Sometimes I Just Need a Break from TB

[Sub-hoo-fer]

Yeah, break away from TalkBass and do some other stimulating social media thing...............like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. The subject matter will not be so limited. And oh so intellectual!

I come here to avoid all of those!

 

[Nephilymbass]

An abbreviated list of the causes TBers' Heartburn on the Forums, in no special order. The more trivial the topic, the more heated the discussion.

Guitar Center
T-shirts on stage
Shorts on stage
Barefoot on stage
Short scale basses
P-basses
J-basses
U-basses
Fender
Gibson
Rickenbacker
Active vs. passive and vice versa
Any bass that doesn't offer the scale length, finish or pickup layout you want
Any player whose bass isn't the scale length, finish or pickup layout you like
Made in ______ vs. made in ______ when you've never held either one
2-lb amps that don't kick out 1000 watts
800-watt amps that cost more than $199
Combos ... at all
Any amp that doesn't sound exactly like the SVT
Any amp that doesn't sound exactly like you want it to do
Bedroom practice amps with less than 200 watts
Practice amps that "don't have my sound"
Speakers arranged horizontally
4x10 stacked with 1x15
4x10 cabs weighing more than a 1x12
Markbass' yellow speakers
Drummers
Singers
Keyboardists
Guitarists (bonus points if they sing)
Any song in a horn key (i.e. F, Bb, Eb, Ab)
Belittling what someone else does because it's not what you'd do
- if you were in a band
- if your band had a gig
- if you had the money to do what you slagged someone else for not doing
Stores that don't give you deeper discounts than rumor says they gave anyone else
Online stores that don't absorb shipping costs, both ways when you return it
New threads asking the same inane questions asked in a dozen other threads
Expecting (demanding) replies that match or support your own prejudices
Larding on intermediate music theory in answer to a beginner's question
(corollary: quibbling about theory among yourselves once the OP is driven away)
Opining that everyone needs to learn music theory
Opining that no one needs to learn music theory
Snarking that something is easy when a new player is having trouble learning
Refusing to accept that your fave strings don't work for everyone on every bass
(They're clearly doing something wrong.)
The shipping company's routing of products shipped to you
Purple silk on flats?! What were they thinking?
No matter how talented, skilled, famous, accomplished or admired a player is, they need belittling from someone who has trouble locating more than two E notes on a fretted bass
Cliff Clavin-style pronouncements about any topic

There! The pot is stirred and waiting only for someone with a match.
"Hey, Mods! You may hear about this thread before long."

What no mention of flats vs rounds vs tapewounds ? lol

 

[kasken]

Author, Author....

 

[armyadarkness]

I used to love @armyadarkness 's sarcastic thread. At least we got to talk about beer

We still talk about beer, you, and how much we like drinking your beer!

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

 

[FirewalZ]

Ill admit i check TB probably way to often....but I have a regular (non music related) day job, kids, etc.....and talkbass can instantly reconnect me to being a "musician" and the world of being a bassist, no matter where i'm at or what's around me.

 

[kasken]

I have a regular (non music related) day job, kids, etc

You rock!

talkbass can instantly reconnect me to being a "musician" and the world of being a bassist, no matter where i'm at or what's around me.

That's nice!
<yawn>
No, no, NO! That is not why we are in this thread! We need triggers, rants, outrage (recreational or otherwise)!
<shakes fist at cloud>

 

[armyadarkness]

Hi StatesideRambler



Even humor threads aren' t serious enough!!!

When you need a break, you' re on the wrong forum!

We break for nobody!

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may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

Sarcasm, Coffee... Humor, Food, Beer... Wildly popular.

 

[Spidey2112]

We still talk about beer, you, and how much we like drinking your beer!

I'd like to thank the members of the academy, introducing me to the Dead Guy.

 

[FirewalZ]

You rock!



That's nice!
<yawn>
No, no, NO! That is not why we are in this thread! We need triggers, rants, outrage (recreational or otherwise)!
<shakes fist at cloud>

Sorry to disappoint...but im a bass player, so I bring stability and a solid foundation to all endeavors...even this thread.

 

[4stringsjack]

What?.

Wait

 

[Spidey2112]

Wait

No weigh...

 

[kasken]

Sarcasm, Coffee... Humor, Food, Beer... Wildly popular.View attachment 3495305

Sounds like a winning combination; where do I sign up?

 

[lbbc]

I pick and choose what I read here on TB. Sometimes it's just humorous and sometimes it's a bit insulting....but I have thick skin and broad shoulders. None of us will agree with everything someone posts...just the way it is.

 

[4stringsjack]

As opposed to Hot Pockets

They will destroy your mouth

 

[kasken]

They will destroy your mouth

TWSS

 

[FirewalZ]

They will destroy your mouth

Pizza rolls are worse....heated up in an air fryer

 

[4stringsjack]

No weigh...

Weigh

 

[MarkWtbyCT]

How about the folks that think they are the Talkbass police and are quick to tell you that your post is in the wrong forum or what you typed is going to be reported, or that topic has already been discussed, etc..... If I see a post I don't like or agree with, I just skip over it. No need to critique.

 

[InDaDoghouse]

If you REALLY care that freaking much about nut width then you're probably just a baby. With little tiny baby hands. Maybe take up 1/2 size violin, bro, k?

Oh. Wrong thread

I like wide nuts and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
When a bass walks in with a little bitty nut
Slap it in the butt
It gets strung
Gonna wrap my thumb right around that neck
It's thin as heck

Gimme a P bass, bro. K? K.