The Top Ten Things I Learned From Talkbass

[SteveC]

We are a small percentage of all the bass players in the world. Even though we worship the brands we use, it's really a TB thing as most players have never heard of many of the "popular" brands we couldn't live without. Like may forums, we are a select few, sometimes the elite of the forum, sometimes not so much, but still a small percentage of the overall out there.

It's the same with the Mustang forum I frequent. Everyone there has every mod to their Mustang. They all know their 1/4 mile and 0-60 times. They have custom tunes, cod air intakes, etc., etc. Sound familiar?

 

[Nev375]

Cheese, butter, both dairy products. If you can cut cheese but not butter, it means you knife handle is not tort. A true zen master would know that.

I understand now! This is why cows are sacred and they never cut the cow! Without dairy products, Zen masters would not have anything to slice or tools to slice with!

 

[bassfacer22]

Hey what!? Today I learned on Talkbass that somebody else has my bass.. But mine was Custom!?

And my bass!

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[HamOnTheCob]

The biggest thing I've learned here is that TalkBass could reasonably be renamed to TalkFads.

 

[zontar]

We are a small percentage of all the bass players in the world. Even though we worship the brands we use, it's really a TB thing as most players have never heard of many of the "popular" brands we couldn't live without. Like may forums, we are a select few, sometimes the elite of the forum, sometimes not so much, but still a small percentage of the overall out there.

It's the same with the Mustang forum I frequent. Everyone there has every mod to their Mustang. They all know their 1/4 mile and 0-60 times. They have custom tunes, cod air intakes, etc., etc. Sound familiar?

There's a Mustang guitar forum out there where if you don't bow before Kurt Cobain, you are nothing--even if he had nothing to do with why you play a Mustang--as if nobody ever played them before Nirvana existed.

Fortunately they are a tiny minority of Mustang players...

 

[Bassammich]

I looked up Fender Mustang and all I found were Mustag fenders

 

[fendermademygibson]

I looked up Fender Mustang and all I found were Mustag fenders

Signed by Curt? Ha.

That would be awesome.

 

[Mikhail1]

The biggest thing I've learned here is that TalkBass could reasonably be renamed to TalkFads.

AMEN!

 

[zontar]

I looked up Fender Mustang and all I found were Mustag fenders

I have that happen all the time.
Same thing With Fender Jaguars & Jaguar fenders.

 

[John Swartz]

1. Geddy Lee is God

2. Lemmy is God

3. Jaco is God

4. Gene Simmons is God - or not...

5. There can be only ONE God

6. You can't be a serious bass player with a combo - or maybe you can...

7. Rickenbackers are the greatest basses - or maybe the worst...

8. No, Ricks are the greatest...

9. Bass players are the definitely the coolest members of any band.

10. We all want BassCliff's gigs...

 

[Stevorebob]

-Onboard preamps (active bases) suck -- but pedal preamps work wonders.
-Everyone's on-stage rig is critically important to their live sound -- even though it's basically just a big, costly monitor.
-Everyone's 410/210 plus 115 mixed-driver set up has the best sound -- but of course, they've never really compared these to a matched-driver rig.
-Everyone's Squier, MIM Fender and SBMM Ray plays and sounds every bit as good, better even, than MIA Fenders and EBMM Sting Rays -- except the Squiers, MIMs and SBMMs I find in stores.

 

[photogdude]

#'s 1-10. What sounds like heaven to your ears, will most likely sound like hell to mine.

 

[John Swartz]

SCOOP YOUR MIDS!!

BOOST YOUR MIDS!!

 

[mellowinman]

Mixing a 4x10 cab with a 1x15 cab will open a rip in the time-space continuum and suck out all your tone, along with your mojo.

You have been warned.

And when all else fails, fire the drummer.

This is absolutely not true. Mixing a 4x10 cab with a 1x15 cab will send you back in time, but only enough to make you land off the beat. This happened to a guy I know.

 

[mapleglo]

This is absolutely not true. Mixing a 4x10 cab with a 1x15 cab will send you back in time, but only enough to make you land off the beat. This happened to a guy I know.

Is that the drummer I used to play with back in the 70's?

 

[mellowinman]

10. A Tort Pickguard is not Made Out of Cake
9. A PJ Bass is not a Bass to be Played at Bedtime
8. There is Much Humor to be Wrought from the Cave of Polyphemus
7. Kids Today are Soft
6. Gigs Pay Less Because Musicians are Less Talented Than They Were in the Days When There Were More Talented Musicians Making More Money - This is Because of #7
5. Now That I am Older I am More Easily Annoyed
4. My Only Remaining Stalker Has no Idea What a Good Deal "They" Got
3. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, and Fender are ALL Over-Rated
2. Star Wars is not a Light Entertainment - it's a Religion

and the Number One Thing I Learned on Talkbass

1. You Don't Wanna Do That!

 

[Matthew_84]

*Trolls don't just live under bridges.

Not necessarily.... You can get Wi-Fi everywhere these days.

 

[Matthew_84]

I know you're joking... But Ghandi was a hardcore racist and a child molester to boot..

Wow... I just learned this!

 

[fretless19]

Can you "cut" through a mix if your bass "plays like buttah"? Butter can't cut anything.

Like hot butter through a knife.

 

[Iroquoisroadwarrior]

I've learned way more than 10 things but the biggest thing that stands out is if all jazz bass's were eliminated from the planet the earth would stop spinning