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01-22-2008, 06:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: erie pa | |  what is your favorite bass player sterotype
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so what do you think is your favorite bass player stereotype?
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01-22-2008, 06:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY | | | the "failed guitarist" stereotype.... |
01-22-2008, 06:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: the great state of california | | | the "we should stand in the back and just play bass so that no one will notice we are there" stereotype.
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01-22-2008, 06:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: erie pa | | i get the failed guitarist one about once a week, usually from some ignorant person who cant even play an instrument or from some guitard who things hes all high and mighty because he can play faster. HE HAS AN ELECTRIC GUITAR THAT IS GOING TO PLAY FASTER THAN A BASS! wow that kid makes me mad... anyways, my favorite stereotype is the one where we can groove to anything, i literally can 
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01-22-2008, 07:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blimp City | | People who think bass is only cool when you slap and pop a it like a 2 handed monkey on speed. When you play in the pocket and groove your invisable to most 
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01-22-2008, 07:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL | | | My favorite is that everytime I mention Talkbass in a conversation with my band mates the singer always goes "Oh yeah, that site must get about 16 hits a month". If he only knew that we are an army in waiting.....
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01-22-2008, 07:59 AM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | | "Are you a bass player?"
"...Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Yer a big dude, yer quiet, and you smoke like a chimney. Must be a bass player."
Some dude I didn't know said that to me while I was standing outside a Starbucks.
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01-22-2008, 08:00 AM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | My favorite is the "You're a bass player so you must have a substance abuse problem" stereotype.
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01-22-2008, 08:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | | Bass is where you stick the guy who doesn't have any talent.
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01-22-2008, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Tony G the "failed guitarist" stereotype.... | Thats the old chestnut... |
01-22-2008, 09:00 AM
| | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Atoz Bass is where you stick the guy who doesn't have any talent. |
Huh? You're supposed to post a stereotype, not an astute observation!
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01-22-2008, 09:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blimp City | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mjolnir "Are you a bass player?"
"...Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Yer a big dude, yer quiet, and you smoke like a chimney. Must be a bass player."
Some dude I didn't know said that to me while I was standing outside a Starbucks. | Although i dont smoke i have heard the "you must be a bass player cuz your a big guy one a few times myself. Just a month ago a guy said this to me.
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01-22-2008, 09:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Phalex Huh? You're supposed to post a stereotype, not an astute observation! | It's my favorite because it applies to me! 
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01-22-2008, 09:18 AM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassbully Although i dont smoke i have heard the "you must be a bass player cuz your a big guy one a few times myself. Just a month ago a guy said this to me. | I used to get that one before I played the bass!
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01-22-2008, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Akron, Ohio | | | "Why don't you, like, move around more or something? You're not doin' much else."
And:
"Uh... Bass doesn't need effects, dude."
Oh! And a guy (who also actally does know quite a lot) once told me that I shouldn't play with a pick.
It's cool, man. I just do what makes me happy.
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01-22-2008, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Longview, TX | | My favorite bassist stereotype is pretty much summed up here... www.uglybassplayer.com
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01-22-2008, 09:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by quadebass17 the "we should stand in the back and just play bass so that no one will notice we are there" stereotype. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G the "failed guitarist" stereotype.... | These two, mainly. |
01-22-2008, 09:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassbully "you must be a bass player cuz your a big guy | Objection!
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01-22-2008, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa oklahoma | | chicks dig bass players 
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01-22-2008, 09:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5 chicks dig bass players | I've never had that problem... 
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