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Bass Cat

Wow. I have no good pics of my Kat & Bass together. He must like it even less than I thought :/

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I have a cat that won't leave me alone when I'm practicing on the couch with headphones, insisting on rubbing up against my bass strings and making it difficult to play. I'm pretty sure the cat likes the vibrations - maybe thinking it's purring?

Anybody else experienced this?

I did have a cat that liked to sit on the cab while I practiced, for some reason or other.
 
OP, you're not alone. My first cat used to do this when he was a kitten. That is how I gave him his name, Flea. But he grew out of that. So I dont really have advice per say.

My cat now, he likes to cuddle up on my lap when I'm playing! He never does it otherwise which is sort of annoying haha. But every other time I start playing in bed, he comes right up and on my lap and plops down and chills. Meanwhile, I can't really play. I think it's an attention thing honestly. I love my cat though, so he can do anything and I cant get mad at him. Hes my boy :)
 
My kids' cat....it lives outside. It eats moles and squirrels and the occasional rabbit. It licks its crotch.

My basses...they do not live outside. Never the twain shall meet.

I am not following the concept of animals in the house. :wideyed:
 
My cat does that too, rubbing up against and even pawing at the strings. But I believe this is an attention thing, because she does this when I'm sitting down at the computer too, jumping up on my lap and sometimes even walking across the keyboard. Or jumping onto my shoulders from floor level and hold hold on for dear life while I am playing.
 
Used to have a cat that would run up to me and bite me every time I tried to play harmonica.
My current cat doesn't have such strong objections to my sound, but does offer constructive criticism by sitting on my amp and adjusting my knobs to his liking. I have to verify their positions every time I plug in so I don't blow my eardrums out.

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One of our cats runs in terror when she sees me turn on my amp or even touch a bass. The other cat loves it and tries to play along with me by biting the strings. He also likes letting them buzz against his teeth.
 
Used to have a cat that would run up to me and bite me every time I tried to play harmonica.
My current cat doesn't have such strong objections to my sound, but does offer constructive criticism by sitting on my amp and adjusting my knobs to his liking. I have to verify their positions every time I plug in so I don't blow my eardrums out.

--^@
Nope. Sounds like you have some musicals felines there. What type of tunes you playing?
Ok...I'll start the set list:

Nashville Cats

What's New, Pussycat?
 
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