Stuff you hate to hear another Bassist Say

[5StringBlues]

This thread made me remember an incident from about 10 years ago.

One of the local(Houston)original music venues was celebrating its anniversery of the bars opening and had 7-10 bands playing that evening.A couple of bassist were checking out each others high end custom basses. I was tuning up my Jazz bass when I heard one of them start trashing Fender basses and saying how he could never get the tone he liked until he bought his custom bass.

After my band played,the guy he was talking to came to me and told me that he loved the tone of my old Fullerton era Jazz.The guy trashing Fenders proceeded to get on stage with his band and played "Cant get next to you" by Al Green,"Mustang Sally" and a bunch of blues and RnB covers.Most of which were recorded on,you guessed it,Fender basses.Funniest thing was,his tone was almost exactly like a Jazz bass.......

This post is not to trash high end basses.I would love to own a Ken Smith,Alembic,Fodera,Sadowsky,USA Lakland,and many others.But since I've never had the money for these,I've stuck with what I can afford.

I will have a Smith one day tho.When my wife lets me...
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[BananaKing]

True.

I like custom basses, but sometimes, you need that tone that only a jazz-style bass can provide.

There are a lot of good builders out there that make great Jazz-style basses, but, IMO, the best P-bass is still made by Fender.

 

[shadowmac]

I can't believe I read this WHOLE thread.

It's only funny 'cuz it's true.

Okay here's my favorite line from a fellow bass player (and a fellow TB-er) that I know...

Elitist Bassist: "If it doesn't have at least 6 strings, it's not cool"
(I play 4's and 5's) Then I caught him checking out a five string Modulus several years later her on TB...his response:
Narcissistic Bassist: "Dude, anything I play is cool".

 

[Sharp Objects]

"Epiphone is for wannabe's that can't afford a Gibson, and they sound nothing alike."

I don't think the difference in sound between a Gibby Bird and an Epi Bird is worth $600-$800 dollars.

There was this kid, back in my senior year, wore this really baggy "goth" pants heavy with chains and whatnot. Had a goatee and wore his hat slightly off to the side. I'm sitting there in the corner of the music room practicing scales and learning the fretboard, and he comes up to me with his ibanez and starts wanking the crap out of it, nothing but slapping. I swear this kid drove me insane, he couldn't do anything else. Always trying to show me up when I'm trying to learn. I like slap when done right, and when you do it the funk of it, not for showing off like a wanking D-bag at GC.

He didn't have to SAY anything, he'd just slap his response. Thank god I forgot his name.

 

[Jimmy Bones]

I hate when people tell me my gear is too old.

I use a well worn, well used, well gigged with, and well beaten to **** stack with a Peavey Mk IV head... which was built in like 1987.

Bought it and three cabs, a wah, a big muff, and a couple other things from one guy off CL for $400. For my budget, my stuff is fine.

 

[Steve!]

"I Just got a Warwick"

"Bass Is Easy"

"I Got The Same Cabinet Cheaper"

"Blah Blah Blah Blah Ampeg Blah Blah Blah"

 

[funkybass4ever]

when music becomes a competition take out the standard notation- 75% of the bass players will go down

 

[lousybassplayer]

How do I get so and so's sound
That drives me nuts. Why?

 

[El Beardo]

When a brand new player says "I just wanna learn how to slap pop."

 

[MrLenny1]

I just bought a new Fodera!!!
Well, I just bought a used Fender.

 

[unclekebm]

"why do you play a Fender P when there's so many better basses out there"

that one sleighed me...

 

[Fretless1!]

Does anybody have the tab to Judas Priest's "You Got Another Thing Coming"?

Gaaaaah! Figure it out!

 

[DanRJBrasil]

when yo share the back line with some other band and a previous bass player tells you " I think I blew the amp"

 

[DanRJBrasil]

hwhen I show up with mine smith custom and other bassist or tech says what bass is that? and with that "tone" says, is not a fender or a music man right ?

 

[ghiadub]

you need to.....

 

[Krause]

Playing a gig and the bass player of the opening band asks
"Hey man can I use your rig tonight, we use the same amp and I didn't feel like bring mine and we go on in 10 minutes." So I let him and he f%$k's around with my amp and doesn't put it back the way it was. So i have to fiddle around with it before we go on and they played 15 minutes past there set time. ASS

Lazy ass bass players here in Winnipeg.

 

[bhass]

"
Real bassists use fingers
Turn down the mids
Get a [BRAND HERE]
Bass is easier
Do you have tabs for [SONG]
"

 

[bassman03]

Neither of these people play bass but they're both pretty knowledged in music, but today i got some music that i'm needing to learn. Guy 1 asks me, "You playing guitar or bass?" (i play both.) I respond, "Bass." Guy 1 replies, "Oh, so you're playing like two friggin notes?" Guy 2 decided to chime in, "pfft, yeah, i could play bass. (puts up hands like he's playing a 22" scale bass) Dumb, bum, be bum."

Guy 1 i punched in the stomach, guy two left before i could do anything

 

[Gus Borden]

Lots of people say lots of stupid $#!t, but here's my favorite (and not just one time!):

Playing a gig, and between sets some guy who I've never met has the nerve to ask me: "Hey man, what kind of bass is that? VERY cool... (stares blankly at my 'Wick) can I get up and play a song? Umm - I play bass"

I think to myself: "Yea, and if you played dumb@$$, you wouldn't be looking at my bass like it was the friggin' space shuttle. And you wouldn't even think of asking a total stranger to play his girl. Or you must be a mental midget with no flippin' brain who happens to be an *insert a variety of expletives here*!!!" At that point I decide that I will take the high road and I simply say "No thanks, man." as I attempt to walk away with out incident.

Of course, said purveyor of douchebaggery follows up with something like: "What's your problem bro?!"

To which I reply: "I'm not your 'bro' - I'm a bassist"

That space shuttle just launched.

 

[Gus Borden]

This thread makes me wonder -- If all of us bassists are raggin' on all of these others -- what are they sayin' about us? And where are they sayin' it? LOL!!