Emergency Services

[ac100X]

Say it's 7:00 Saturday night and you've got a gig that starts at 9:00 and you're tuning your bass and the string snaps - WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO !!!

Turns out you can relax, they have you covered.....

 

[Geepers]

Nah, I’ve been there because I thought the same. Turns out it’s an Emergency Room for pet fish.

 

[PDW30]

Nah, I’ve been there because I thought the same. Turns out it’s an Emergency Room for pet fish.

 

[PDW30]

Say it's 7:00 Saturday night and you've got a gig that starts at 9:00 and you're tuning your bass and the string snaps - WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO !!!

Turns out you can relax, they have you covered.....

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If you're typical of the folks around here you take one of your other 27 basses.

 

[sacahill42]

You tune your bass before gigs?

 

[Hillie]

If you're typical of the folks around here you take one of your other 27 basses.

"Yes, but I want the audience to enjoy the nuances in sound of that particular bass. In our extreme death metal gig with 2 guitars turned up to 11 and an insane drummer turned up to 420.69."

 

[Hillie]

You tune your bass before gigs?

Mine was tuned in the factory!

 

[john_g]

I went there. Turns out it was all just singing fish.

 

[Discount Bassy]

Don't waste your time. I was scoffed at and told to wait during a broken G string emergency. I watched a couple of nut jobs get prioritized with funny noises coming from their lower registers.

 

[J Wilson]

Of course, playing a three-string gig offers interesting fingerboard choices !

This is where you earn your 'Take a Spare of Everything' merit badge

I once played with a great (but flaky, go figure . . . ) guitar player. 20 minutes before I he gig, he starts packing up. WHAT?

Turns out he'd forgotten his spark plug socket he played a lot of slide with on this bluesy gig, so he's bailing.

Luckily we were next door to a still-open auto parts store. I run across the parking lot, run in, buy a spark plug socket, run back. He started to complain until I explained if he did, I'd run back over there and come back with a 2" combination wrench . . . .

Gig went off without any further problems.

Worked like a charm as an implied Attitude Adjuster.

 

[deesonic]

If it's just a G string, I carry on.

 

[PizzaBall]

I wasn't sure which bass, so I stopped in with my fishing gear, bass guitar, my bass fiddle, bass horn and a bass drum. Turns out, the medical companies name is just bass. I was so embarrassed I left everything on the floor and walked out, drove home in my Stingray, ate some Chilean sea bass, and noodled around on my cello.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

You tune your bass before gigs?

Tune?? What’s tuning??
Seriously, I keep an old set in my case!

 

[JazznFunk]

Only to be turned away because your bass was out of network. Instead of a replacement costing a few bucks, you pay $200 for a single string!

 

[Crusher47]

Weight? .... err I mean... Wait .... time?

 

[GR7G5TER]

Nah, I’ve been there because I thought the same. Turns out it’s an Emergency Room for pet fish.

There's only one thing I'm doing with a bass and it's not petting the damn thing

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Say it's 7:00 Saturday night and you've got a gig that starts at 9:00 and you're tuning your bass and the string snaps - WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO !!!

Turns out you can relax, they have you covered.....

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I almost needed something like this after leaving my bass at home for a gig hours away….

 

[HolixBass]

I heard that they will do a re-string on a P-bass for only $1500. (but only if your policy is in their network)

 

[elpancho]

I keep my previously replaced strings with me for this very reason.

 

[tpaul]

Mine was tuned in the factory!

I heard the early MIJ Squiers were factory tuned even more accurately than the US Fenders, that's why they were discontinued.