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08-11-2008, 12:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Australia | | | I had no comeback to this...
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The other day, I was talking to a guitarist. He seemed like a reasonable guy, and had been playing guitar for ten years. I mentioned to him that I played bass and his friend then said "oh really? I'd like to play bass!" The guitarist was quick to say, "Bass is easy, you'll pick it up in a week."
Getting defensive, I said to him "Like you would know". He gave me a look and then stated he had been playing bass for eight years.
...ooops... 
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08-11-2008, 12:21 AM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | I like this one ---"Bass is childs-play" |
08-11-2008, 12:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario | | | There's a difference between a bassist and a guitarist who can play bass. He was no doubt the latter of the two, with that kind of comment. |
08-11-2008, 12:25 AM
| | Modus vivendi | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | Well "picking it up" and playing it *well* as a bassist are two quite different things : ) And as Nick Kay says: +1. |
08-11-2008, 12:27 AM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | The reason I play the bass is I can only count to "4" |
08-11-2008, 12:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia. | | | I would just say, oh cool.. Can I hear some of your playing on CD/myspace??
Etc... you can generally gauge a player from a wanker in a few minutes of talking shop... |
08-11-2008, 12:43 AM
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08-11-2008, 12:47 AM
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08-11-2008, 12:49 AM
|  | I'll take you into the water. | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Brisbane QLD Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by John Wentzien  The reason I play the bass is I can only count to "4" | Wouldnt it be funny if you played a 6 or an 8 string bass, and someone said that to you |
08-11-2008, 12:59 AM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tom once dead Wouldnt it be funny if you played a 6 or an 8 string bass, and someone said that to you | I say that myself  ..
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08-11-2008, 12:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Columbine Valley, Colorado | | After the guitarist's "eight years" comment, look at him and say "Really ?" Then look back to the friend and say "Well, obviously you can't pick it up in a week."
I know. It's far easier to come up with an appropriate rejoinder when sitting at a computer in calm, impersonal reflection than it is at the moment and on the spot when it's directed to you personally.
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08-11-2008, 03:52 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | A week? It only take me a few seconds to pick up my bass. |
08-11-2008, 04:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dana Point Ca | | | Yes it is true anyone can play bass and anyone can play guitar for that fact, but that don't mean they are any good at it. |
08-12-2008, 11:24 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tony909 "Bass is easy, you'll pick it up in a week." | Yeah, if you're slow.
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08-12-2008, 11:31 PM
| | | | First of all he just a "guitar player" (one in zillion) ... so does what he said does matter? Will it matter a 100 years from now? |
08-13-2008, 12:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Manchester(ish) | | If he picked it up in one week what was he doing with the other 7 years and 51 weeks?
Did he just pick one up 8 years ago, play it for a week then think 'Awesome, now back to guitar!' And be done with it?
Maybe he hasn't played one since... 
It's all maths, people.
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08-13-2008, 12:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rochester, NY/Los Angeles, CA | | | It's very easy to learn, hard to master. Yeah, you can pick it up in a week, but don't expect to kick ass immediately unless you're crazy talented. |
08-13-2008, 12:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | | Is this guy's picture in the dictionary next to "guitard"?
A reply: Yeah, some people have one week's experience a thousand times.
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08-13-2008, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wichita, KS | | | I don't see what the big deal is.I would agree that it doesn't take long to "pick up" playing bass, it's certainly easier to become passably-ok on bass than on guitar.
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08-13-2008, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MirageBass It's very easy to learn, hard to master. | +1... after 20 years of experience, you can still learn new things... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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