I know stuff like that is probly a lil taboo on this site, but I was just wondering. The last show I played was sort of a punk vs metal themed show, so for the last act my band(metal) and the punk bass got on stage all at once (which sucked balls cuz there wasnt room enough for anyone to move), and we traded off playing songs. Of course, when we were done playing our sets, the singers got all excited and challenged each other to individual instrument battles, which ticked me off, cuz I hate to be put on the spot like that, and I was also pissed cuz there was nobody there who knew music enough to be the judge of who wins anyway. I dont wanna toot my own horn, but I kicked the guys ass, I played stuff I composed on the fly, and I learned later that the other guy was playing some other bands stuff thinking no one would know. But the icing on the cake is, the other guy won because they let the audience decide, I was extremely pissed, but at least I had fun(all the compliments on my awesome playing helped calm me down). Thats my bass-off story, maybe some of you could share yours.
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Anyone ever had a bass off at a show?
- Thread starter Time Consumer
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Nope.
Next time someone tries a bass off with you, try whipping your little man out and offer them your tape measure.
That should stop em dead in their tracks. If not, play YYZ or something classical with 2 hand tapping
Next time someone tries a bass off with you, try whipping your little man out and offer them your tape measure.
That should stop em dead in their tracks. If not, play YYZ or something classical with 2 hand tapping
musicians competing= major musical turn off
Good thing my singer would never do that to me, she's too sweet and smart. i would feel cheapened by being put in that situation, you handled it well though dude, kudos
-MB
Good thing my singer would never do that to me, she's too sweet and smart. i would feel cheapened by being put in that situation, you handled it well though dude, kudos
-MB
And that makes what you said doubly uncool... I won't say the word because I am cool. LOL 
I have never understood the concept of "(insert instrument here)-offs." It's one thing to improvise and trade off riffs, but what the heck is the point of trying to prove that you're "better" than someone else at the same instrument? Especially when you take into consideration that the average man on the street knows nothing about bass or what makes a good bassist and thinks that slapping INSTANTLY makes you a great bassist, it just doesn't make any sense. Music should be about people coming together and NOT about one person being "better" than another.
Thats exactly the way I think, and I didnt do any slapping for your information.
Totally not cool of yer singer to pull that on you. You handled it well, though, and that's all that matters. Rock on.
i had a bass-off between me, my friend tim (guitarist) and some other guitar guy who i think was famous. anyway the battery ont he abss i was using ran out so i lost...
tim got some elixir strings and i got a pick!!!
whoch was too thin so i gave it to tim..
and that was my day at london guitar show a couple of years ago, ha nd a nasty looking burger incident too...
tim got some elixir strings and i got a pick!!!
whoch was too thin so i gave it to tim..
and that was my day at london guitar show a couple of years ago, ha nd a nasty looking burger incident too...
moral to the story is.... dont do "instrument"-offs... and singers are usually retards
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