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Bass Player Confessions

#84
Once, the most beautiful blonde woman at one of my gigs, very attractive, intentionally walked in front of me during a band break as i was on my way to the bar. She grabbed my hand, leading me, where? I didnt know. I was incredibly flattered, then she let go, went into the Womens restroom and didnt come out before i had to go back on stage. I never saw her again.
 
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One major tech fumble, due to a hurried set-up….I had a small biamp rig, Yamaha PB-1 pre w/x-over into a QSC power amp, driving single 10” and 15” cabs. Doing a gig at an art gallery opening(i.e. not the usual venue situation), we had to just throw our gear in a corner, plug in, then wait off to the side until our moment, all while drinks and chit-chat ensued. So, no real sound check. In my haste, I plugged the high-end signal into the 15, and the low into the 10. Once we started playing, I noticed that something was sounding weird, but only at tear-down did I realized what I had done.
 
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manbass said:
Playing a tribute to Talking Heads, we were one of a dozen bands in succession, playing three songs each. I provided the bass backline for all bass players. When it was my time to hookup and play, I had one pedal between my bass and the amp/DI...an EHX pitchfork which allowed me to detune on a single stomp. I plugged everything in big a hurry and got no sound, nothing. I panicked...called the sound guy up on stage he looked and said "bad pedal maybe, just go direct to amp", so I unplugged the pedal and went direct from bass to amp. The next day I plug into the pedal at home, it works fine, then I realize what I actually did on stage and the sound tech didnt even see it.

I plugged the bass into the pedals output.
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Probly need to keep quiet on this one 😳😉😆
 
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Deleted member 394181 said:
Once, the most beautiful blonde woman at one of my gigs, very attractive, intentionally walked in front of me during a band break as i was on my way to the bar. She grabbed my hand, leading me, where? I didnt know. I was incredibly flattered, then she let go, went into the Womens restroom and didnt come out before i had to go back on stage. I never saw her again.
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That was a twilight zone episode.
 
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Hurricane Jimmie said:
So Anyway, I've never, ever, ever met a new girl at a band gig and 'got lucky'. Zero.
Even had house gigs where everyone in the band eventually had a waitress girlfriend. Except me.
Played 100's of gigs and had other girlfriends before I met Mrs. Hurricane.
But then, I play the bass.
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One of the reasons I started playing music was girls, but after a couple of gigs it dawned on me that I didn’t like the kinds of girls you meet this way anyway 🤦
 
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Deleted member 394181 said:
Once, the most beautiful blonde woman at one of my gigs, very attractive, intentionally walked in front of me during a band break as i was on my way to the bar. She grabbed my hand, leading me, where? I didnt know. I was incredibly flattered, then she let go…
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That’s when she realized you were the bass player ;)
 
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bitterminnows said:
Fun thread idea!

1. As beautiful as I’ve always found them, I just can never fully gel with a Stingray. I know! Maybe it’s because I haven’t played a “good one” yet, but I always just pick them up thinking “pretty,” play them for a bit, and then put them back with a sad sigh.

2. Maybe not the most shocking or uncommon thing but I never really subscribed to or got the playability/ergonomics trumps all approach to instruments. I know someone that insists on this whenever we talk guitars and I just can’t agree because I need the looks to be appealing in addition to the playability and sound.

3. Probably never ever gonna play one finger per fret. I don’t feel bad about it.
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Ditto on both counts. I had a Stingray. It was very well made but I just couldn't love it.
 
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#95
Rolling Thunder said:
I don't understand compression pedals. I get what they are intended to do.....increased sustain, volume limiting, smoothing out, etc. but when I plug into one, I can spin dials all day and I notice virtually no change. At the extremes I hear a change but I don't want that sound at all.

The only time I use a compressor is to immediately follow an envelope filter to tame any erratic spikes in volume and I use the Fairfield Circuitry Accountant (a compressor for people who hate futzing with compressors settings).
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I made a thread about this, asking what I was hearing when I found compression I could hear; how what I was hearing would be described and what parameters I should be looking for on compressors to be able to duplicate it. No one bothered to answer.
 
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