Sometimes I Just Need a Break from TB

[stigbeve]

Mixed cabs.

 

[klejst]

Causes heartburn? You forgot the threads of who has the best spicy chicken wings, the threads about those spicy Korean noodles, etc etc

 

[Machiavelli]

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.”

Its almost like all of these are discussion topics about basses. The nerve of these people!

 

[two fingers]

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.”

You need to swing by Off Topic. Your list is very incomplete.

 

[BadSanta1281]

What about...

Millennials vs Boomers

Which decade produced the best music of all time

 

[Dean N]

Bass Confucius say:

Eat orange vegetable, get no heartburn. And stay regular.

 

[TheReceder]

But....which _______ is best for metal???

I can't believe he missed that one.

 

[fcleff]

Here’s one: you start a thread in Off Topic and the mods shut it down because it was getting off topic.

 

[AB Nate]

Here’s one: you start a thread in Off Topic and the mods shut it down because it was getting off topic.

Lmfao!

 

[Serious Ganja]

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

That sounds like a cool place.

 

[AB Nate]

That sounds like a cool place.

It was lots of fun

 

[StatesideRambler]

IMHO, you would be a lot less stressed if you stopped keeping lists of all the inane things that get on your nerves. Perhaps a break will be good for your soul .

It doesn’t stress me at all. That whole list took about ten to fifteen minutes to compile an some of that was sorting.

So do you have any ideas for threads that won't cause heartburn?

There isn’t a single topic that won’t offend someone. I think back to a review of The Carpenters in Stereo Review magazine in the 1970s. The reviewer called them, “Industrial strength Preparation H.”

There are always new visitors, which is a good thing. New people will ask the same dumb questions (There Are No Dumb Questions!) all the other new people asked. And there are always going to be individuals who don't know what they're talking about, and they are usually obvious, so, you know, take it easy.

All open forums are populated by newcomers who are disinclined to browse awhile or to search before posting. TB is no exception.

I would love to hear from touring musicians

Somebody’s got to be too busy to participate in gossip!

You need to swing by Off Topic. Your list is very incomplete.

Refer to word #2 in the OP.

I can't believe he missed that one.

Refer to post #8.

 

[Serious Ganja]

It was lots of fun

Sometimes when there is booze there is fighting. Was everybody happy there?.

 

[LBS-bass]

Its almost like all of these are discussion topics about basses. The nerve of these people!

Seriously. What is this, Talk Anythingbutbass?

I tend to concur with the person who wants to include the listing of things one hates in this list of things one hates. It seems there are those who just want to have some conversation and there are those who just want to pee on everyone's parade. It's nice that we all show our hand so readily Helps me configure my ignore list.

 

[InDaDoghouse]

It was lots of fun

twss

 

[Serious Ganja]

twss

 

[AB Nate]

Sometimes when there is booze there is fighting. Was everybody happy there?.

Nope. Just good times had by all that wanted to be there.
Made some good friends in that room.
I’m still not sure why it got shut down. Good people having good times talking off topic things in an off topic forum

 

[Serious Ganja]

Nope. Just good times had by all that wanted to be there.
Made some good friends in that room.
I’m still not sure why it got shut down. Good people having good times talking off topic things in an off topic forum

Maybe the content took up too many megabytes and slowed the other threads down.

 

[thewildest]

Need a break from Talkbass because you can’t stand discussions about that list of topics?

What would happen if you ever witness a child suffering from malnutrition eating garbage, or some guy killing an elephant just for fun?

I would also suggest a break, but please make sure you use the time to go out and experience the extremes of life for a while.

 

[Serious Ganja]

Need a break from Talkbass because you can’t stand discussions about that list of topics?

What would happen if you ever witness a child suffering from malnutrition eating garbage, or some guy killing an elephant just for fun?

I would also suggest a break, but please make sure you use the time to go out and experience the extremes of life for a while.

Holy smokes!.