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You know you´re obsessed with bass when...

#543
when you get withdrawels when you haven't played in a while...
when you are at the club and you constantly playing air bass (while others look at you like you lost your mind)
you grab a rubber band and start thumping on it along with a song cause your bass isn't near
and when you start getting bass guitar and bass clef tattoos all over your body
 
#544
Liist said:
When you're a teen, and you own ****** equipment, and thinking everyday of upgrading but can't because you can't get a job.

You're thinking more of your first decent bass than your first car

Having GAS when all you have is a cheap-ass Ibanez

I'm so damn guilty

Can someone help me out?
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i have the same problem!!!
cheap ibanez, just started driving, got no money, and a serious case of GAS.

oooh, heres one

when your friend pulls your finger, you scream SADOWSKY!!!
 
#545
Whenever I think about cuddling with my... well I wouldn't say girlfriend, but an extremely close female friend of mine... in bed, I always imagine I have my right arm around her back and my left hand up on the side of her neck. I never realized there was an outside connection to that pose, but now... :hiding:
 
#547
DosiYanarchy said:
... you listen to awful bands, just because they have a good bass player.

...a band you're seeing has a hot female bass player, but you're not interrested coz she's only playing root notes

...you refer to your friend Jack as Jaco even tho he doesnt know why

...your pedal board is bigger than your guitarist('s)

...slappin and poppin doesnt make you cringe.

...you wonder if the wood workshop of Warwick University (in England) will make you a bass, just so you can have something you can call a Warwick

...you can tell when a guitarist is playing bass

...your solos ARE the rhythm

...you think there's not enough bass in Drum 'n' Bass

...just one of your basses cost more than your car (two of mine individually do, i have a crap car)

...foods good, but strings will last longer

...you scribble JAMES on a bottle of Jamerson whiskey

...Rush dont sound cheesy (btw: i LOVE Rush, but it has to be said)

...the Weather Report has nothing to do with rain

...a sovtek 12AX7 actually means something to you

...when a non-musical friend asks you about a band, you tell them about the bass player's rig and gear.
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^these are the best. I love the one in bold.
 
#551
Teddy Flicker said:
i havn't read the whole forum, so don't know if these have been posted yet :P

-when you bring your bass into the toilet while doing a C***
-when you go through your mp3 player and realise that a good majority of your bands have awesome bass riffs
-when you can't look at your bass without picking it up and slapping the thing
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Hahaha Guilty as charged ,really whats the point of the song if the bassline sucks :p (j/k)
 
#552
Not sure if this ones been done but...

When you've run out of room and rather than get rid of equipment you start using it as furniture. BTW.....never ever put breakables on top of a bass rig :ninja:

When the only cleared off flat space for the cat to sleep is the top of your practice amp. See above for why it's the only cleared off space.

When you'd rather practice than clean the house. Oh wait that doesn't take an obsession.....

When you pick up your bass the dog and cat either a) go lay down and go to sleep or b) immediatly get together and start doing everything they aren't supposed to. Why? Because they know that you aren't going to be paying attention to them for a loooooooon time :).

When you've made fun of someone for having 20 basses and then realize that you have 6 yourself.....:ninja: and only regularly play one.....my teacher *told* me this would happen arggggg

When you load a song onto your ipod to show one of your bandmates or music appreciating friends......"Listen to this one! It's cool!". They then start giving you funny looks and backing away slowly....... only then do you realize the only "cool" part about the song is the bass line and the rest sucketh. *true story*:bassist:

When you have a running bet going with a musical loving friend that they can't name 25 female bass players.... he's up to 13. (don't ask me for the list...I'm not good at names). Rule is they must've played in a band that did somewhat decent.
 
#555
when at a parent/teacher highschool interview, an obviously unimpressed maths teacher flips through your workbook only to find bass guitar/bass clef doodles on every single page.:eyebrow:

when your guitard friends notice "tasty bass lines" because of your direct influence on them.:hyper:

whenever a 'G-string' is mentioned in conversation the subject is immediately changed from "that chick bending over" to "on my bass...":rolleyes:

when you take offense when people say pete wentz is the "best bass player ever!":rollno::rollno::rollno:

every text message you send now requires some sort of smiley at the end:hiding:
 
#556
I remembered reading about the bass shop that was a fishing store; similar thing happened to me yesterday.
I'm on vacation with my folks, and my mom stops at a store. Store's name is Bass. I ask what she's going in there for(thinking it's a store for bass gear, equipment, and bass guitar) and she says a gift card for my grandmother. I start puzzling over why my grandmother is getting a giftcard for a store that sells bass gear.
I walk into the store. It's a SHOE store. I felt quite stupid. Especially since I could have looked in the shopfront to see that.
 

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