You Know You're A Bassist When

[JBassist]

[Zoe_BillySheehan]

When you listen to a song.. and you find yourself only hearing the bassline and nothing else

Z
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[beerdragon]

Your the first to set up and first at the bar,

[josh3184]

the pads of your fingers can be used to crush concrete

[Spartacus]

When you stop using a plectrum.

[RhysP]

Other bassists tell you how much better they would have played that song.......

[BigAlonBass]

When you're stood on stage naked, painted blue with yellow polka-dots, hair on fire, slapping the strings with your erect p*nis, and people are STILL watching the flaming Lead Guitard and Singer.

[risingson]

... when you find yourself on a bass forum on a Saturday afternoon arguing about the stupidest of things with people you've never met before.

[MacDaddy]

when you understand why the C string on a 6 string bass is a C, and not a B, as on a guitar.

[lowdown]

When someone finally calls you a musician.

Garry

Edited June 27, 2009 by lowdown

[ahpook]

[quote name='lowdown' post='526115' date='Jun 27 2009, 05:48 PM']When someone finally calls you a musician.

Garry[/quote]

liiike it

[thodrik]

you try and improvise something remotely interesting or challenging, but the drummer doesn't follow you and you end up looking like an idiot.

Can't believe I misspelled 'idiot'...drummers fault no doubt.

Edited June 27, 2009 by thodrik

[Oscar South]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='526086' date='Jun 27 2009, 05:19 PM']when you understand why the C string on a 6 string bass is a C, and not a B, as on a guitar.[/quote]

[quote name='thodrik' post='526123' date='Jun 27 2009, 05:59 PM']you try and improvise something remotely interesting or challenging, but the drummer doesn't follow you and you end up looking like an idoit.[/quote]

both of these made me laugh

[steve-soar]

When you're the only one who knows whereabouts you are in the song, when you keep having to nod to the guitarist to come in.

[iamapirate]

When you nick a thread off talkbass

[steve-soar]

When you play something that isn't a minor pentatonic, then get accused of being a jazzer.

When punters tell you it must be easier to play bass than guitar because it has less strings.

[Clarky]

... having answered what instrument you play in the band, the previously-interested person smiles sweetly and finds an excuse to be elsewhere

[iamapirate]

When you learn to spell 'you're'

Edited June 27, 2009 by iamapirate

[EskimoBassist]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='526086' date='Jun 27 2009, 05:19 PM']when you understand why the C string on a 6 string bass is a C, and not a B, as on a guitar.[/quote]

+1

[ZMech]

I was once told that i stand like a bassist. Still not sure what he meant by that.

[Gwilym]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='526086' date='Jun 27 2009, 05:19 PM']when you understand why the C string on a 6 string bass is a C, and not a B, as on a guitar.[/quote]

Given that a guitar is usually tuned EADGBE, and a 6 string bass usually BEADGC, then the bass C string would be the equivalent of the guitar top E string, and the bass G would be the equivalent of the B on a guitar?!

Back on topic. I would say you know when you are a bassist when you learn to spend more time practicing and playing bass than browsing internet web forums, otherwise it's just pretending

[ahpook]

[quote name='Zach' post='526143' date='Jun 27 2009, 06:15 PM']I was once told that i stand like a bassist. Still not sure what he meant by that.[/quote]

there's a joke in there about sticking to the roots

[risingson]

[quote name='iamapirate' post='526135' date='Jun 27 2009, 06:06 PM']When you learn to spell 'you're' [/quote]

That really is a pet hate of mine

[Rich]

[quote name='BigAlonBass' post='526080' date='Jun 27 2009, 05:08 PM']When you're stood on stage naked, painted blue with yellow polka-dots, hair on fire, slapping the strings with your erect p*nis, and people are STILL watching the flaming Lead Guitard and Singer. [/quote]
:lol:

[size=1]ps. sorry, I just had to amend the thread title... typo was doing my head in [/size]

[escholl]

When you're the only one actually helping the drummer load in and out all his kit, even though you've still got to set up/take down your own -- which of course, no one else is going to help with.