Official Bass Player Offenses & Fines Form

[tuBass]

Originally posted by RobbieK

Missing the first note because I've turned my volume knob all the way down between tunes (to mess around with 5-page charts), and forgotten to turn it up again - $84

Oh man, you got me on this one, at least 3 times in the last year.

[RobbieK]

Originally posted by tuBass


Oh man, you got me on this one, at least 3 times in the last year.

that'll be $252, thankyou. I'll send you the invoice.

[Osama_Spears]

Originally posted by RobbieK



that'll be $252, thankyou. I'll send you the invoice.

Don't ever...

[Chad Michael]

Bass player has the foresight to position mixing console such that all cabling will reach it - $216 credit

Letting stubborn lead guitar player position mixing console, when you know that cables won't reach - 84$ and repositioning mixer

Bass player has the foresight to suggest reserve spot for light tree - $216 credit

Bandmember "Let's reposition the whole drum kit so we can put the light tree there"

Bass player - Standing up for the drummer (and his drum kit that he just set up) and saying "No Way are we moving the drums" - $352 credit

[Aaron]

Some offenses i've been guilty of:
-Playing harmonics in country
-Playing a fretless in country
-Ending every tune in one set with a chord of harmonics
-Playing a walking line in an orchestra
-Using an amp in an orchestra
-Overpowering the orchestra with your amp
-Playing a whole set of tunes you've never rehearsed
-Putting an endpin in a shoe because you don't have a stop
-Subconciously loosen the hair on your bow and forget it's loose
-Playing "the girl from ipanema" as a latin-funk

[thrash_jazz]

Trying to fool guitarist soundman by starting out at half volume and gradually turning up - $500
Having more stage presence than singer or guitarist - $250
Knowing more theory than anyone else in band - $100
Playing guitar lead in unison - $100
Playing guitar lead and sounding better than guitarist - torture consisting of listening to guitarist whine for 24 hours straight
"Stealing" a solo during jam - $200
Use of bass tremolo - $200
Playing chords - $200
Playing entire song with LH while having a cigarette - $200
Belching into microphone at rock/metal gig - $100
Using open low B as pedal point - $300
Use of high C string - $75 per note
Use of high C string past 12th fret - life imprisonment in a lead guitarist's body
Bringing fretless to open jam on purpose so that nobody else will want to play it - $500
Asking for bass duet at open jam - $1000

I'm guilty of most of these!

[Aaron Saunders]

Originally posted by Only
Asking guitar player to bring out the octave pedal to hold down the low end while you solo - $1000

Asking mandolin, banjo, or fiddle player - $10,000

I'll be guilty of the first one...soon!

[Chad Michael]

Originally posted by thrash_jazz
...Bringing fretless to open jam on purpose so that nobody else will want to play it - $500
...

Nice

[DriveThruEmoKid]

I hope you People are Happy!! I Currently have NOT 10 dollars. I wish i was broke!