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Things bassist hate.

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yaboiimizz said:
Cost of strings
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Yep!

TwoColorsKiller said:
we have to pay $20+ for a new set.
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For me, make that about $40. Me and Rotosounds, it's a love / hate relationship...

EdHunter said:
Snakes. I hate snakes.
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Oh, you mean club owners / managers!

Distant Cousin said:
People saying "this/that/the other gives you better tone" as if it's fact and not down to preference.
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Yep, and people like Billy Sheenan who think their way is the best way for everybody (I'll adjust my strap the way I like, thank you very much!)
(Note to Sheenan fans: Yes I know he is an awesome player and could beat me up with his pinky, but not everybody wants to be Billy or have their bass strapped across their chest!)

Plays_For_Dog said:
arrogant guitarists
airheaded drummers
drama queen singers

Oh!, and the overly drunk dude at gigs that trys to steal the show by tormenting the band. F that guy!
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AMEN!

and one of my own:

Freezing cold or blazing hot practice locations!

hip63 :p
 
#43
I used to get a little irate when somebody called me a guitar player. "Oh, you play BASS guitar? What's the
difference?" :spit:

Now I'm so old that I don't give a sh*t anymore. :hmm:
 
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The term "guitard". :scowl:

Sorry, but I started out playing guitar 30 years ago, 16 years before taking up the bass. Although I now consider myself a bass player first I still enjoy playing the guitar. I sure there are many others here who started on guitar then went to bass.

I also hate gear snobs!
 
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gjbassist said:
The term "guitard". :scowl:

Sorry, but I started out playing guitar 30 years ago, 16 years before taking up the bass. Although I now consider myself a bass player first I still enjoy playing the guitar. I sure there are many others here who started on guitar then went to bass.

I also hate gear snobs!
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+1 While I actually had access to a bass first I ended up learning to play guitar first, then bass. Doesn't seem like guitard is really used this way around here, but IMO there are both guitarists and guitards... I would also argue that there are drumtards, singtards, and yes, basstards.
 
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Broken gear of any kind.

Crappy customer service trying to get my broken gear fixed.

Tripping over cords.

Super-heavy amps.

Lack of bass gear in music stores.

The "second-class" treatment that the bass instrument and bass players commonly get from everyone else.

Gear snobs and elitists within the bass community.

And most of all...

"You only play bass because you can't play guitar." :mad:
 
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LowBC said:
The sound guy will be your friend as soon as you understand that what you hear onstage has nothing to do with how it sounds 'in the room' and relinquish control of that to him/her.
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Amen to that.

I was going to say no sound guy, which usually means the bass player is running sound from the stage. Makes for a long night.
 
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SaucyJackBass said:
Amen to that.

I was going to say no sound guy, which usually means the bass player is running sound from the stage. Makes for a long night.
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A lot of shows we play only have vocals, snare, and bass drum mic'd & the guitar player and I are on our own. It helps if you get a good mix at practice & keep the settings pretty much the same... Maybe turn up a tiny bit.

I agree that a good sound guy can be awesome, but I also dislike when they insist I DI. So much tone comes from the cab.
 
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jpeaslee said:
+1 While I actually had access to a bass first I ended up learning to play guitar first, then bass. Doesn't seem like guitard is really used this way around here, but IMO there are both guitarists and guitards... I would also argue that there are drumtards, singtards, and yes, basstards.
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I actually play guitar in a band, im not saying every guitarist is just some of them derserve the term.

Also in my main band tho i think i have the best guitarist he actaully ask me if i wont too solo in a song and lets me be heard! And actualy one night after a gig he said, "you weren't loud enough tonight, you definetly should be louder"
 
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Original bands (deathmetal) that want to recruit me, but when I try to learn their riffs, WILL NOT SLOW DOWN AT ALL so I can hear how they're played. Also they never extend the riff long enough for me to get it - they always go into the whole song as if they're at a talent contest rather than auditioning a bassist.

Asking the guitarist what key he's in just to get a blank look.
 
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