Player's Grade (band ettiquite)

[Jeff Hughes]

I did a Google search for Collector's Grade Mom and this is what Google returned.

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Any mom that could hand-express breast milk for any extended period of time deserves to be considered mint grade. And we complain about wrist or finger injuries suffered from playing our stupid basses.

 

[Camaro69]

IBTL

 

[eddododo]

@JRA - in my defense, we say way worse things than that to one another. If that's a defense. Point is, I didn't blindside the man by any means. He'll get me back ×3 for sure.

Bro he's going to 'play' your mom, the ultimate are revenge

 

[Hurricane Jimmie]

So Anyway, I do miss The Hang with other musicians.
I haven't found anywhere else where you can swap lies, trade insults, crack jokes, make noise, get into mischief.... and still get paid.

 

[Peteyboy]

IBTL

Yeah, just a matter of time now.

 

[Camaro69]

We'll create a meme avatar in your honor!

 

[Peteyboy]

As my wife can attest, don't expect miracles with that thing. It's a catch all. Nothing more.

So's your...

WHAT??? No, that's terrible.

 

[HolmeBass]

"Player Grade Vintage Guitars
Not every vintage guitar can be a pristine, all-original example destined for a collector's vault. Dings, scratches, replaced parts and refinished bodies all lower the price on these vintage guitars and basses, making them fantastic deals for musicians who want a classic instrument to play."

Am I the only one who had to google that?

I didn't have to Google it, but until I read the "Collector's grade" comment I did not have enough context to see that "Player's grade" was indeed intended as an insult, or at least a dig.

 

[QweziRider]

..so I told him I considered his mother to be "player's grade".

That's it. Shut it down. The internots is done for the week. Can't top that one ever.

 

[Koshchei]

Did somebody say something about Collector Grade mothers?

"Splendid!"

 

[burgerdj]

I believe you meant to refer to his mom as "playa's" grade.

 

[Iristone]

Any mom that could hand-express breast milk for any extended period of time deserves to be considered mint grade. And we complain about wrist or finger injuries suffered from playing our stupid basses.

Man, I'm so busy with my day job doing biological experiments that, whenever I see "express", I think of my bacteria producing proteins I need. I wish there were an "expression pedal" in my lab and my bacteria could have an "expressive overdrive"!

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Now I'm wondering what a Collector's Grade Mom might be like?

Original or refinished?

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I don't get it. I realize this is supposed to be humorous, but when he said your bass was "Player's Grade"; is that somehow an insult?

My response would be "Yes, it's perfectly set up and adjusted for, you, know, playing".

 

[Peteyboy]

My response would be "Yes, it's perfectly set up and adjusted for, you, know, playing".

If anything he was trying to make me feel better about it. I know I said I didn't blindside the man, he knows to expect this kinda thing from me, but yeah - it was an unwarranted sneak-attack.

Our BL is female so we have an unspoken limit as to how gnarly the locker room talk can get, which I'm comfortable with. I am, however, a pusher of envelopes.

 

[Iristone]

In Chinese, we call player's grade "battle condition". It can be kind of cool, a battle scar, comrade-in-arm, or something. Even worse condition is called "Iraq condition".

 

[Element Zero]

So's your...

WHAT??? No, that's terrible.

What?

 

[DirtDog]

Original or refinished?

LOL!

 

[Peteyboy]

In Chinese, we call player's grade "battle condition". It can be kind of cool, a battle scar, comrade-in-arm, or something. Even worse condition is called "Iraq condition".

That is awesome! I prefer Battle Condition to Relic. Iraq Condition has to be sun-bleached and sandblasted with bullet holes. But with looted gold hardware.

 

[DirtDog]

In Chinese, we call player's grade "battle condition". It can be kind of cool, a battle scar, comrade-in-arm, or something. Even worse condition is called "Iraq condition".

We had an expression in Kandahar: "Afghanistan good".