Bass Players, the good guy in the band!

[woodyratm]

Apparently we bass players are a miserable bunch who enjoy arguments!

[iamtheelvy]

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1378382394' post='2199391']
Apparently we bass players are a miserable bunch who enjoy arguments!
[/quote]

Just thinking that I'd joined up to one of 'those' threads again....

[TimR]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1378381919' post='2199378']


Wot, like this you mean?

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[/quote]

Not really. You outlined the classic singer/songwriter stereotype in your earlier post.

[seashell]

Well one thing I know is that I seem to have morphed into the person that always books the rehearsal studio for both bands I'm in, and does all the e-mailing and texting round to see who's available. Which includes phoning one of the guitarists in person as he doesn't have a mobile (yes those people do still exist!). Since I am the newest member in one band I don't know how they managed without me, lol

Also, at an open mic night we went to recently, drummer had been told by the venue he didn't need to bring cymabls. We turned up - drum kit on stage but no sign of cymbals. Drummer actually said to me 'Could you ask that bloke if he's going to get out some cymbals?' To which I replied , 'no - you ask him, you're the drummer!'.

Drummer is a good bloke actually and had organised our appearance at this open mic. I think he'd just got used to me being the one who does the 'face to face' stuff. Not so much cos I'm a bass player, probably cos I'm a bossy cow.

[barkin]

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1378382394' post='2199391']
Apparently we bass players are a miserable bunch who enjoy arguments!
[/quote]

No we're not!

[iamtheelvy]

I'd like to complain about people who hold things up by complaining about people who complain. It's about time something was done about it...

[rodacademy]

Yep easy going bunch right enough!

[Ziphoblat]

A load of bull, to be honest. The theory that different people are attracted to different instruments and bass players tend to be the "nice guys" doesn't hold when you factor in the fact that half of us are ex-guitar players for whom guitar didn't work out. I don't fall into that category myself, although I'm still a tw*t.

Some people are decent folk and some just aren't; some of those who aren't play instruments and some of those who do play the same instruments. That's about where it ends. Some of the nicest people I've known have been drummers and singers, and most of my mates play guitar so I can't knock that much either. All of the bass players I've known outside of multiple-band gigs, bar one, have been raging plebs.

[iamtheelvy]

There are always exceptions to any rule that you care to set up, but stereotypes are there for a reason. I wouldn't say it's always the case, but [i]most [/i]bass players i've known have been easy going, laid back nice guys, [i]most [/i]front men have been rather egotistical, [i]most [/i]guitarists have been showoffs (and also extremely unconfident about their own skill) and [i]most [/i]drummers have been somewhat... ummm, animalistic...?

[woodyratm]

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1378385818' post='2199477']
No we're not!
[/quote]

This could become very panto

[xilddx]

[quote name='iamtheelvy' timestamp='1378386672' post='2199497']
There are always exceptions to any rule that you care to set up, but stereotypes are there for a reason. I wouldn't say it's always the case, but [i]most [/i]bass players i've known have been easy going, laid back nice guys, [i]most [/i]front men have been rather egotistical, [i]most [/i]guitarists have been showoffs (and also extremely unconfident about their own skill) and [i]most [/i]drummers have been somewhat... ummm, animalistic...?
[/quote]

Yeh but isn't that just Portsmouth?

[discreet]

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1378387128' post='2199507']
This could become very panto
[/quote]

Oh no it couldn't. [size=4] [/size]

[iamtheelvy]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1378387271' post='2199511']
Yeh but isn't that just Portsmouth?
[/quote]

Ahhhh.... It all makes sense...

[xilddx]

[quote name='iamtheelvy' timestamp='1378387378' post='2199515']
Ahhhh.... It all makes sense...
[/quote]

[apa]

Is all this a bit like the 'I before E except after C' rule?

A

[lojo]

You should see the parallel topic on trianglechat

[TimR]

Don't get me started on triangulists. Turn up at the last minute, expect full PA support, don't play anything for 40bars and then come in at the wrong place.

And still expect the same money!

[paul_5]

Two words: Scott Thunes...

[ratman]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1378378179' post='2199294']
Just taking the p, as usual. I didn't really expect you to travel from Aberdeen to London to fix mah cludgie!
[/quote]


What in heavens name is a cludgie? Sounds personal and painful to me.

Edited September 5, 2013 by ratman

[Stan_da_man]

The way I see it, whatever band you're in you have to see the funny side. It's unhuman to not want to have a laugh.

[xilddx]

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1378394003' post='2199634']
Two words: Scott Thunes...
[/quote]

Sounds to me like you don't know the full story, or Zappa's opinion of the situation.

[rodacademy]

For info to some folk on here this was tounge in cheek! Lighten up!! Lol

[Steve G]

Limited experience here but the guy who I play with at work during lunch is the guitarist, very modest of his abilities but is really very good. Unfortunately he has the attention span of a goldfish. We'll be playing along on the songs we agreed on and he'll stop. The problem? he didn't learn any further before he got bored or whatever, but can now play a bit of another song..... Since we play on an occasional throughfare at work he also has the habit of breaking into the Deliverance banjo song whenever anyone walks past. f*** me, FOCUS!

Not the glue, but I do have the attention.

[Lozz196]

Nikki Sixx

[JamesBass]

I'm a nice guy but have a VERY short and often pathetically tripped fuse! I can go from a loveable laugh to a rabid killer in the blink of an eye, something that I'm not proud of but has helped in many situations!