bremen Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1318515936' post='1403187'] After spotting that i just had to check if its real, and it actually is!!!! Liam [/quote] haha, so did I. We probably just crashed their server as our curiosity killed their cat-5. Quote
Mykesbass Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1318498870' post='1402812'] There's actually a difference between slides and bottlenecks. Bottlenecks are hollow - they were originally make from bottles, while slides are solid like this one: [/quote] Now I had been thinking of making the same post, but according to the Dunlop catalogue, these are now called Tone Bars. Did somewhere back in the past the term slide guitar used to be reserved for steel guitar? Quote
Geddys nose Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Tuning up my Status and this guy walks over and says ' So you can't afford a Fender then' 'No mate,I'm still saving for one' mutters fack off under my breath! Quote
LiamPodmore Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1318516950' post='1403205'] Tuning up my Status and this guy walks over and says ' So you can't afford a Fender then' 'No mate,I'm still saving for one' mutters fack off under my breath! [/quote] Should've just gone "Well i had one, but it was a pile of sh*t so i sent it back to noteveryonehasafender.com and bought a Squier instead" Liam Quote
bremen Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1318516950' post='1403205'] Tuning up my Status and this guy walks over and says ' So you can't afford a Fender then' 'No mate,I'm still saving for one' mutters fack off under my breath! [/quote] Tuning up my Precision and the promoter walks up and says -What the bloody hell do you think you're doing? -um, tuning my bass? -I booked you three months ago and you're only tuning up NOW? (a true story that happened to someone else, maybe it was you) Quote
JetKing Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='Nyl' timestamp='1318511550' post='1403119'] girlfriend saying..but you have enough basses now [/quote] My girlfriend says 'why do you need another pedal? You only have two feet!' Quote
Adrenochrome Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Well none if that causes me to 'hate' but one thing that causes mild annoyance when setting up: "Do you really need all that gear?" ...no, we don't really need it. We transport it all at great cost (instead of sharing one vehicle) just for the hell of it. And then we drag it in through these narrow doorways, scraping the skin from our knuckles, having to force our way past ignorant chain-smokers who won't move from the entrance halls of these dives because we've nowt better to do... Quote
chardbass Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Midi disc. People that write "segway" on set lists. The expression "pitchy"- as in "your vocal was a bit pitchy"- used on TV shows like American Idol etc by people who can't tell flat from sharp. (As a rule of thumb, flat make you squeeze your bum cheeks together whereas sharp makes you want to claw your eyes out and stick knitting needles into your ears) Quote
mrdreadful Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1318517891' post='1403225'] People that write "segway" on set lists. [/quote] You mean Peter Gabriel? Quote
RhysP Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1318516950' post='1403205'] Tuning up my Status and this guy walks over and says ' So you can't afford a Fender then' 'No mate,I'm still saving for one' mutters fack off under my breath! [/quote] I had somebody say that to me about my Jaydee when I first got it. Quote
kevin_lindsay Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I remember my mate picking up his gorgeous new Sei bass and us driving home to Glasgow. He was so chuffed with it, and when he gotbit home he showed it to his parents who looked at it rather, in a rather bemused manner. His Dad was obviously struggling to find something to say, and then said. "erm, it's got a lovely stem on it!??" hahaha Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='JetKing' timestamp='1318517619' post='1403218'] My girlfriend says 'why do you need another pedal? You only have two feet!'[/quote] Opens her right up for the classic reply 'why do you need any more shoes?'. Unfortunately the only girlfriend that has ever asked that question had not much interest in shoes, having no feet. Quote
Dave Vader Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1318517122' post='1403210'] Should've just gone "Well i had one, but it was a pile of sh*t so i sent it back to noteveryonehasafender.com and bought a Squier instead" Liam [/quote] Oh, that one isn't real (had no idea my brainchat was, quite chuffed now) Quote
bassace Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='JetKing' timestamp='1318517619' post='1403218'] My girlfriend says 'why do you need another pedal? You only have two feet!' [/quote] Wise girlfriend! Quote
Len_derby Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='bremen' timestamp='1318517190' post='1403212'] Tuning up my Precision and the promoter walks up and says -What the bloody hell do you think you're doing? -um, tuning my bass? -I booked you three months ago and you're only tuning up NOW? (a true story that happened to someone else, maybe it was you) [/quote] Nearly as good as 'Bloody hell, wasn't it in tune when you bought it'? Quote
EssentialTension Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1318498870' post='1402812'] There's actually a difference between slides and bottlenecks. Bottlenecks are hollow - they were originally make from bottles, while slides are solid like this one: [/quote] Except I would call that a steel. Quote
LiamPodmore Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1318521567' post='1403291'] Oh, that one isn't real (had no idea my brainchat was, quite chuffed now) [/quote] It should be real, i might register it as some strange bass related site that Fenders arent allowed on. Liam Quote
bertbass Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Have you got enough equipment? 'No actually, I want loads more'. Can you tone it down? 'What make it bassier?' I want you to finish at 12 and I've got a taxi booked for 12-15. 'Hard luck mate, it takes an hour to take the gear down and load the van and it says so in the contract'. Dressing room? You can use the gents. 'We don't do toilets'. What's the name of the band then mate? 'There's a poster behind your head twat'. You've got 2 left handed guitarists! 'Have we, I never noticed'. I could go on. Quote
leschirons Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I know this post was aimed at non musos but I had a guitarist in one band ask me what note I was playing. I replied a "G" he then rolled his eyes upwards and said "Well it's supposed to be a Gm" I was on bass that night. Quote
VTypeV4 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 One that musicians and none muso (but not engineers) types use: 'It sounds a bit tinny' That bugs the hell out of me.. Tinny? What!? Use your words to decrible what you're hearing. Last time i looked, a tin makes no sound at all unless struck and even then.. Stupid term and none descriptive! Quote
janmaat Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1318487576' post='1402684'] To be fair, you'd get some puzzled looks if you asked for a 3-core power lead terminated with a 13-Amp plug at one end and a female 6-amp IEC 1 plug at the other... And the guy behind the bar would reach across and grab the greasy, white, coiled flex with a 10-Amp IEC 1 plug that supplies power to their... kettle. I call them power leads, myself. [/quote] Why not just call them Kaltgerätekupplung nach Norm IEC 60320 C13 ... well that's certainly not musicians calling them like that... Quote
Kelso Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='3rdUncle' timestamp='1318493060' post='1402737'] ...meanwhile on some woman's forum (maybe a fashion or cookery one ) your ex is posting something like [/quote] . . . Sad but true Quote
Big_Stu Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1318521277' post='1403289'] the only girlfriend that has ever asked that question had not much interest in shoes, having no feet. [/quote] An ex-girffriends sister was getting on my nerves over something once, so I asked her "If you had no feet would you wear shoes"? "Of course not" she said, "So why do you wear a bra"? She didn't speak to me for quite some time Quote
amnesia Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1318550438' post='1403757'] One that musicians and none muso (but not engineers) types use: 'It sounds a bit tinny' That bugs the hell out of me.. Tinny? What!? Use your words to decrible what you're hearing. Last time i looked, a tin makes no sound at all unless struck and even then.. Stupid term and none descriptive! [/quote] Tinny - a term that describes a tone or sound with too much top end, and not enough weight. Does that help? I almost asked you to pop out to the car the other night to help me work out why my stereo sounds 'boxey' Quote
chrismuzz Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='amnesia' timestamp='1318575681' post='1403822'] Tinny - a term that describes a tone or sound with too much top end, and not enough weight. Does that help? I almost asked you to pop out to the car the other night to help me work out why my stereo sounds 'boxey' [/quote] A tinny is also a fairly well disliked name for a can of cheap lager What about if somebody says you sound 'meaty'?? Quote
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