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Guittard candy bar! Hahaha!!!

TSkills

TSkills

Jul 1, 2009
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#1
I'm sure I'm not the first to see this, but I thought it was so funny
I had to buy one.

guittard candy bar2.jpg
 
#3
I've seen the chocolate before. But since I never refer to a guitarist as a "guitard," it's never been funny.

I don't see why everyone thinks it's funny to use a derogatory label for a guitarist. True, many guitarists don't understand how to play in an ensemble format, but that's because their instruments are commonly used for solo performance.

As bassists, we have no choice but to fit properly with an ensemble. There are very few solo bass acts, just as there are almost no solo drum acts. Guitarists, on the other hand, learn from the start to play solo. So, even if they're accomplished players, they have to later learn to play as part of a group. Their ideas of arrangement, tone, and volume all stem from the solo capability of their instrument.

The same could be said for keyboard players, who have always played solo.

I'm sure this childish attitude of some bassists has been cause for some unflattering nicknames for us...
 
#5
Rick Auricchio said:
I've seen the chocolate before. But since I never refer to a guitarist as a "guitard," it's never been funny.

I don't see why everyone thinks it's funny to use a derogatory label for a guitarist. True, many guitarists don't understand how to play in an ensemble format, but that's because their instruments are commonly used for solo performance.

As bassists, we have no choice but to fit properly with an ensemble. There are very few solo bass acts, just as there are almost no solo drum acts. Guitarists, on the other hand, learn from the start to play solo. So, even if they're accomplished players, they have to later learn to play as part of a group. Their ideas of arrangement, tone, and volume all stem from the solo capability of their instrument.

The same could be said for keyboard players, who have always played solo.

I'm sure this childish attitude of some bassists has been cause for some unflattering nicknames for us...
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We call them guitards because, as basists, we are arrogant elitists who feel the need to bolster our self-confidence through the desecration of other band members.
 
#8
Rick Auricchio said:
...I don't see why everyone thinks it's funny to use a derogatory label for a guitarist. True, many guitarists don't understand how to play in an ensemble format, but that's because their instruments are commonly used for solo performance.
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I've played guitar a whole lot longer than playing bass, and I find it funny. A good portion of guitar-ist think they are the next coming of Yngwie van Hammett Satriani Scofield Vai Clapton the Third. There are some that are not. I like those better.

Rick Auricchio said:
No, my point is that it would be smarter to help teach guitarists to play better in an ensemble situation. Just calling them guitards does nothing to improve the music.
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The trick is to get them to listen. The hardest step is to get them to realize how oblivious they are. They can't learn unless they want to.

M0ses said:
It's funny when people can't even take a joke that's not directed at them.
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I do see Rick Auricchio's point. And I'm sure they have names for us also. No big deal.

Just remember though: Stereotypes exist because they're true.
 
#9
ooooooo chocolate.......I don't care what name it goes under :).


As for the guitard issue....every instrument has an affectionate nickname. Brass= Bra**holes. Woodwinds: wusswinds. Drummers: dummers. And that's just the sectional names.

Lighten up :). We're basstards :)
 
#10
Also, guitard is quicker to type than guitarist. Just saying.

I don't call every guitarist a guitard, but if they can't prove that they are capable of being part of a band and not being in a vehicle for their shredding ability then I would demean guitarists everywhere by association if I called them a guitarist.
 
#12
Rick Auricchio said:
I've seen the chocolate before. But since I never refer to a guitarist as a "guitard," it's never been funny.

I don't see why everyone thinks it's funny to use a derogatory label for a guitarist. True, many guitarists don't understand how to play in an ensemble format, but that's because their instruments are commonly used for solo performance.
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I disagree completely.

My first instrument was piano, which is a solo instrument primarily. I then played clarinet - an ensemble instrument - then back to violin, again an instrument with a vast solo repertoire. I then spent several years studying vocal performance - which can go either way - before I took up with saxophone (mostly solo these days), guitar (which you claim is solo, but I disagree), and bass.

Whatever instrument I happen to be playing, I am always aware of the group's sound and mindful of my own contribution. Having played 'solo' instruments does not make me a musically handicapped moron, as are a large proportion of the guitarists I've had the uncomfortable honor of playing with.

I think it has a lot more to do with the individual than with the instrument. There is no instrument which cannot be played solo - likewise there is no instrument which cannot be played in an ensemble. There are, however, PEOPLE who cannot play in ensembles, and - sadly - many guitarists these days fall into that category.

To be fair, though, I have met just as many bassists (proportionally speaking, I know fewer bassists than guitarists) who similarly fail to comprehend the nuances of ensemble playing.
 
#13
Rick Auricchio said:
+1 to Atticus and redzebra. A bozo is still a bozo, no matter what instrument he plays!
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Yup.

That said, and speaking as a former guitarist myself, it seems that most of them that I have worked with could be labeled "bozo" or "guitard", unfortunately.

I'm lucky, I guess, when I was a guitarist, my primary influence was Alex Lifeson, who is the epitome of an ensemble guitarist, IMO.
 
#17
Rick Auricchio said:
I've seen the chocolate before. But since I never refer to a guitarist as a "guitard," it's never been funny.

I don't see why everyone thinks it's funny to use a derogatory label for a guitarist. True, many guitarists don't understand how to play in an ensemble format, but that's because their instruments are commonly used for solo performance.

As bassists, we have no choice but to fit properly with an ensemble. There are very few solo bass acts, just as there are almost no solo drum acts. Guitarists, on the other hand, learn from the start to play solo. So, even if they're accomplished players, they have to later learn to play as part of a group. Their ideas of arrangement, tone, and volume all stem from the solo capability of their instrument.

The same could be said for keyboard players, who have always played solo.

I'm sure this childish attitude of some bassists has been cause for some unflattering nicknames for us...
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:hmm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsf8LnThk5Y
 

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