You know you're a bass player if...

[Matthew Bryson]

You know you're a bass player if you've ever lost your temper and called somebody a "F hole"

 

[invisiman]

Boom.

Better yet, "you met me BECAUSE I was in a band! Now shuddup before I decide to eat at Taco Bell and pull the covers over your head tonight!"

That's a good way not to have a house to live at anymore

 

[PasdaBeer]

... When you vote for John Kerry soley because he is a bass player.

sad thing.....thats why i voted for him

 

[Viper]

uggh.... guilty of the piano players left hand thing in jazz band I'm always gettin after him cause he starts playin somethin and I'm thinkin now wait that's just messin up my part... anyways

you know you're a bassist when you can only recall the first 7 letters of the alphabet.

and when your stupid ford contour isn't big enough to hold your speakers >.<

 

[Matt Till]

You know your a true bass player when on patrol seeking bad boys, the police radio volume goes down and the car radio goes up, so you can fully appreciate Les Claypool doing 'War Pigs' by Ozzie...............Or, when anything by Iron Maiden comes on and you have to stop the car and soak it all in!

When did Les Claypool do 'War Pigs' by Black Sabbath?

 

[Roundwound]

*When you're agitated because you can't find the vinegar while you are boiling your strings

*When you fall asleep for the 5th night in a row looking at that 8x10 Ampeg cab in the latest edition of Musician's Friend

*Upon entering another band's gig, you immediately feel responsible for communicating with the sound guy in case the bass isn't loud enough after the band starts

*You pick up the index cards once every six months and re-dedicate yourself to learning notes in bass cleff

*You get pissed when you hear some idiot only play root notes in a smash top 40 song

*You think of how much your rig can blow away the neighbor kid's subwoofer system in his Toyota

*You clean your roundwounds with an old toothbrush

*You would feel embarassed if another bass player caught you with a Rogue

 

[Chad Michael]

- Your playing always gets compliments from musicians , but rarely (if ever) from non-musicians

 

[Steph Dawe]

*You get pissed when you hear some idiot only play root notes in a smash top 40 song

Hmm. If I used 5ths, would I be not an idiot any more?

I've done that sometimes, just alternate a couple of notes for stuff like Spice Girls songs (hey, I'm still at school, I'll take any gig I can get ) but keep it simple. I don't think the teachers would appreciate me going all "Teen Town" on their arrangements.

 

[Roundwound]

Hmm. If I used 5ths, would I be not an idiot any more?

Not at all. I'm talking about when there's a a popular song on the radio and the recorded bassist hits three or four notes during the whole song (and gets paid big money). I find it annoying! And the rest of us toil to eek out creative lines, mostly for free!

 

[dls59]

You know you're a bass player when any time you injure any finger, you imediately take note of whether or not it will impact your bass playing and to what extent.

No doubt!

 

[Basspolizei]

When did Les Claypool do 'War Pigs' by Black Sabbath?

Local radio here announced last year a set of Ozzie or Sabbath songs including the collaboration of the old recordings with Claypool on bass. They included, if memory serves me, War Pigs, Crazy Train and Sweet Leaf. I still hear them on the radio nightly with the unique Claypool tone and they are much improved.

 

[Matt Till]

Local radio here announced last year a set of Ozzie or Sabbath songs including the collaboration of the old recordings with Claypool on bass. They included, if memory serves me, War Pigs, Crazy Train and Sweet Leaf. I still hear them on the radio nightly with the unique Claypool tone and they are much improved.

Eh, I was being sarcastic.


They are all Black Sabbath songs (no crazy train), Claypool and Ozzy did NIB.

 

[WBurnBass]

You know you're a bassist when.........

-you're the only person you know who's fast-forwarded "Stairway to Heaven" to when JPJ's bass kicks in.......but you've nevertheless arranged his piano parts for bass

-you can't say the words "Mark Hoppus is a creative musician" without breaking into laughter mid sentence.

-you're the only person in you're group of friends who can name a member of either Weather Report or the Flecktones.

-you're the only member of your band who knows the output volume control actually turns anti-clockwise

-you pay way too much for a Victor Wooten recording than you would for any other CD/DVD

-when watching a Joe Satriani/Steve Vai DVD, you're the only one watching Stu Hamm

 

[underhill]

-you pay way too much for a Victor Wooten recording than you would for any other CD/DVD

been there done that. once had a date w/ a guy who had the discography.

 

[Matt Till]

-when watching a Joe Satriani/Steve Vai DVD, you're the only one watching Stu Hamm

This is my been there done that. In the band I'm in the guitarist is like Blah Blah Vai, Blah Blah Satriani... and I"m like, "Who? Oh you mean those guys who play with Stu Hamm."

 

[Freaky Fender]

-you can't say the words "Mark Hoppus is a musician" without breaking into laughter mid sentence.

Fixed it for j00.

 

[RockStar571]

-you payed more for a set of strings last week than you did for your first bass

 

[De Teng]

When.... you're thinking of your new bass that you can't afford when lying naked next to your girl just after havin' sex.

 

[Yaw]

When.... you're thinking of your new bass that you can't afford when lying naked next to your girl just after havin' sex.

Heyyy, whatever happened to "I am the luckiest man on this planet! Just bought a Warwick!!" !?

 

[De Teng]

Small world.... never thought of bumping into you.

(please don't tell others will ya?)