Bass Player "No-No's" With Fines

[murphy]

No screw drivers
no Allen keys
no batteries
No extra cables
No tuner
No pic

Come on!!!!

I am always bailing out my guitarist

 

[SevenJacks]

-$10,000 for you, or any other bandmate, attempting to set up the feel of a song by playing an air drum groove in front of the drummer.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

- $20 FINE each time for talking into YOUR mic in response to something the front man says into THEIR mic which then gets ZERO response from the audience...

 

[LassoTheMoon]

Read some of these on a page at the Mark bass site:
Showing up at a gig with more than one bass: $50.00
Saying, "I used to play guitar": $45.00
Wearing bass higher than pancreas: $35.00
Showing up at a folk rock session with Steinberger: $100.00

I'm guilty of all these...and I'm a proud guitarist!

 

[Lichtaffen]

can't identify which amp is bass amp from house backline: £100 (i saw this happen)

Very recently, a bass player in the band playing before us asked if he could use my amp (Aguilar DB750... pretty obvious bass amp). After his set I noticed he had plugged into my guitarist's blackface Fender Bassman and 2x15 cab. Somewhat honest mistake I suppose.

BTW, do you get a bonus for teaching the guitarist with the capo what the chords REALLY are as opposed to what "shape" the chord is? Meaning: if the capo is on the second fret and he's playing a C shape, it's really a D. This has happened to me enough times that I know the chords both as shapes and actual chords.

 

[Mykk]

I would owe $50 for the first one. I bring a minimum of two basses and usually bring four. Despite that I might actually only play one for the night.

BTW, do you get a bonus for teaching the guitarist with the capo what the chords REALLY are as opposed to what "shape" the chord is?

At least you get guitar players that know that much. Around here when they get any higher than the 5th fret it turns from a chord name into "Play this one...and than this one here"

 

[boynamedsuse]

$100 for making sure that every single person in the audience is aware that you're playing a fretless.

I doubt that anyone in the audience even knew what a "fretless" was--including 3/4 of those who might play guitar.

-$10,000 for you, or any other bandmate, attempting to set up the feel of a song by playing an air drum groove in front of the drummer.

This is my ABSOLUTE pet hate when it comes to live music.

My god, really? I've never seen someone do that before.

Me neither.

 

[ggvicviper]

$500 - Using a tuner to tune every string, not your ear.

"The tuner says I'm in tune! Are you sure it's me???"

 

[G On Bass]

$500 - Using a tuner to tune every string, not your ear.

"The tuner says I'm in tune! Are you sure it's me???"

I don't get this one. Am I supposed to tune loud enough on stage to be heard?

Is the guitarist using my ear too? Probably, since they never seem to have one....

 

[Sterrrling]

Guilty of the 2 most common - bringing a back-up bass to the gig and having a tuner (oh come on...like you never tune your bass?? pffffft

 

[ggvicviper]

I don't get this one. Am I supposed to tune loud enough on stage to be heard?

Is the guitarist using my ear too? Probably, since they never seem to have one....

I remember rehearsing with some pretty unprofessional people. They had a substitute bass player sitting in, and I watched them rehearse. I told him that his one of his strings was out of tune, and it clearly was. He took out the tuner, and said, "Nope. Tuner says I'm in tune." Uh-huh.

 

[ggvicviper]

Guilty of the 2 most common - bringing a back-up bass to the gig and having a tuner (oh come on...like you never tune your bass?? pffffft

To be clear, I said every string relying on the tuner.

 

[Sterrrling]

To be clear, I said every string relying on the tuner.

Ha ha ha...I was joking but yeah there should be a fine for relying on the tuner on every string.

 

[WayneS]

$500 - Using a tuner to tune every string, not your ear.

This is a stupid idea. Tune one string and then tune the rest for the whole venue to hear? I don't think so.

Don't buy a $2 tuner and this shouldn't be a problem anyway.

 

[GBassNorth]

-$100 for bringing a 5 string bass to a country gig
-$50 for wearing puka shell necklace
-$100 for sitting on a stool on stage
+200 for every spare battery, cable, strap or tuner you loan to anyone else in the band

 

[Hapa]

Orchestra
$100 for playing the written solo
$150 for not knowing how to play the written solo
$300 for taking a solo

There are so Many others

http://www.jacmuse.com/improv/solovchnges/newpage1.htm

 

[Biggbass]

I admit I am guilty of having to borrow a strap. And I've miss too many 1's after a frilly fill to count up the fines.

Back up bass? Always! Back up Amp? Never!

 

[godofthunder59]

A fine for a backup bass is dumb. It should be the other way around. A fine for Not carrying a backup.

+ 1,000

 

[Thud]

I'm a believer doesn't offend me. But 300 dollars for freebird gimme 3 steps or sweet home alabama.

+1

 

[PlungerModerno]

-$100 for bringing a 5 string bass to a country gig
-$50 for wearing puka shell necklace
-$100 for sitting on a stool on stage
+200 for every spare battery, cable, strap or tuner you loan to anyone else in the band

I'd say there's an exception to almost every rule, esp. ones about stools and glasses* - they're just as needed as ear protection for some people.
+1 on everyone who's at it for more than 10 minutes should have some spares.

*Not like that - I mean things you sit on like chairs and spectacles.

 

[DeadGoonz]

However it is okay if it results in a a spectacular band fight.

As long as that's how you end it any way you get there is good in my book.