperature.
(of course, now i'm in a band that doesn't move much, so who knows, but i will most likely keep my shirt on anyways)
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06-18-2010, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bismarck, North Dakota | | | Yuck. This is never a good idea. |
06-18-2010, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Orleans | | | uuum....no..........ultimate 80's cheese...... |
06-18-2010, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Spinal Tapper People pay their hard earned money to hear and see your band onstage, not see your nipples bounce around to the music. | I should so sig this!
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06-18-2010, 11:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: St. Louis, Missouri | | | Still waiting for the "not taking my shirt off cause I would blind everyone in the bar with my big gut" group.
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06-18-2010, 11:46 AM
| | | | Not a shirt story, but...
I played this one gig where somebody had put a speedo up on stage for me. I took off my pants and boxers and put the speedo on. The shirt came off too...Apparently a couple people saw my junk, but that's just funny.
I ended up playing the whole show in the speedo and a plastic viking hat. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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