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

[distortedbass93]

When you get home from a 2-hour jazz band rehearsel, and still play for another 2 hours.

 

[scorch]

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?

+1000

 

[IconBasser]

When you get home from a 2-hour jazz band rehearsel, and still play for another 2 hours.

nah, that's perfectly normal. It's obsessive when you play for another 4 hours.

 

[FromBeyond]

opera, 3 tabs
talkbass
dutch equivalent of talkbass
fender.com

Dutch talkbass?
Do tell.
Not gitaarnet.com right? That place is the least active forum i've ever seen..

Oh, eh, and on the subject of being obsessed, yes. I do think about getting my first decent bass more then getting my first car.

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

When you get home from a 2-hour jazz band rehearsel, and still play for another 2 hours.

Reminds me of when I did a double round of church band.

9am-12.30pm- normal slot.
1pm-4pm- I stayed behind to noodle about on my bass, ended up spending all afternoon there.
4.30-8pm- student service. I was on bass again.
9pm-midnight: went home, played some more bass. Fell asleep on amp.

 

[CamiloDíaz]

When you hum bassline lullabies to your baby daughter, but don't realize you're doing it until your wife yells "JUST SING HER A F***ING SONG FOR ONCE! "

Absolutely priceless. Me has a daughter too... and I do the bass humming thing...

 

[DeluxeRed]

When you can't dance without 10 lbs hanging around your neck.

 

[beyondhairy]

dunno if this counts buuut.....

when you're on stage and a random guy runs up to you during set up and goes "RICKENBACKER!!! \m/ >_< \m/

lol

 

[artdrtr]

Where's that from?

From both James Jamerson, and Ron Jeremy...

 

[funk generator]

After buying a new bass you drive home going 35 MPH and scream at all the other cars to keep clear.

lol last night i drove home going 50 (in a 30 zone) with a cop behind me cause my new joe osborn was coming in! fortunately i turned into my neighbor hood before he got angry

 

[CTbass613]

in regards to the posts about identify bass rigs on TV...hear we go....

You get angry when on TV or music vidoes the camerman never captures a full glimpse of the rig and bass...and if they happen to catch a corner of it you find yourself tilting your head to try to see it...you know like a dog does when you make a funny sound...

 

[bass player 48]

Your proud when you get blisters

You get blister? Noob.

I'm gonna say: When you're proud that you cannot get blister on your finger tips.

Also - when you're registered at Talkbass and regularily post and post - you'e obsessed with bass!

 

[JoZac21]

I'm not sure if anyone's posted is yet, but...

You search the word "bass" on porn sites.

 

[beyondhairy]

I'm not sure if anyone's posted is yet, but...

You search the word "bass" on porn sites.

shamefully, i did that once lol

 

[JoZac21]

shamefully, i did that once lol

There was a girl I went to college w. that was a member of a well known soft-core porn site... used to take the same train as her all the time. Anyway, she did a bunch of photos posing w. a bass... hottest thing EVER!!!

 

[lobey]

When foreplay with your wife/GF includes your rig and low B string.

Ever seen Howard Stern's Private Parts?

 

[funk generator]

When you take your black berry to the bathroom so you can stay on talkbass

 

[Tommygunn]

Your proud when you get blisters
You've dumped your life savings into bass
You 16, listen to Motown, and like it
You've named all your basses

Here

You think about bass stuff during...ummm....times when you're not supposed to be thinking about basses!

Durring school?... Me!

when one of your coworkers gets in trouble for looking at porn on a company computer, you get a stern talking to for getting caught looking at the "Rigs of Doom" threads

Here too! LOL JK I don't work!




Or when you go to a private high school open house (this happened to me the other day) and while the dude is talking you keep looking at the flamed maple on the podium and thinking "man this would look good as a top on my bass, but it's on a podium... what a shame!"

No joke that was my first thought.

 

[Tommygunn]

When you have over 2k posts on TB!! HAHAHA

 

[Sendaii]

When you can perfectly recall the bassline to any given song, make and model of bass, tone and all.

When you pay for a gig ticket and spend the whole night staring at the bassist and nothing else.

When you are more worried about getting your bass stolen than your car stolen.

When you are typing a message on TalkBass and you instinctively glance back to check on your bass every five seconds just to make sure that it is still there.

Guilty as sin of all the above, the last one especially.