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10-02-2009, 01:50 AM
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Let this be the thread to tell us all of your dumbest noob mistakes, so not only can we laugh at each other, but maybe a few noob’s can learn from our mistakes. I’ll start this with one of my worst. When I was a noob. I had a vintage silver face fender bassman head handed down to me and when it mysteriously stopped working one day, I through it out with the trash. DO NOT THROUGH AWAY YOUR BROKEN GEAR WITHOUT CONSULTING SOMEONE OF EXPERIENCE. Also I feel I should mention that although my post is bass related, I decided to put this in off topic to keep the info you may provide abroad to the many stupid things we do that inherently effect our lives.
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10-02-2009, 04:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: QLD, Australia | | | When i was a noob...
..Oh wait.
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10-02-2009, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | When I was a noob I had no idea what EQ was for. Seriously. |
10-02-2009, 07:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belgium | | | bass related:
- I got a fretless jazz instead of a fretless precision bass. Tried them both in the store and the precision felt and sounded so much better to my ears. But in the local music scene at the time a Jazz Bass was very popular. I cared what other would think of my bass.
- I got an awesome Trace Elliot rig for cheap... and sold it for a much cheaper price because I didn't knew what it was worth and I needed the money.
- I thought a BOSS MetalZone would do all the work in sounding "metal". |
10-02-2009, 07:49 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Even when I was a noob I knew the difference between throw,threw and through! 
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10-02-2009, 08:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Even when I was a noob I knew the difference between throw,threw and through! | Snap!
When I was a noob, I didn't know about GC. Ignorance is bliss 
Ah, and when I was a noob, I made the Atoz emoticon. How's that?
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Originally Posted by tom once dead Also to prove my Australianism, I've been stung by an irukandji jellyfish before, while snorkelling at an island looking at stingrays. | |
10-02-2009, 08:14 AM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | ...stuck it in the wrong hole. 
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10-02-2009, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | I thought the P in P Bass stood for passive. So i was calling any passive bass a 'P bass'.
Also, i thought sound-quality was directly proportionate to the number of pickups: more = better 
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10-02-2009, 08:31 AM
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10-02-2009, 08:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego/LA | | | When I was a noob...
...I sold a gk800rb for $25 (14) years ago
...I gave back an early 60's p bass that I was given for free, thinking that it sounded "dead" (20 years ago). Did I mention the les paul that was too heavy? IDIOT
...I thought that the pretty girl in the car on the freeway was holding a sign that said dome. Turns out it was do me.
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10-02-2009, 08:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Quebec , QC, Canada | | | I am noob........
More seriously.
When I was noob I... Buyed a Ministar basstar
Did not use the search button
never played a full song |
10-02-2009, 08:56 AM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Din Of Win Also, i thought sound-quality was directly proportionate to the number of pickups: more = better | Ha! Dummy!
Everyone knows that sound quality is directly proportionate to the number of pole pieces.
Therefore: anything with blades is teh suck.
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10-02-2009, 09:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | | When I was a n00b I thought john turner was a type of haircut.
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10-02-2009, 09:01 AM
| | | | When I was a noob long, long ago, I used to use one of those coiled instrument cables as a speaker cable. How I didn't fry my amp remains a mystery. Thankfully a hi-fi geek friend put me straight when he saw my act of ignorance. |
10-02-2009, 09:02 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | When I was a noob - the internet didn't even exist!
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10-02-2009, 09:12 AM
| | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 6jase5 When I was a noob...
...I sold a gk800rb for $25 (14) years ago
...I gave back an early 60's p bass that I was given for free, thinking that it sounded "dead" (20 years ago). Did I mention the les paul that was too heavy? IDIOT
...I thought that the pretty girl in the car on the freeway was holding a sign that said dome. Turns out it was do me.
(21 years ago) | The fail is palpable here.
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10-02-2009, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Latimour When I was a n00b I thought john turner was a type of haircut. | I thought it was a controversial career.
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Originally Posted by tom once dead Also to prove my Australianism, I've been stung by an irukandji jellyfish before, while snorkelling at an island looking at stingrays. | |
10-02-2009, 10:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lake Charles, La. | | | I didn't want a jazz bass because I played rock.
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10-02-2009, 10:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pearl, MS | | Sigh... Here we go... Get the fail signs ready...
1) In about 1984 or so, bought a 75 J bass from my hometown music store. Clear finish, but cracked and crazed due to Illinois weather extremes. I thought, that doesn't look very good. I'll just strip it and refinish it. Slapped on some paint remover... nothing. Tried sanding... barely touched it. Got frustrated and just put the whole thing, case and all, in the dumpster of my apartment building. 
2) Had a late 70's pre-EB Stingray. Got away from playing in bands for a few years, so I took it and traded it in on an acoustic guitar. 
Hi, my name's John... and I'm an idiot...
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10-02-2009, 12:52 PM
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