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Pings Bass

bassist, arranger, aelurophile, ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ
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Apr 11, 2018
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For entertainment purposes only, love and light to you all! :thumbsup:

1. Which P bass should I get?

I don't know, do you have a favorite flavor of vanilla ice cream?

2. Which kind of flats should I get for my flats?
Uhhhhh

3. Which color pickguard will make me a better bassist?
Tort made with carrot cellulose

4. What's the best [body wood|fretboard wood|amp|cab|pedal|strings|pickguard] for tone?
Tone is in the fingers. But you definitely need [heavy|light] [body|fingerboard] wood, an SVT, a fridge, at least a dozen pedals, flats and tort.

5. Lines on a fretless?
Of course! (not!)

6. What's the best bass for soft rock?
See question 1.

7. Should I get a short scale?
You should get all the basses.

8. What bass sounds the most like an upright?
An upright.

9. What's my bass worth?
YOU HAVE TO BE A SUPPORTING MEMBER TO ASK THAT (NO YOU DON'T) YES YOU DO etc

10. What kind of bass is this? (grainy Youtube video of a concert from 1973 with a .5 second shot of the bass, partly obscured)
It's definitely a ______; ______ was known to play those from January of 1973 to March of 1973, so that concert is probably from that time frame and you can tell from the headstock it's a.....

11. (Any question that's been asked previously in the past 10 years)
Have you tried the search function? (SOME OF US LIKE TO REHASH THINGS) (The search function doesn't work) (those threads are 10 years old) (I like carrots) (tort)

12. Which [pickup|strings|pickguard|tonewood] will make my P bass sit in the mix the best?
See question 1.

13. What's the obsession with carrots around here?
There is an answer, but it isn't satisfactory, so don't bother looking.

14. My new bass has a fast neck.
No it doesn't.

15. It plays like butter!
Have you ever actually held a stick of butter in your bare hand?

16. (Any question about the drummer)
Fire the drummer.

17. How do I get the guitarist to play quieter?
Put a sheet of music in front of him.

18. Did you hear about the sax player who locked his keys in the car?
Yeah, he had to break out the window to let the drummer out.

19. How can you tell when it's the drummer at your door?

The knocking speeds up.

20. How can you tell when it's the singer at the door?
can't find the key; doesn't know when to come in
 
Oh forgot at least one:

21. How many class D watts in a tube watt?
1

Best practice amp for $100?
500w head and a high quality cabinet

Best bass for a noob?
Play as many as you can. Then buy a Squier CV. (But you should really wait for a made in China.)

How to make my Jazz sound like a P?
Just EQ it, dial in the knobs. (Then buy a P anyway.)
Excellent
 
For entertainment purposes only, love and light to you all! :thumbsup:

1. Which P bass should I get?

I don't know, do you have a favorite flavor of vanilla ice cream?

2. Which kind of flats should I get for my flats?
Uhhhhh

3. Which color pickguard will make me a better bassist?
Tort made with carrot cellulose

4. What's the best [body wood|fretboard wood|amp|cab|pedal|strings|pickguard] for tone?
Tone is in the fingers. But you definitely need [heavy|light] [body|fingerboard] wood, an SVT, a fridge, at least a dozen pedals, flats and tort.

5. Lines on a fretless?
Of course! (not!)

6. What's the best bass for soft rock?
See question 1.

7. Should I get a short scale?
You should get all the basses.

8. What bass sounds the most like an upright?
An upright.

9. What's my bass worth?
YOU HAVE TO BE A SUPPORTING MEMBER TO ASK THAT (NO YOU DON'T) YES YOU DO etc

10. What kind of bass is this? (grainy Youtube video of a concert from 1973 with a .5 second shot of the bass, partly obscured)
It's definitely a ______; ______ was known to play those from January of 1973 to March of 1973, so that concert is probably from that time frame and you can tell from the headstock it's a.....

11. (Any question that's been asked previously in the past 10 years)
Have you tried the search function? (SOME OF US LIKE TO REHASH THINGS) (The search function doesn't work) (those threads are 10 years old) (I like carrots) (tort)

12. Which [pickup|strings|pickguard|tonewood] will make my P bass sit in the mix the best?
See question 1.

13. What's the obsession with carrots around here?
There is an answer, but it isn't satisfactory, so don't bother looking.

14. My new bass has a fast neck.
No it doesn't.

15. It plays like butter!
Have you ever actually held a stick of butter in your bare hand?

16. (Any question about the drummer)
Fire the drummer.

17. How do I get the guitarist to play quieter?
Put a sheet of music in front of him.

18. Did you hear about the sax player who locked his keys in the car?
Yeah, he had to break out the window to let the drummer out.

19. How can you tell when it's the drummer at your door?

The knocking speeds up.

20. How can you tell when it's the singer at the door?
can't find the key; doesn't know when to come in

:D

Well done.

I can only take issue with one. I have a few P basses and the run the gamut tone wise. If they are all different flavors of vanilla ice cream my (very aggressive) part P bass with DiMarzio pickup would be vanilla covered in tue blood of my enemies. My MIJ with flats would be vanilla covered in smooth creamy caramel. Both vanilla? I guess...:cool:
 
:D

Well done.

I can only take issue with one. I have a few P basses and the run the gamut tone wise. If they are all different flavors of vanilla ice cream my (very aggressive) part P bass with DiMarzio pickup would be vanilla covered in tue blood of my enemies. My MIJ with flats would be vanilla covered in smooth creamy caramel. Both vanilla? I guess...:cool:
I friggin love vanilla ice cream, because you can put call kinds of chocolate sauce, caramel, sprinkles, whipped cream, mf bananas and fruit and nuts and junk on it, so this is not a dis, I swear
 
I already purchased everything I'm about to ask you about, but I'm looking for validation under the guise of asking for advise. Then I'm going to get all butt hurt because I couldn't be bothered to do a simple search and you won't tell me what I want to hear. Then, because I'm new here and don't know who is who, I'm going to crap all over the guy that designed my amp and several other people in the industry, because they also won't tell me that I did good, before posting some juvenile retort, before completely disappearing from the forum. I sure showed you guys.
 
My MIJ with flats would be vanilla covered in smooth creamy caramel.
Caramel is a terrible tone wood. It’s hard to slap, too. (My thumb keeps sticking to the body, and I have to lick my fingers clean between every song.)