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Bass Player Pet Peeves

#462
Mr. Mig said:
I am sorry for the noob question I am about to ask, but what does it mean to "noodle"?
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to absent mindedly play little mini solos between songs live,or while other band members are trying to work out a passage in rehearsal.....usually one is distracting enough but usually more than one other band member decides to "noodle"too and very little gets accomplished in the din
 
#464
davetakis said:
HEY, i run sound for a local band sometimes. that is in addition to owning a restoration audio studio, working full time in a music store and being a bass player. anywho, obviously being a bass player i take great care in how the bassist sounds. i dont play with the band but...... :crying:

things i dont like :
rap
jimmy buffet
cotton balls
the dentist
metallica
most of new jersey
cooked carrots
overcooked steak= rare people, rare
most of paul mccartneys solo career
roaches
spider webs
brussel sprouts
i think thats it.............maybe
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:scowl: you have no idea what you're missing.
 
#466
s_mcsleazy said:
u think thats bad

when i played my 1st gig i couldent even fit my feet in the "sugested space" so i spent 90% of the show playing in the crowd
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No kidding man! My first gig was on super tiny stage with 6 of us crammed up there. I got the WORST spot, even the keyboard player got a better place. I got stuck behind a huge hanging monitor and no one could see my face the whole show.
 
#467
Guys that walk in and scream Freebird
Guys that walk in and scream play Rush
Guys that get mad when their chick is hitting on me
Guys that interrupt me when I'm hitting on a chick.
When the singer, guitar player's GF/wife shows up and plays the entire night to her.
70's haircuts
Being the only bass player on jam night
Bandmates that say I'm gay, to hit on a chick (btw, I'm nothing to look at)
Musicians that spend more time on their hair and clothes than practice
Hottest chick in the room talking to me because she thinks I'm safe
Song writers, managers, studio guys, producers, soundmen, guitarists, singers, or anybody else telling me how to play a bass line I came up with.
I feel better now.
 
#468
^ LMFAO! wow that sounds preety depressing.

- typical bassist stereotypes like "bass is easy!"
- "oh you play cello!" .. "no its an upright bass"
- bassists who play with a pick
- auto tune vocals
- bad sound guys
- gear heads
- most classic rock/early metal
- metal heads,punk kids and grundge kids and their attire (random)
- bc richs, warwicks
- people who complain metal isn't what it use to be
 
#469
dan stanton said:
Guys that walk in and scream Freebird
Guys that walk in and scream play Rush
Guys that get mad when their chick is hitting on me
Guys that interrupt me when I'm hitting on a chick.
When the singer, guitar player's GF/wife shows up and plays the entire night to her.
70's haircuts
Being the only bass player on jam night
Bandmates that say I'm gay, to hit on a chick (btw, I'm nothing to look at)
Musicians that spend more time on their hair and clothes than practice
Hottest chick in the room talking to me because she thinks I'm safe
Song writers, managers, studio guys, producers, soundmen, guitarists, singers, or anybody else telling me how to play a bass line I came up with.
I feel better now.
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so truuuuue!!!.:bawl::bawl::bawl:
lol
 
#472
jeff_bass28 said:
The other day I saw a JesusFish being eaten by a bigger fish called "Truth." Almost drove into a ditch, I was laughing so hard.

1."Hey, why is your guitar little? It only has four strings."

2.Drummers that NEVER have their own money. Is there one that DOES?

3a.Helping haul in & set up everyone else's crap, then everyone magically disappears when you need to get yours.

3b.When you finally get your gear onstage, the rest of the band thinks it's time to play. Nevermind the fact that you still have to plug in your amp, get out your bass, tune up, etc. "Why do you always take so long, dude?" :mad:

4. Guitar Center. Well, that's not fair. Guitar Center employees. The ones who know "everything" because they work at Guitar Center. I once pointed out a bad volume pot on a $4200 Pedulla. I kid you not, the response: "Well, no, see, this bass is a lot better than anything you've ever touched; and these things here are called 'knobs' and they like, change the sound and ****. You just don't know how it works 'cause it's like really high-tech and ****." And that was the manager.

5. I know it's been said before, but the price of bass strings.

6.Trying to relearn how to play with no feeling in two of my fingers. (had a little booboo)
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What was this truth that was eating the Jesus fish? What makes Jesus supposedly untrue?
 
#474
DaftCat said:
2. Bass players who NEVER take their eyes off the fretboard.
3. Bass players who just "stand there".
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Wot, like ... Victor Wooten? :hiding:

  • Egocentric musicians who think attitude = talent. :rollno:
  • People who assume they know more than you, and will bestow 'wisdom upon ye' before you've even had a conversation. :eyebrow:
  • Being lost in the mix and then told it doesn't matter because bass is 'omnidirectional' :help:
  • Being given nothing more than a line-check in during the soundcheck (because as we all know, bass just needs to be 'there', doesn't matter what it sounds like). :spit:
  • 'Acoustic' gigs that are cranked up too loud. :scowl:
  • People who use too many smileys. :)
 
#475
I hate cheap piezo acoustic guitars. Especially at open mic nights. You go to the pub and some earnest wee Jeff Buckley dude is singing a half dozen identical songs about how his girlfriend left him. Fair enough. But why do we have to get the really trebley slightly clippy guitar sound to go with it? Its the worst playing style (down up down up) and it sounds worse with a cheap piezo bridge in tow.
 
#478
Other bass players that are angry/jealous because "nobody notices them."

The same bass players that can't shut up about them "not being bass players just because they couldn't hack guitar" - Me thinks thou doth protest too much.;-)

Bands that get drunk before they go on stage and can't figure out why nobody "gets them", or nobody wants to hire them again.
 
#479
The best answer to the "it doesn't matter, cause bass is omnidirectional" myth is this (said in your most condescending tone):

"Well, the laws of physics tells us that omnidirectionality only occurs below 80Hz. You know what that means, right?"

Lonnybass
 
#480
Meddle said:
I hate cheap piezo acoustic guitars. Especially at open mic nights. You go to the pub and some earnest wee Jeff Buckley dude is singing a half dozen identical songs about how his girlfriend left him. Fair enough. But why do we have to get the really trebley slightly clippy guitar sound to go with it? Its the worst playing style (down up down up) and it sounds worse with a cheap piezo bridge in tow.
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One of the girls in my chick band plays like that...up-down-up-down, all folkie-like. ARRRRGGGHHH!!! She won't quit it tho, so the other guits and I just drown her out.

But she hosts an acoustic jam. Its horrid. Buncha dudes in blazers with elbow patches, looking like a lot of overeager Mr. Rogers', carrying Martins they don't know how to play, a truly horrible flautist/singer, and that up-down, chukka-chukka guit.

I attended once. Had a beer, snuck out before they could ask me to come up.

Cherie
 

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