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05-26-2009, 10:20 AM
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after i got my bass clef tattoo i got a number of comments on it,
one funny one was a guy saying 'ooh, thats cool, thats a bass clef isn't it?'
the punchline is he pronounced bass like the fish.
as a change the pace here a little, a women i was serving at my work, she was very nice to begin with and when she spied my tattoo she said 'ooh, you're a bassist ey? can never go wrong talking with a bass player!'
she was very genuine, it was nice.
not sure i completely agree.. but still! |
05-26-2009, 10:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK | | | "Bass is easier than guitar - the bass parts on guitar hero are really boring."
Right...
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05-26-2009, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dunfermline, Scotland | | | I've had the classic "You're a really good guitarist"s and "you're really good at guitar" but my favourite one was playing in a pub, I was up jamming and my dad overheard someone talking with his friend...
"Is that a 5 string bass?"
"Yer wierd isnt it, but he's crap, he only uses 3 strings"
I found that quite funny :P |
05-26-2009, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by UncleBalsamic  "Bass is easier than guitar - the bass parts on guitar hero are really boring."
Right... | Um, OT here:
Can I use your username for my band? 
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05-26-2009, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by remainthesame i have this shirt with a bass on the front. it says "four strings are better than six" a woman in her mid 50's comes up to me and says " oh cool you play guitar that is so awesome etc..." i just walked away shaking my head in disbelief | Same shirt, and same thing with a girl at a pizza joint we went to after a gig.
"Oh man?!?! You play guitar?!?!"
Also, when I got a new bass my mother thought it was gorgeous. She told my grandmother to come over and "See his new guitar." My grandma came over and said to me "I'm proud that you are ready to move up to real guitar" |
05-26-2009, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Illbay Um, OT here:
Can I use your username for my band? | Sorry, but no 
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05-26-2009, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Haddon Heights, NJ | | | I'll occasionally have to go to a rehearsal or gig immediately after work, so instead of leaving my bass in the car, I bring it into work with me in my gig bag. I have to sign in every day, so I get to walk past a lot of folks. I ALWAYS get the following:
"So, that's your instrument? Are you going to play a little concert for us?"
Funny the first time. Not so funny anymore.
ian |
05-26-2009, 11:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kirriemuir/Dundee, Scotland | | | ditto ^^
just have to give a stupid pretend laugh and deal with it though haha
once i had to explain it was a bass and they changed their mind saying "oh right, suppose you can't really get a tune out of a bass can you?"
grr
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05-26-2009, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Chebass88 I'll occasionally have to go to a rehearsal or gig immediately after work, so instead of leaving my bass in the car, I bring it into work with me in my gig bag. I have to sign in every day, so I get to walk past a lot of folks. I ALWAYS get the following:
"So, that's your instrument? Are you going to play a little concert for us?"
Funny the first time. Not so funny anymore.
ian | I get that all the time I bring my bass in, whether I am going to practice or to or back from the luthier, or even about to ship one to a lucky eBayer.
Even when I tell them I don't even have an amp.
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05-26-2009, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by drteeth "..but you can't hear the bass in music, right?" Right after that, he went on about how much he likes 'another one bites the dust' -.- | Roflroflroflroflroflroflroflroflroflroflroflroflro flrofl 
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05-26-2009, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by drteeth "..but you can't hear the bass in music, right?" Right after that, he went on about how much he likes 'another one bites the dust' -.- | Yeah, but he DID specifically say "music."
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05-26-2009, 02:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Takoma Park, MD (DC) | | | OK, I've got one. I'm getting ready to play at a rescue mission with the church band. I'm tuning up my bass (Stingray 4). Audience member with an attitude looks at me and shouts "Hey mister guitar player! Play some Jimi Hendrix! Jimi Hendrix! If you can't play it I can!" |
05-26-2009, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Nazium OK, I've got one. I'm getting ready to play at a rescue mission with the church band. I'm tuning up my bass (Stingray 4). Audience member with an attitude looks at me and shouts "Hey mister guitar player! Play some Jimi Hendrix! Jimi Hendrix! If you can't play it I can!" | Personally I would play The Star Spangled Banner.
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05-26-2009, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Chebass88 I'll occasionally have to go to a rehearsal or gig immediately after work, so instead of leaving my bass in the car, I bring it into work with me in my gig bag. I have to sign in every day, so I get to walk past a lot of folks. I ALWAYS get the following:
"So, that's your instrument? Are you going to play a little concert for us?"
Funny the first time. Not so funny anymore.
ian | i go to rehearsal after work too, but when i am asked "WHAT IS THAT" i say.. IS A GUITAR.
i am too lazy to explain what an electric bass is. (did the first 100 times)
once a co-worked asked me if that was a sniper rifle inside the case.
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05-26-2009, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by capnsandwich "I'm all out of channels so you won't be going through the mains at all. I figured I would have to sacrifice something with this small board."
" | ***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am sure my band would be very disagree with that.
turn off some drums mic!!!
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05-26-2009, 02:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Winkler MB Canada | | | "Why would you get a bass with six strings? They are suposed to only have four" He thought he knew more about bass than I did, when he has never played. |
05-26-2009, 03:58 PM
| | | | Some dumb comments I've heard:
"I heard bass was easy" (the classic comment)
"Oh you play bass? There's one Alice in Chains song that has bass in it ... 'Would'" |
05-26-2009, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston, Texas | | | One person said "Hmm, I guess there's no good bassists in the music industry, since I never hear about any" lol
I know someone already said this, but mine has a twist to it. When people at my church call my bass a guitar, the little 6 year olds correct them "Mr Andrew plays a BASS, not a GUITAR!" ....awesome =)
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05-26-2009, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta GA | | | And still the all-time classic: Man, why don't you play a Fender?"
Another one that deserves its own special place in a museum: "Wow man, do you think you're better than (name)" or "Can you play better than (name) "
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05-26-2009, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by The Owl And still the all-time classic: Man, why don't you play a Fender?" | Well? 
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