Are you a Goldilocks bass player?

[dukemasterj]

You know what I am talking about. Do certain things drive you nuts that the average person would overlook? You notice a .5mm difference in string spacing? a .25lb difference in bass weight? or maybe you're the type of player who can tell somebody has touched their rig because everything has an exact spot? Maybe you're the type of guy who has to adjust his action once a week to make sure its perfect?

What needs to be "just right" for you?

Keep in mind i posted this in the humor section so try to keep it fun guys

 

[the harp unstrung]

Maybe, just maybe, this should be "The Princess And The Pea' thread... I like my stuff to be where it's supposed to be...I can defiantly tell when someone doesn't put my guitar back on its stand 'straight up'...leaves the strap laying all over the stage...ate greasy chicken from Popey's and failed to wash his hands...lol...all of those things are real, but I wouldn't let any of them get me into a twist, or force me to speak to the guy who screwed up. He just wouldn't be invited back up on stage to play with my stuff...and I LOVE when guys play my guitar...(it's a voyeuristic thing with me) If you're invited, don't mess with my settings, and don't you DARE try to 'retune' my guitar on the fly. Other than that, I'm cool. Like I say, I get a kick out of seeing other people drool all over my stuff...

 

[Gaolee]

I'm a Cro-Magnon bass player. I'll pick up anything and play it. I might notice that the action is high or it rattles or the intonation is off, but I'll do something or another in response. Yeah, I have a lot of hair growing on the backs of my hands, too.

 

[20db pad]

I play higher action than a lot of people, so I don't obsess over low action like I used to. I still have to have the neck relief just right, maybe around .012 measured from the top the 9th fret to the bottom of the string, while said string is pressed down on the highest fret.

 

[dukemasterj]

I'm a Cro-Magnon bass player. I'll pick up anything and play it. I might notice that the action is high or it rattles or the intonation is off, but I'll do something or another in response. Yeah, I have a lot of hair growing on the backs of my hands, too.

 

[thabassmon]

Maybe, for some reason I can always tell if my dad has been playing my bass
....or guitar for that matter.

 

[dukemasterj]

Maybe, for some reason I can always tell if my dad has been playing my bass
....or guitar for that matter.

Does he do anything to it like tuning it differently? or do you just get some sixth sense feeling that hes played it?

 

[thabassmon]

Does he do anything to it like tuning it differently? or do you just get some sixth sense feeling that hes played it?

Sixth sense all the way
He doesn't really change anything, but I can always tell.
I think it's his penchant for bending string and his heavy touch (he's a guitar player).
I have spent so much of my life playing my main bass that even the slightest difference is noticeable to me.

I guess I'm a goldilocks/princess

 

[Batmensch]

I'm a Cro-Magnon bass player. I'll pick up anything and play it. I might notice that the action is high or it rattles or the intonation is off, but I'll do something or another in response. Yeah, I have a lot of hair growing on the backs of my hands, too.

I'm pretty much the same.
Except for the hair.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

I think I'm overly concerned about how my stuff looks. I always have a rag around and am constantly wiping my basses down after I touch them. I even got rid of 2 good cabs because they had that fuzzy covering that sucks up every cat hair within 3 blocks. I could never keep them clean.

 

[Marial]

I can tell if the intonation is off, but I'm not suuuuper picky about action or string height. String tension/stiffness of feel is a slightly different story. I definitely have a goldilocks zone where that's concerned.

 

[AlembicPlayer]

every single logo on my rig is covered with black gaff tape
does that count?

 

[RustyAxe]

What needs to be "just right" for you?

My share of the gig money.

 

[friendlybass]

I'm pretty much the same.
Except for the hair.

I'm the same, hair included.

 

[Bodeanly]

Strap length. A little too high or a little too low and I feel like I've never played before.

 

[Gaolee]

The CroMagnon thing probably comes from the variety of things I play. Long and short scale bass guitars, upright bass, Fender scale guitar, Gibson scale guitar. And drums. I can drool, too.

 

[kcole4001]

Strap length. A little too high or a little too low and I feel like I've never played before.

Definitely +1!
One notch and it feels like it's all wrong.

 

[BazzTard]

I have no such compulsions.

Unless you call having every pedal exactly placed on the pedalboard a compulsion?

 

[dukemasterj]

every single logo on my rig is covered with black gaff tape
does that count?

it all counts here

 

[Bunk McNulty]

I must at all times wear shirts that are not tucked into my pants, so that I may avoid the dreaded buckle rash.