What if your Mom was better than Jaco?...

[Claymore]

Ok, hear me out. You can still contribute if your Mom has long since passed away. Mine has. But let's rewind to back when they were with us and for those of you who still have a living, breathing Momma, be thankful for what you have.
But let's just say that one day, shortly after you started playing bass, your Mom decided to pick it up... and she just killed it. I mean within a matter of weeks, she was beyond anything that your young bass-playing mind could hope to comprehend.
Angels cried for joy in heaven as she executed ridiculously complex rhythmic passages and laid down funk so nasty, it would make Bootsy blush. So, you've got a few different ways you could react...
A) Decide that your Mom's interest in your chosen hobby has instantly made it uncool. "C'mon, Mom... This is my thing! Why couldn't you take up knitting or something?" and possibly give it up or
B) Just come to terms with the fact that the person who brought you into this world also happens to be a bass demigod who you will likely always be in the shadow of.
I know, I know... Asking the hard questions going into the weekend. But it was either this or another "what's the best bass for metal" thread so have at it.
If there's another way you could see yourself reacting, feel free to add.

 

[Claymore]

Your Mom would want you to comment.

 

[dougjwray]

I would angrily confront her to ask why our family isn't richer.

 

[two fingers]

I started playing bass as a teenager. Spanish, of course, I would have been pissed. "It's not fair!!!!" You know that incredibly stupid thing we all do until our late 20s by claiming everything is "not fair".

 

[telecopy]

I would play her rig when she was out playing golf. I would be unable to set her pedal knobs back where I found them. I would get grounded for my efforts.

 

[JRA]

i would manage her career. i'd have a salsa band on the side.

 

[flannel cat]

''show me mom''..Please.

 

[Killing Floor]

Better at what, exactly?

I mean, OK, yeah...I'll play.

My mom can follow instructions - W
My mom learned piano and she plays the same song exactly the same way each time - W
My mom can take a joke without diving into a bender under a stranger's single wide - W
My mom makes me merengue cookies - W
My mom doesn't play bass guitar - L

Let me tally the scores. Mom wins 4-1!!!

 

[Claymore]

My Mom didn't play bass but she did help me buy 2 amps so that was pretty kewl.

 

[Smith357]

My mom is better than Jaco.

 

[Camaro69]

Well, than I guess I would’ve taken up knitting

 

[Renaissance]

We would be saying "Your mom only needed four strings".

 

[two fingers]

We would be saying "Your mom only needed four strings".

Well played.

 

[Renaissance]

Well played.

Thank you! I'll be here all week.

 

[LBS-bass]

I would have stuck with the piano, let mom play bass, and we would harmonize together. My mom also had an amazingly good ear for harmony.

 

[ardgedee]

Does Carol Kaye have children?

 

[Lesfunk]

I’d take lessons from her

free

 

[Sean150]

C) find a new hobby; not because it has become uncool but because I would set such high expectations for what I should be achieving that I could not make it through the beginner stages.

This is fact btw, my Mom is an accomplished artist and whenever I try to paint I start comparing my stuff to her work and end up disappointed. Not that I would trade it for the world; she is the only person who understands how I think and inspires me to push myself as an artist.

 

[2112]

If my mom was better than Jaco, she'd be half as good as me. And I'd be alright with that.

 

[JMacBass65]

I'd steal her bass while she was sleeping on a park bench.