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    any other "handicapped" bass players?

    It's probably a local colloquialism. I realize my lack of immediate medical attention attributed to my deformity. I spent the first 18 years of my life on a farm, on the side of a bayou on the border of TX, AR, and LA. I barely graduated high school and I struggle with the English language...
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    Metallica...what went wrong

    James Hetfield and the McCoys "Cruisin down a back road, yeeeah Empty cans in the bed-uh Girl gotta take it real slow Red dirt party till your dead hey yeahrrr!"
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    Metallica...what went wrong

    Go to youtube and look for "and Jason for all" if you want to hear how that album would have sounded with bass guitar on it. Brilliant IMHO... with bass it would have been my favorite album over Master of Puppets.
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    Cultural/Stereotypical contradictions....got any?

    I am southern. Extremely southern. Like, "rural version of Larry the Cable Guy if he grew up on the side of a bayou and never traveled" southern. I am not the least bit racist- in fact I was raised in a very mixed race area that more or less paid no attention to black/white/latino/etc. My...
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    Policy on girlfriends at practice

    I guess im lucky. We have rehearsals at my house... my wife is there during about half of them. She's the loud, funny, outgoing type. She's never said anything during a rehearsal to anyone, nor voiced an opinion. She brings us beer. Every once in a while she'll get completely out of control and...
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    Cover Bands: Do the songs straight or make them yours?

    Some we change/modify slightly. A few we change radically. Just IMHO... if I had to be in a coverband, and do 40 songs dead on to the original, well I wouldn't be in a cover band. :)
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    Guitarist plays too loud

    Find a safe and secure way to place his amp near his face. It works 99% of the time.
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    What taboo or socially unaceptable behavior do you wish wasn't?

    "Waddaya... waddaya... (hiccup) waddaya mean production is down? We've been here all week today!"
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    What taboo or socially unaceptable behavior do you wish wasn't?

    Consuming alcohol at work. With a kegerator I'm sure I would get perfect attendance every year.
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    Inexpensive, light but balanced basses

    Ive owned quite a few soundgear SR's, all were very light and great players, but hands down the SR900 is the lightest bass Ive ever picked up. I'll weigh it later when I'm home. With a wide strap it feels like nothing is there.
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    Effective band communications method needed

    Late to the thread, but SMS works just fine for my band. One moto droid, one galaxy, and two iphones. It's a very quick way of throwing together a rehearsal.
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    Why does louder foold people to thinking it is better?

    Ive been working on my top secret project Flowmaster Bass for over a year now for this very reason. Expect to see them at a Guitar Center near you in the future.
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    Is this douchey?

    Took 3 pages to get to the obvious solution? FIRE THE GUITARIST. :p
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    Asking for a raise from a bar

    Awesome! :D
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    Christmas really brings out the best in people

    Nice try, but that is actually a pic of the $1.99 black Friday pillow sale at an Oklahoma Walmart. In the high res version you can see the red haired guy (bottom right) is standing on an elderly woman's neck, and far off in the background you can clearly make out a baby being tossed in the air...