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Ignorant bass comment thread
- Thread starter Barkless Dog
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Yeah but it doesn't look like a Fender P. The average producer will take one look at your Conklin and run out of the studio screaming!
Six strings, 7 knobs, and zero frets tends to do that to people.
Heh. My much-slapped Rick would beg to differ, stinging from the abuse I've given it over the years.
Ricks sound excellent slapped.
"I'm just a bass player" Is my favorite.
The whole pick vs fingers argument is ridiculous. I play finger style and that isn't because I think people who play with picks are pussies or suck. It's because I suck at playing with a pick. I used to play with a pick and I didn't like the sound I made with one( I have very crappy technique I guess). Add constantly getting over-excited and breaking E strings and there you go no more pick for me. Finally; no your fingers and nails don't sound like a pick, I completely agree. If someone were so anti - pick then why would they want their fingers to sound like one?
The whole pick vs fingers argument is ridiculous. I play finger style and that isn't because I think people who play with picks are pussies or suck. It's because I suck at playing with a pick. I used to play with a pick and I didn't like the sound I made with one( I have very crappy technique I guess). Add constantly getting over-excited and breaking E strings and there you go no more pick for me. Finally; no your fingers and nails don't sound like a pick, I completely agree. If someone were so anti - pick then why would they want their fingers to sound like one?
"so you play a six string huh? that means you think you mastered a four string doesn't it? You're a Jack@ss"
I hate when people hate on me for my six string... it's always guitarists too, i think its just fear.
I hate when people hate on me for my six string... it's always guitarists too, i think its just fear.
Idiot: How many basses do you have now?
Me: 3
Idiot: Why do you need so many?
Me: Because your momma likes it.
Stupid questions come from stupid people.
Me: 3
Idiot: Why do you need so many?
Me: Because your momma likes it.
Stupid questions come from stupid people.
Two words, S n o w - G l o b e
Think about it for a while.......
Actually, by now "where's the snow globe" "Nice bass except it's backwards" and "Nice, but there is too many strings" are all coming dangerously close to being ignorant comments by now.....and I am guilty of using them all here...followed by this guy
My charming bride asked me once, as I put the P bass into it's stand for the first time -
"Why do you have 3 of them now?"
I answered, "Because I can't buy number 4 till I have number 3!" You tell me which statement there was the ignorant one....
My favorite ignorant bass comment has to do with 80's co.... um coc....(male chicken) rock....
"......you want 80's metal bass? Get anything really pointy and stripe the crap out of it....or paint it a really bright white, put a big red rising sun on it and be sure to tie a bright bandanna or two around the headstock. Oh, and don't forget to put a 12 inch summer sausage in your spandex pants to fool the chicks.....learning to actually play the bass is optional for 80's rock. Just bang out a bunch of 8th notes and pout a lot.....
Come to think of it...aw nuts! I said that one too.....
Damn.....
It's kinda interesting/funny/sad how six (or more) stringed bassists are the scurge of all musicians. Guitarists hate us and most bassists disown us!
Less is more...
Ok, I agree...when its called for. If more than one note per measure is called, I'm taking it man.
Ok, don't mean to cause backlash here, but I feel this is a big misconception for bassplayers. Less needs to be used when less needs to be used. Also, more needs to be more when called. I had to learn not to overplay, but doing that taught me the importance of knowing what is right for a song.
IHMO, IME,
Ok, I agree...when its called for. If more than one note per measure is called, I'm taking it man.
Ok, don't mean to cause backlash here, but I feel this is a big misconception for bassplayers. Less needs to be used when less needs to be used. Also, more needs to be more when called. I had to learn not to overplay, but doing that taught me the importance of knowing what is right for a song.
IHMO, IME,
My dad recently bought me a 6-string (I'm 16). I go to YouTube and show him a video of Vic Wooten or Stu Hamm or anyone who is a monster on bass, and every time you can count on "He only needs 4, why do you need 6?" :scowl:
"You can't play songs on bass. Bass is there to fill in guitar."
"Electric Bass players are a dime a dozen, they can't play the real bass."
"You're pretty good! So when do you want to upgrade to guitar?"
Drummer from my former band prior to buying my 6 - "Dude, you can't buy any more than 5, you'll be playing guitar then."
"Why don't you play through a regular guitar amp?"
"Dude, I wouldn't buy from (insert high-end amp manufacturer here), just stick with a Crate. They're reliable because they've been around for years."
"So, can you play Seinfeld? How about Play that Funky Music?"
"Everybody knows that if you play a Squier, you suck." (Note, I haven't actually run across this because I don't own a Squier, but I used to buy into this one myself. Tell that to Regi Wooten, Victor Wooten's big brother, by the way.)
"You can't play songs on bass. Bass is there to fill in guitar."
"Electric Bass players are a dime a dozen, they can't play the real bass."
"You're pretty good! So when do you want to upgrade to guitar?"
Drummer from my former band prior to buying my 6 - "Dude, you can't buy any more than 5, you'll be playing guitar then."
"Why don't you play through a regular guitar amp?"
"Dude, I wouldn't buy from (insert high-end amp manufacturer here), just stick with a Crate. They're reliable because they've been around for years."
"So, can you play Seinfeld? How about Play that Funky Music?"
"Everybody knows that if you play a Squier, you suck." (Note, I haven't actually run across this because I don't own a Squier, but I used to buy into this one myself. Tell that to Regi Wooten, Victor Wooten's big brother, by the way.)
I like the one that frequently comes up when someone finds out I play bass---"oh, bass is easier than guitar, isn't it?" Uh-Huh. I'd like to see a guitarist play their stuff on a bass (I'll even allow them a six-string) and I'd like to see them try to play the stuff that I play (I haven't come across a one that can bend a note up a half-step, let alone a whole-step---all within one beat of the measure). And they have just a little trouble stretching across 5 or so frets or playing an inverted triad. Yeah---but it's easy!
Actual quote from some jackhole guitarist I used to know
"I don't know what the big deal is with playing bass. Any guitar player can play bass"
"I don't know what the big deal is with playing bass. Any guitar player can play bass"
lmao. I can't believe that one wasn't meantioned before.
Also, to the post about playing Seinfeld and Play the Funky Music... I actually learned those songs to shut people up... :scowl:
My favorite though is people who bash bass playing to me and then ask me to be in their band a few weeks later because they can't find a decent bassist... my god people.
"so bass is easier version of guitar isn't it?"
last time I let my guitar player play my bass: "man, do I have respect for you! this **** is difficult... nice job, wouldn't wanna be you" haha my guitard is a nice dude!
last time I let my guitar player play my bass: "man, do I have respect for you! this **** is difficult... nice job, wouldn't wanna be you" haha my guitard is a nice dude!
"you can't play chords on a bass"
"6 strings! You must be a [bass] monster!"
"Carvin? Are they as good as gibson?"
Haha, it's all in good fun though
"6 strings! You must be a [bass] monster!"
"Carvin? Are they as good as gibson?"
Haha, it's all in good fun though
My favorite one is "active basses all sound hi-fi/sterile/like crap/metal/slick etc." or "you can only play blues on a Fender j- or p-bass".
I started playing on an active bass, and have continued doing so for almost 12 years now. It's hard to change now.
I started playing on an active bass, and have continued doing so for almost 12 years now. It's hard to change now.
