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Stuff you hate to hear another Bassist Say

#263
iplaybassguitar said:
not to nitpick, but i dont see why any bass player would look up to another bass player that they say sucks live. if he sucks live, he sucks in the studio and on the album too you know.
if he sounds good on the album, its because either the guitarist played the bass parts too, they hired a studio musician to come in, or the engineer edited the hell out of his part and cut and pasted the non-crappy-as-hell peices together to make some demented conglomerate bassline.
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Not necessarily. When recording you have the chance to keep playing a piece over and over until it's done perfect. Live, you only have one shot. And with the amount he jumps around on stage, his sound is going to suffer.
 
#264
this one comes up quite often and i'm not sure why

random bassist "do you play in a band too?"
me "yeah i try too when the drummer isnt drunk"
random bassist "whats your sound?"
me "were kinda a mix between zztop metallica nad iron maiden whats your sound?"
random bassist "dude we've got our own sound we got bored with ripping other peoples ideas off so we invented our own original one!"
me "are you sure coz i checked your myspace and you sound like blink 182 meets slayer to me!"
 
#265
easyvision said:
Not necessarily. When recording you have the chance to keep playing a piece over and over until it's done perfect. Live, you only have one shot. And with the amount he jumps around on stage, his sound is going to suffer.
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okay you have a valid point, but do you see my general point?
if youre good enough to really play it perfect in the studio, you should be able to play it live.
the studio really brings out every defect in your playing, and live that stuff can be covered up, or go unnoticed.
any famous musician should not suck. if they happen to be lucky enough to BE successful or famous with a serious lack of talent, then they should generally NOT be admired as bass icons.
 
#266
lowendgenerator said:
Wow, is this a regional thing? I live in the 219, and I swear I heard all 3 of these in one week! Yes, I like my 4 string in drop C, yes, I need ALL of those speakers, and yes, I DO like Pete Wentz! (even if he does suck live)
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Ha, maybe it is regional. Seems like the soundmen I've encountered in our area seem to hate anything above library volumes. I don't know, I don't plan on playing any of the bars around here, or anywhere... crappy crowds, worse soundmen... I'll stick with basement shows where the crowd is completely surrounding us when we play. More fun that way.

If you ever come to one of our shows Adam, you're getting your head removed via fierce uppercut for liking Pete Wentz... ;) :p

I kid, I kid...... maybe...:hiding:
 
#270
"Hey can you play guitar for us!" (But bass is more fun :hmm:)
"Do a bass solo!" (I get this a lot, just because I slap)
"Can you play the seinfeld intro?" (No)
"You should get a five string so we can tune down!" (sorry I dont like making indistinguishable noise)
 
#273
Things I hate to hear another bassist say? Hmmm...
I hate it when I dedicate the time to listen to a song by ear. Then, I finally get it down and play it to another bassist and they say, "Sweet! Where did you get the tabs?"
DRIVES ME CRAZY! :mad:
 
#275
I greatly dislike hearing things that lead me to think that bass player has little confidence, or is a snugglemuffin, and an extreme bass geek.

Everything ranging from gear snobbery, to highly idolizing virtuosity, or the extreme polar opposites of either.

It's entirely unflattering to me as a bass player to have anyone associate the bass with any ridiculous ******** like that.

I don't mind if a bass player's rude, curt, or outspoken but if s/he's a tool about playing bass or is unsure of him/herself then it's really not flattering to the ethos of a rhythm section instrumentalist.
 
#280
eedre said:
"Dude can I borrow your cab/head/guitar/entire rig? Mine sucks."
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I hate that to.

..there was this one time however that I was informed before a gig that another bands bassist needed to use my amp, I decided that I was fine with it but I was going to tell the bassist to not mess with my settings and be careful with my speakers....anyway at the venue I started hauling my gear in and suddenly this extremely hot girl walked up to me and started talking talking to me, I didn't know what she was saying but then I relised that she was the bassist who needed my gear, I just said 'yes of course!' I was too surprised to say anything else at that moment.


Another time I was at a bass shop trying out amps and cabs when I queried the guy that worked there about the inpedance of a certain cab, he didn't know what I was talking about so I was trying to explain about inpedances and ohms, his reply was; "Ohms??"
 

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