"Can you get more highs out of your bass?" when playing my Fender P with La Bella flats. No dude, it's supposed to sound like that.
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What questions do you wish people would stop asking?
- Thread starter droo46
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I'd be pleased to get this question. It means someone is paying attention.
Not long after I moved to Australia (to a smallish town) I guy I was working with asked me where in the UK I was from. I replied London and he said, "oh, I had a friend went there on a working holiday, did you ever meet a guy called (name I've forgotten here) who came from Hobart?" At the time the greater London area included a population of around twelve million people.
When people on TB ask the forum to choose what bass they should get or what color bass they should get. Why am I picking out your bass?
"sir, do you know how fast you were going?"............yes i do %$&^!
fatcrabb
Mellow down easy if you really wanna blow your top
I have one, which personally offended me, "Do you think you'll know when it's time to stop playing?". This was asked by 2 distant family members. My answer was (and is) "God, I hope not". I've been happily performing for 48 years. As long as I can do it and the audience likes it....I'll still be here representing the "low end".
skyline_01
Endorsing artist: Nordstrand Audio, Tsunami Cables
"Can my friend come up and sing a song with you guys? He/she is really good!"
It hasn't happened in several years, but I can still feel the cringe just thinking about it. I can count on one hand how many times their friend has actually had a shred of talent.
It hasn't happened in several years, but I can still feel the cringe just thinking about it. I can count on one hand how many times their friend has actually had a shred of talent.
"Why are you looking for a new job?"
"How fast have you gone on it?" (motorcycle)
"Is [mature current technology that has been the industry standard for a decade] really as good as [obsolete 1960s technology] ?"
"How fast have you gone on it?" (motorcycle)
"Is [mature current technology that has been the industry standard for a decade] really as good as [obsolete 1960s technology] ?"
Gig is finished, gear is being packed and inevitably some drunk person comes to the stage and says "Hey are you guys finished? C'mon one more song!"
That, plus this:
Last year I started a thread about the forum case of this, not restricted to beginning bassists either. Backlash was swift and harsh. Before the mods not only warned me about it, but deleted my thread (actually laughably citing as offensive their own homographic misreading of a word in my thread title), I was reviled by a number of forum members.
The moral of the story? TalkBass is but a microcosm of humankind: fundamentally committed to and fiercely protective of its mediocrity, lack of awareness, and trifling, time wasting chit-chat. I'm talking 'and proud of it'.
That's what questions.
One night back in the '80's we dedicated BAD MOTOR SCOOTER to a bunch of bikers who were in the audience. After the set one of them came up and thanked us and pointed out his old lady and "offered" her to us.
How do you answer that question? The wrong answer could land you in the hospital. Lucky for me my girlfriend was there and I had a reasonable excuse. Then I got the hell outta there.
How do you answer that question? The wrong answer could land you in the hospital. Lucky for me my girlfriend was there and I had a reasonable excuse. Then I got the hell outta there.
Right???? It’s insulting to The Beatles to even ask!!
"Yes, I stop playing when we reach the end of the song."
I met two girls miles 800 miles away from their University (at which my brother also worked). Ends up he was their teacher. I
Met a girl visiting my city from 500 miles away. She ended up being housemates with my cousin.
It does happen.
Years ago my main bass was a Steinberger L2, The question was always,. "Hey, What happened to the rest of your bass?.." It ceased being funny after the 1st 500 times.
In the early 1980's I served in the USAF based in N. Ca. I played a series of gigs one Holiday season with a fun pickup band made up of more folks from the base. The lead singer was a super friendly big fellow who was also a fine singer.
Over 20 years later I'm at the Gloucester, Mass 4th of July parade, The Shriners in their little cars signaled the end of the event & as I turned around to exit I notice the fellow standing behind me is the singer from that band,
It was one of those surreal speechless moments when we both realized who each other were!..
"Isn't Cliff Burton the greatest bass player that ever lived?"
Yes, I've heard this exact question more than once from more than one person and any answer other than "yes he was" will result in butthurt and insults.
This question is often accompanied with "Do you know where I can buy some weed?"
Yes, I've heard this exact question more than once from more than one person and any answer other than "yes he was" will result in butthurt and insults.
This question is often accompanied with "Do you know where I can buy some weed?"
