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07-23-2002, 03:02 PM
| | | | Stuff you hate to hear a non-bassist say
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What have you heard a non-bassist say regarding bass that really pisses you off?
"Why play bass? Nobody notices bass?"
"Oh, you play guitar?"
(talking about bass) "That's some really good guitar"
"So it's a lot easier to play bass, right?"
"No chords? It's like guitar for babies!"
Me: Don't you like the bass on this song?
Many a person: What bass?
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You won't think I'm true; But old Oliphaunt am I, And I never lie.
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07-23-2002, 03:03 PM
| | | | Oh! Forgot one
"Jaco who?"
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Grey as a mouse, Big as a house, Nose like a snake, I make the earth shake, As I tramp through the grass; Trees crack as I pass. With horns in my mouth I walk in the South, Flapping big ears. Beyond count of years I stump round and round, Never lie on the ground, Not even to die. Oliphaunt am I, Biggest of all, Huge, old, and tall. If ever you'd met me You wouldn't forget me. If you never do,
You won't think I'm true; But old Oliphaunt am I, And I never lie.
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07-23-2002, 03:07 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Bernardino, CA | | | things like
"im pregnant"
"you gonna die honkey"
"give me your wallet"
"you sure do gotta purdy mouth"
those are some thing i dont like hearing a non-bassist say
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07-23-2002, 03:07 PM
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There's a reason why women love us bass players.The tone is like Barry White's voice, and the strings are thick like Ron Jeremy's...well, you get the point.
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07-23-2002, 03:10 PM
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07-23-2002, 03:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote: Originally posted by lil_bass_kid
things like
"im pregnant"
"you gonna die honkey"
"give me your wallet"
"you sure do gotta purdy mouth"
those are some thing i dont like hearing a non-bassist say | ...but it's Ok for bass players to say this? 
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07-23-2002, 03:16 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Bernardino, CA | | Quote: Originally posted by Brendan
...but it's Ok for bass players to say this? | sure it is.. if it is a racist female who has been drivin to a life of crime to feed her baby
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07-23-2002, 05:50 PM
| | | | "Do that thumb thing!" |
07-23-2002, 07:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York, NY | | | "Are you with the band?"
Slight variation: "Which one were you?" |
07-23-2002, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Portland Oregon - Yes it is raining right now. | | | I llike that confused look some people get right before saying "does that bass have 5 strings?!?!?!?" |
07-23-2002, 08:13 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The land of chicken fried funk | | | - "You ready to go yet?" ("No, I'm more particular about my tone than you are.")
- "You're too loud" ("No, I have way more harmonic content than your stock Fender gear.")
- "Play it like the original recording" ("Then just get a DJ instead of a musician.")
Sometimes the comments are valid....but rarely. I'm not as arrogant as it may sound. I just don't want to sound like dime-a-dozen bass players in mediocre bar bands.
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07-23-2002, 10:58 PM
|  | Registered Misanthrope | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lee County, Alabama | | | Yea, it happened!
After I just finished nailing "What Is Hip" one night this guy sticks his thumb in the air as if to slap a bass and says:
"Hey man, can you play some funk?" |
07-23-2002, 11:00 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | [wife]
"Can't you move around a little more? The lead guitarist is all over the place."
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07-24-2002, 05:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | | A girl from the audience coming up to me after a show:
"hey can you play techno on that...thing?"
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07-24-2002, 05:28 AM
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07-24-2002, 06:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Australia | | hi
i went to a store in my states capitol city and there was a slimey little salesman no more than 14 years of age telling me what i should be buying. you know the village idiot with his greasy hair tied back ect.
at the point when i got so annoyed with him i asked what he played through he looked absoloutly shocked and after a few moments of silence he finally said :
'uhhh, any american guitar through any fat american amp.'
it was about then that i beat him inches from death with his 'american guitar' and dropped his 'fat american amp' 152 stories onto his 'fat head' well not really but theres always one guy in every store that ya wanna do this to isnt there.
now i have nothing against america, i dont wanna start any fights here ok. but just the way he said it and the fact that he wasnt much older than me(16) and said i wasnt serious about my playing unless i owned american guitars (basses) made me want to kick him in the ballz. 
later
Lukas
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07-24-2002, 06:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NYC metro area | | On a visit home I brought a copy of my band's new demo. (It came out great!) My Mom, who has been supportive of my music for the past 16 years, says,
"Now, which notes are you playing?"
I had to sing her a walking bassline.
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07-24-2002, 06:13 AM
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"Can't you move around a little more? The lead guitarist is all over the place."
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07-24-2002, 06:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Underwater | | | my bro told me one day where was my pick......if that counts....
another one: "the bass is only the guitar complement"
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07-24-2002, 09:31 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Ibanez basses and Promethean amp | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | One of my faves: "Can you do the "funk thing"?
Ineal: I feel your pain!
From a band leader, who shall remain nameless: "Hey Woodchuck, I love that solid pocket thing you got happening there, but I was wondering, can ya slap that?"
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