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12-01-2008, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Denver, CO | | | A little joke for metal bassists...
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A beginning bass player started to take lessons, so the first week his teacher told him to practice and learn all the notes on the E string, which he did. The next week, his teacher told him to practice and learn all the notes on the A string, which he did. Before the third lesson, the student called the teacher and said "I won't be needing to take lessons anymore." The teacher asked "Why not? You've only been at it two weeks, and you've only learned two strings!" The student said "Because I got a gig already! I'm playing with a metal band."  |
12-01-2008, 02:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | haha nice one. |
12-01-2008, 03:02 PM
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I need to learn all the notes on my E and my A string? 
I need to study up.  |
12-01-2008, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mission Viejo, CA | | it's better if you change it so that he learns the first five frets on the E and A 
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12-01-2008, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by WyrdoBass  it's better if you change it so that he learns the first five frets on the E and A | Hey now I've been known to venture up to the 9'th once in a while. 
The joke rings rather true though.
Still Funny. 
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12-02-2008, 12:34 AM
| | | Sigh....I wish that this joke is a reality, the Iron Maiden bass riffs are certainly more than these two strings |
12-02-2008, 05:25 AM
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12-02-2008, 05:28 AM
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12-02-2008, 05:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | yeah I was about to say, what E string? I've never heard of such a thing. My bass only has 2 C's,2 G's and an F 
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12-02-2008, 05:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | My E string is lucky to get some attention. Usually I'm bashing the B string and franticically as possible.
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12-02-2008, 05:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | | A little off topic but I need to go join the βΘИΞКЯŲŜĦÏИĞ® tone club lol
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12-02-2008, 06:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland, OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassman1987 A beginning bass player started to take lessons, so the first week his teacher told him to practice and learn all the notes on the E string, which he did. The next week, his teacher told him to practice and learn all the notes on the A string, which he did. Before the third lesson, the student called the teacher and said "I won't be needing to take lessons anymore." The teacher asked "Why not? You've only been at it two weeks, and you've only learned two strings!" The student said "Because I got a gig already! I'm playing with a metal band." |
Ive heard a joke like that, a little more in depth though and it didn't have the tag line as "metal". Still funny.
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12-02-2008, 08:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Springfield, MA | | | you should change the tagline to "a metalcore band" I know i'm a genre nerd, but any bassist who can play an opeth riff on just the E and A strings is a god.
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12-02-2008, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by GearHeadBassMan you should change the tagline to "a metalcore band" I know i'm a genre nerd, but any bassist who can play an opeth riff on just the E and A strings is a god. | Geez guys, it's a joke. Ha ha ha ha ha!
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12-02-2008, 09:43 AM
| | | | That is the true thing about metal, and some other genres. The entry level point, talent wise, is very low. However, guys like Stefan Fimmers, Felipe Andreoli, Mike LePond, and Shawn Kasack prove that the sky is the same limit to metal bassists as it is to bassists in funk, jazz, fusion or whatever other "prestigious" genre there is. |
12-03-2008, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Disappear Geez guys, it's a joke. Ha ha ha ha ha! | haha don't worry, I laughed! I quit a metal band because they wanted me to chug the root all day.
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12-03-2008, 03:57 PM
| | | Ouch.
And furthermore,
Ouch.
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12-03-2008, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Manchester, UK | | | yeah, what's with this A string nonsense? \m/
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12-04-2008, 12:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Istanbul | | Why learn the notes when there are tabs?We all know how to count from 1 to 5 (th frets). \m/
Good one.
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