Thing Bassists Fight Over (DB forum thread)

[jillofallbasses]

i.e. French vs. German, standing vs. sitting, Low C extension vs. none

I'm compiling a list - DISCUSS!

[DC Bass]

String height

Gut or steel

Gut or synthetic

Spiro's or "other"

"D" Bass or "Eb" Bass

Pirates or Ninjas (who would win)

As for discussion, on most points reasonable people can agree to disagree. "It's the ear, not the gear". I once got baited into an argument between "movable and fixed do solfege". Not with another bassist though! It is interesting to see the things that people are passionate about.

Joe

[Mike Goodbar]

Rubber mute vs. ebony mute

Endpin debates - bent v. straight, extending v. fixed, graphite v. steel v. wood...

Simandl v. Rabbath

Straight quarters when walking v. "spits" and "diggedy-booms"

Down-firing speakers v. traditional design....

Ginger v. Mary Ann

The list is endless

[TroyK]

This is pointless.

Mary Ann.

[Paul Barsic]

Originally Posted by TroyK

Mary Ann.

Ginger, you lousy m*****f*****!


Seriously, though, my contribution to your list:
rosin
should I use a fakebook or not?
bow hair: black, blonde, white, or salt-and-pepper

[unclekebm]

# 0f strings ~ of course 4 is all we need

[tstone]

Are Spiros bowable?
Do bow quivers kill tone?
Are ebg players actually human?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[TroyK]

Originally Posted by Paul Barsic

Ginger, you lousy m*****f*****!

Dude, you can't be serious. First of all, damaged goods. Second, anyone who dresses like that and wears all that makeup on a freaking island is going to be seriously high maintenance.

I assert that Mary Ann's still waters run quite deep indeed.

Put that in your fret board and smoke it.

[iiipopes]

Who pays for the first round of beverages.

[Joshua]

No question; Mary Ann.

[mr mastodon]

mary ann, for sure. my dad was a ginger faithful. for this reason, we no longer speak.

as for the topic at hand, when to use the ring finger. even my rabbath-based teacher cringes when i use my third finger in fourth position.

[wdave]

Mary Ann Monday-Friday
GiGiGinger on Saturday night
(Sunday afternoons off)

[Chris Fitzgerald]

There is no argument. The answers:

Standing - only weese sit
Spiros
Spiros are bowable - if you think they aren't, practice more
All ebay basses are roadside bombs just waiting for the right personnel carrier: You.
You must play with a bow, and do the majority of practice with a bow; if you don't, you're a mouth breathing knuckle dragger who will never, ever, under any circumstances, play a single note even remotely in tune.


and

Mary Ann*

duh.



(this, coming from a ginger!)

[Paul Barsic]

Originally Posted by TroyK

Put that in your fret board and smoke it.

Fret board? Oh oh oh! Now I get to say, "Are you lost?"

[forester]

hatpegs/machine
with mr.magoo out of the way that leaves the lady!

[Skabasskid]

Originally Posted by unclekebm

# 0f strings ~ of course 4 is all we need

That's like saying you only need to take four days off work, but your boss says you can take up to six, so you take four anyways.

Nothing wrong with taking four, but definitely nothing wrong with sleeping in an extra day!

[Marcus Johnson]

Ginger, Mary Ann, and a vidcam.

[Jsn]

Whether the tuning keys should be nicely lined up all parallel, or at smart right angles to the peghead!

[Feral Feline]

No one mentioned...

Violin corners
Gamba

I have one of each now.

So, I'd take both Mary Ann and Ginger and we three would "all get along".

PS: Geared or SS? Both of course. You can never have too many bikes or basses, or women.

[TroyK]

Feral Feline, I find your logic quite difficult to argue with...except the SS part. Too many giant hills where I live.