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You know you're a bass player if...
- Thread starter Stingraymund
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..the first thing you save when the flood/tornado/hurricane/fire/whatever strikes your house is your bass!
i get the occasional idiot telling me that bass is crap, but mostly people respect me for doing something different, so its all cool 
...if you see a Queens-Manhattan bus with "QM24" on it and immediately think "What's quilted maple got to do with buses?".
.....When everyone wants you in the band but......
they don't actually want anyone hear what your playing
they don't actually want anyone hear what your playing
I tend to unconciously paractice slap on, well, everything!
Chairs, boxes, wallet, phone, table, DVD cases, bottles... you name it! I've even been known to practice slap on my bass once or twice...
However, you know that your a bass player when,-
even though you don't get much recognition in the band, you don't try you're hardest at every gig to grab some attention.
You think the bass should be louder on everything...
Your after calling your pet Warwick or Jaco or something
You actually listen to older more experianced musicians and try to benefit from what they tell you...
You imagine your own bassline to almost everything. I do that with so many songs on the radio. I'm listening to Jaco now though, I can hardly keep up with my ear, nevermind try to create a better bassline!
You recognise good music when you hear it.
Your glad to help other musicians along the way...
You enjoy just hinking about playing the bass in the window of the music shop or even your own.
As soon as you hear a funky bassline, you run to your bass or memorise it for later...
Can't think of anymore right now...
Chairs, boxes, wallet, phone, table, DVD cases, bottles... you name it! I've even been known to practice slap on my bass once or twice...
However, you know that your a bass player when,-
even though you don't get much recognition in the band, you don't try you're hardest at every gig to grab some attention.
You think the bass should be louder on everything...
Your after calling your pet Warwick or Jaco or something
You actually listen to older more experianced musicians and try to benefit from what they tell you...
You imagine your own bassline to almost everything. I do that with so many songs on the radio. I'm listening to Jaco now though, I can hardly keep up with my ear, nevermind try to create a better bassline!
You recognise good music when you hear it.
Your glad to help other musicians along the way...
You enjoy just hinking about playing the bass in the window of the music shop or even your own.
As soon as you hear a funky bassline, you run to your bass or memorise it for later...
Can't think of anymore right now...
Sorry if someone said this..I only read the first 450 posts.
You Know...when you see the "Yellow Book" phone book logo, and think of right hand finger technique.
..when you pick out lines on a barcode (or anywhere there are multiple parallel lines) in groups of 4.
..when your guilty of 80% of the aforementioned items.
..when you worry if the guys on TB are laughing at you for using a pick (I do it for the sound, I can play fingerstyle).
..when you thought you were the only one who noticed the "SR5"on the back of Toyota Tundras.
..when you can hum and play the Super Mario Bros. bassline and not just the melody.
..got excited when you saw the Best of 80's rock (or something to that effect) album at Target had a Ric on the cover.
..Got sad when there were Ric guitars but not basses at your local shop.
..like E-strings better than G-strings (the feminine underpants).
..when you see a girl with a nice rack, you're looking at a bass head, power conditioner, tuner, and wireless contained in a Road Ready case.
..you can measure 1/4" with your eyes.
..you can measure 5 or more (bass) frets with your index and pinky fingers.
..you have the longest "instrument" in the band.
..your mom finds Bass Player magazines under your mattress instead of that questionable material. (I don't keep BP's there, or anything for that matter)
..you compare the finish on your mom's coffeetable with that of your bass, and imagine how cool it would be if they were the same color.
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You Know...when you see the "Yellow Book" phone book logo, and think of right hand finger technique.
..when you pick out lines on a barcode (or anywhere there are multiple parallel lines) in groups of 4.
..when your guilty of 80% of the aforementioned items.
..when you worry if the guys on TB are laughing at you for using a pick (I do it for the sound, I can play fingerstyle).
..when you thought you were the only one who noticed the "SR5"on the back of Toyota Tundras.
..when you can hum and play the Super Mario Bros. bassline and not just the melody.
..got excited when you saw the Best of 80's rock (or something to that effect) album at Target had a Ric on the cover.
..Got sad when there were Ric guitars but not basses at your local shop.
..like E-strings better than G-strings (the feminine underpants).
..when you see a girl with a nice rack, you're looking at a bass head, power conditioner, tuner, and wireless contained in a Road Ready case.
..you can measure 1/4" with your eyes.
..you can measure 5 or more (bass) frets with your index and pinky fingers.
..you have the longest "instrument" in the band.
..your mom finds Bass Player magazines under your mattress instead of that questionable material. (I don't keep BP's there, or anything for that matter)
..you compare the finish on your mom's coffeetable with that of your bass, and imagine how cool it would be if they were the same color.
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Timbo said:Man was I pissed that the bass didn't get a solo in school of rock...
becouse it was school of 'rock', mabe in the sequal....school of funk, we'll see more bass
When you have "a six string short scale piccolo bass with an alternate tuning", yet you refuse to call it a guitar.
... you date your hairdresser, and breakup, then date your NEW hairdresser, then breakup, then date your NEW-NEW hairdresser, then breakup, and marry your New-NEW-NEW hairdresser.
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