how do you annoy guitards

[The Golden Boy]

That or people are in bands where everyone goofs around and picks on each other. It's the nature of bands. It's like a family. It's all in fun and everyone knows that at the end of the day, it you need some one to back you up or bail you out of jail, you call your band mates...if they're not there with you that is...

+1

He's right, it's all in the name of good fun.

If you cruise around other musician forums, you get some drummer jokes- and those are pretty well spelled out 'good natured ribbing.' You get some lead singer complaints- Dudes on other musician forums don't come up with creative and demeaning names for their bass players. If anything, experienced, professional musicians appreciate their bandmembers.

My goal as a musician over the years has been to work with the musicians I'm playing with to create the best piece of music WE can. Not to piss them off. Not to show anybody up. Not to play some silly mind games.

"Goofing around" and "picking on each other"- to other bass players who don't know your friends... Hardly. Look at the original poster- he's been playing a few months, but already has some sort of arrogance about him because he's learning to play bass. It's a common theme here, which is not about being a member of a team- It's starring out the letters in "guitar." It's calling other bandmembers names because of the instrument they play. It's artificially inflating your importance to the effect of putting everyone else down.

Be proud of being a bass player. But the best musicians make everyone else around them look better. Be THAT guy.

 

[j.a.e.r.i.p]

not having a guitar player in my band. haha

 

[buzzbass]

SVT 4Pro + Schroeder = neutered guitard

 

[Brittain]

If you cruise around other musician forums, you get some drummer jokes- and those are pretty well spelled out 'good natured ribbing.' You get some lead singer complaints- Dudes on other musician forums don't come up with creative and demeaning names for their bass players. If anything, experienced, professional musicians appreciate their bandmembers.

My goal as a musician over the years has been to work with the musicians I'm playing with to create the best piece of music WE can. Not to piss them off. Not to show anybody up. Not to play some silly mind games.

"Goofing around" and "picking on each other"- to other bass players who don't know your friends... Hardly. Look at the original poster- he's been playing a few months, but already has some sort of arrogance about him because he's learning to play bass. It's a common theme here, which is not about being a member of a team- It's starring out the letters in "guitar." It's calling other bandmembers names because of the instrument they play. It's artificially inflating your importance to the effect of putting everyone else down.

Be proud of being a bass player. But the best musicians make everyone else around them look better. Be THAT guy.

I have found, *IME* that a band without humor isn't a band I want to be in, and the guitarist in my band is also my best friend, I'm MIGHTY proud of being a bass player, I take pride in technique and constantly improving, doesn't mean we can't have fun at the same time.

I have never called my guitarist a 'guitard', nor am I ever likely to, I've used it on this forum a couple of times because it's just a meme between people on this particular forum, no harm in that.

The fact that we occasionally bicker and joke has no effect on the music we make, hell, sometimes it can improve it.

And you've got to take note of the name of this particular part of the forums, 'Bass HUMOR and Gig Stories', it's all in good fun and I seriously doubt anyone who has posted in this thread means any disrespect or ill will towards their respective guitar players.

 

[Village Idiot]

If you cruise around other musician forums, you get some drummer jokes- and those are pretty well spelled out 'good natured ribbing.' You get some lead singer complaints- Dudes on other musician forums don't come up with creative and demeaning names for their bass players. If anything, experienced, professional musicians appreciate their bandmembers.

My goal as a musician over the years has been to work with the musicians I'm playing with to create the best piece of music WE can. Not to piss them off. Not to show anybody up. Not to play some silly mind games.

"Goofing around" and "picking on each other"- to other bass players who don't know your friends... Hardly. Look at the original poster- he's been playing a few months, but already has some sort of arrogance about him because he's learning to play bass. It's a common theme here, which is not about being a member of a team- It's starring out the letters in "guitar." It's calling other bandmembers names because of the instrument they play. It's artificially inflating your importance to the effect of putting everyone else down.

Be proud of being a bass player. But the best musicians make everyone else around them look better. Be THAT guy.

 

[Araillac]

Look at the original poster- he's been playing a few months, but already has some sort of arrogance about him because he's learning to play bass.

I meant no harm by the topic, just something fun for us TB'ers to talk about for those of us who like to goof around sometimes with other band members. I know the guitarist in my band is far better than me but that doesn't bother either of us. We get along great.

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

I don't annoy GUITAR PLAYERS.

 

[pinkzepphish]

if guitarists are guitards, are we basstards?

 

[GearHeadBassMan]

well, there's nothing better than hitting an open E every time he tries to talk during practice

 

[lunker]

Play a 6'er, well that throws off most of them

There are two guitarists in my church praiseband. One typically plays acoustic, the other electric. Every once in a while they swap guitars for a song or two. Every time I ask if one of them wants to trade for my fretless 6'er.

 

[Elrend]

if guitarists are guitards, are we basstards?

We`re bassholes

 

[fetfet]

well, there's nothing better than hitting an open E every time he tries to talk during practice

Lol, I should try that when my drummer yells at everyone to be quiet so he can speak, but plays Fool in The Rain when everyone else is trying to think.

Write a guitar part to a song, and then show him how to play it.

 

[Blown Cone]

Tune your E to C and all the others accordingly. Watch sparks fly as they try to play to what you've got .

 

[RikBass]

At rehearsals I connect my Bassballs pedal during a break and watch his look of perplexity change to annoyance when he realises.

He complains, I stop and then turn it on again at random and watch him crack it each time after he works it out.

Mirroring his signature riffs during songs also works.

It amuses me. all in good fun

 

[baalroo]

well, there's nothing better than hitting an open E every time he tries to talk during practice

I used to turn on both my dirt pedals and let out a high frequency swelling feedback everytime our old singer (and very good friend) would try to talk. always hillarious.

 

[chicago_mike]

pass really bad gas on his side of the stage. Actually works great on drummers..as they cant move away.

 

[Infernal Affair]

well, there's nothing better than hitting an open E every time he tries to talk during practice

All the members in my band love playing something when someone is trying to talk, at first unintentionally and then intentionally. Gets us all a good laugh.

 

[Psycho]

You all need to realize, for alot of people this is their highschool years. Why not poke fun and screw with your friends? I bug 'em by saying "mines bigger" and hitting an E at random times.

 

[jsingles]

being better than them at guitar, even tho im the bass player (afterall, guitar playing is just a contest, there should be olympic guitar playing.............................................................................................)

 

[jsingles]

All the members in my band love playing something when someone is trying to talk, at first unintentionally and then intentionally. Gets us all a good laugh.

when people do that, i rip them a new one, theres nothing funny about it. i tell them to GTFO if they think its funny.

seriously that pisses me off to no friggen end.. its incredibly annoying and disrespectful, and shows they arent taking anything seriously.