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Have you ever tripped with your bass?
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Well, at least Finland does not get too cold!
Compared to absolute zero!
Cold is a BIG reason I moved from Western New York to San Diego - the weather is a BIT nicer here!
Dan K.
I've done it hundreds of times, I'm extremely clumsy especially when my mind is focused on music.
Took a good tumble on the subway stairs 20 years ago. Bass (in a gig bag) hit the metal edge of the step and ended up with a cracked control cavity. Nice old Ibanez bass that later got stolen, but that's a whole other pitfall of living in NYC! My left shin still has a nice bump on it to remind me of the incident. I was holding the handrail, too - it would have been much worse if I hadn't been!
Doug Parent
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tripped on stage an fell on top of my bass but rolled somewhat to minimize the damage, which was minimal.
Actually this is a good topic and a reason to consider wireless or at least wrapping your cord through and around the back of your strap to change the hang angle.
I think safety and practical measure are just as valid for a musician (if not more) compared to many other occupations.
Not only is there a trip hazard, but we work around electricity, on stages, risers and around lighting instruments as well as special effects.
Actually this is a good topic and a reason to consider wireless or at least wrapping your cord through and around the back of your strap to change the hang angle.
I think safety and practical measure are just as valid for a musician (if not more) compared to many other occupations.
Not only is there a trip hazard, but we work around electricity, on stages, risers and around lighting instruments as well as special effects.
Yes I have. The bass became an extension of my body, not just in a poetic sense. I couldn't feel the separation between my fingers and the strings. It was really cool, and I nailed the audition too 
there are some master photoshoppers on this site. give it time. im sure they will pop up
There is another hazard as well, and is something I have been struggling with to find a solution. It's the out-of-control females in the audience who are always rushing the stage trying to get a piece of my clothing. Sheesh! My VISA bill is huge every month with me having to go buy new clothes all the time. Can't those chicks just relax and enjoy the music for what it is?!? I'm not just a piece of meat, ya know. Sometimes I fear for my life when I'm up on stage performing. It gets a little scary at times.
About 4 years ago when I first started playing I got my first bass home. I was so excited to try it out when I was putting the bass on myself (strap was already on) I rammed the headstock straight into my ceiling fan. Not even a scratch on it, though my ceiling fans been working shoddily ever since.
Best thing I ever invested in was one of those planet waves planet lock straps. Heard stories of people's breaking but I've had mine for about 2 years and hasn't had any issues.
Best thing I ever invested in was one of those planet waves planet lock straps. Heard stories of people's breaking but I've had mine for about 2 years and hasn't had any issues.
Played a small festival gig. Tech guy had one of the mic cables stretched out, taught, behind my kneecap and i didn't notice. took a step back to face the drummer behind me and nearly fell over. Luckily my leg snapped out somehow and i didnt fall.
Yup. Slipped in the snow on a small hill with my G&L, it was in a hardshell case.
Onstage I've tripped many times over stupid fog machines, always bass crashing into the drumset.
One time I took a step too far back and fell off stage. My Spector came off me and landed backside flat on the stage. I hit the floor.
Onstage I've tripped many times over stupid fog machines, always bass crashing into the drumset.
One time I took a step too far back and fell off stage. My Spector came off me and landed backside flat on the stage. I hit the floor.
I heard your bass was arrested for being "tuned" in public.
Mine once came home with a mismatched string.
Basses these days. Whew!
Paul
That's why I don't play gigs with my blue Jackson bass anymore. The women here go crazy on blue colored instruments. Maybe I will play the next gig with it and compete with our guitarist on who gets the most women: Me with my blue bass or he with his blue guitar(Both are Jacksons
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I had just bought my new Gretsch hollowbody (luckily with a hard case!) and was on my way home, head in the clouds... Tripped and fell in the train station, sprained my wrist, went sprawling on top of the bass...omigod omigod... Got home, opened the now rather scuffed case with much fear and trepidation and voila! It wasn't even out of tune! Phew...
Someone I Know once imbibed some Salvia Divinorum then tried to play a bass.The frets were like fence posts, and the strings were like fence wire, and the strings and frets described a picket fence crossing a blank snow-covered landscape disappearing into the vanishing point in each direction. Apparently.
Wrong thread?
Wrong thread?
