You Know You're A Bassist When

[pegman1]

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='529356' date='Jul 1 2009, 09:28 AM']When you have to explain to the keyboard player what the notes are in a Bbm7[/quote]

Some people have sh*t for brains what can you do?

[AdamWoodBass]

When you find it cripplingly compulsive to fiddle with something shinny and expensive looking which you have no idea what it is or what its for and inevitably end up breaking it!

I have never done this. I am also a compulsive liar!

[Leowasright]

[quote name='Jase' post='528487' date='Jun 30 2009, 11:41 AM']When....Nobody leaves you any room to set your gear up at a gig.[/quote]


Know the feeling. I now have to set up my cabs under the two guitarist's cabs.

Also, when you understand both the drummer and the guitarists, but they do not understand each other!

And finding out the guitarist thinks the band has improved since you joined, but has absolutely no idea why.

[teaser360]

[quote name='steve-soar' post='526133' date='Jun 27 2009, 06:04 PM']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. [/quote]
know exactly what you mean dude

[teaser360]

When the drummer makes a mistake , he always blames it on the bass

[lee4]

When you're happy to play the simplest of lines,because thats all the song requires.

[jwbassman]

you're stood in the bar after the show and the only people who talk to you are members of your family and the barman as you order another pint...

[ashevans09]

[quote name='RhysP' post='526078' date='Jun 27 2009, 05:03 PM']Other bassists tell you how much better they would have played that song.......
[/quote]

Oh my days been there -

Had a gig last Friday, and despite bringing my own stuff we opted to all use the same bass rig as it would be easier for everyone involved.

We had a great set, the crowd was big and everyone was into it for the short 35 minutes we got on stage. I was cutting through the mix well and people were digging it. It was great fun to play and the crowd really got behind us and were singing along and everything. Even got a couple of compliments about my tone as well

10 minutes after we finish I'm standing at the smoking area (friends are smokers) with a drink and some guy overhears a convo we're having re: Jason Newstead's bass tone and he comes into the middle of our convo and goes "...yeah...you sounded like sh*t, turn up the bass, it was too trebley" , and continues on a 10 minute rant about everything that was wrong with the bass tone that evening.

I was using a £3.5K bass through a reasonably good Peavey rig like he could do any better. Tw*t.

Edited July 1, 2009 by ashevans09

[Buzzy]

You know you're a bassist when........you're quite pleased with that little change you made to the bass line of a song you've played a 100 times and still no one in the band noticed it.....

[iamapirate]

When you suggest a chord change to make the root line more melodic, and they agree to change it. But when it comes to the song they don't play it and it sounds like you're playing the wrong note!

[spinynorman]

... when you're so bitter and twisted you think everyone in the band and the audience is against you.

[Bilbo]

When you REALLY get off on making other people sound good.

[Clarky]

... when you get overruled by the guitarist on EVERYTHING but accept it because you are basically a cool, laid-back dude without an ego the size of Neptune

[iamapirate]

[quote name='Clarky' post='535753' date='Jul 8 2009, 03:23 PM']... when you get overruled by the guitarist on EVERYTHING but accept it because you are basically a cool, laid-back dude without an ego the size of Neptune[/quote]
+1... hells to the yeah

[Stan_da_man]

[quote name='ashevans09' post='530139' date='Jul 2 2009, 12:14 AM']I was using a £3.5K bass through a reasonably good Peavey rig like he could do any better. Tw*t.[/quote]
The Fodera was worth it then.

Easy.

[ape]

[quote name='Machines' post='526503' date='Jun 28 2009, 08:27 AM']You walk into a music shop and pretty much straight back out again because they only had 1 bass, and you were still lucky to see that.[/quote]

Now that is far far too true lol.


When your twiddling about with your eq to get the best possible sound to suit the acoustic environment of the room your playing in and the guitarists are only interested in 1 control on their amps and thats the volume.

[Tait]

[quote name='ape' post='535786' date='Jul 8 2009, 03:53 PM']When your twiddling about with your eq to get the best possible sound to suit the acoustic environment of the room your playing in and the guitarists are only interested in 1 control on their amps and thats the volume.[/quote]

and the gain.

[ape]

[quote name='Tait' post='535806' date='Jul 8 2009, 04:21 PM']and the gain.[/quote]

Lol ah good point I forgot about the gain.

[iamapirate]

In most cases yeah, volume and gain. But the problem is that g-tards get their tone at home (with enough bass for them), and then presume that it will be the same at a rehersal, and they dont realise: [b]There is a bass guitar for a reason![/b]

To finish the sentence - you know you're a bassist when you have a 300w ashdown with 2x15" speakers pressed against your ear on full blast with the bass knob up full AND YOU STILL CANT HEAR YOURSELF OVER THE GUITARIST!!

Edited July 8, 2009 by iamapirate

[jakenewmanbass]

8000 people are facing you and moving to your groove

[bythesea]

When you've got a bass?

Well maybe some day

[steve-soar]

When you're getting interviewed by MTV and they ask the band if they want have some "me time" and then talk to the singer.

Edited July 8, 2009 by steve-soar

[guzzibass]

when the gee-bloody-tarist calls you the day after the gig, having watched a playback and says your tone is distorted (I was using a fuzz during 'Starlight') Wot the hell do they know FFS?

[spinynorman]

... when you realise you're too introverted to play lead, too creative to play rhythm and too bright to play drums.

[BigAlonBass]

When, after reading all the Guitard-Hating jibes, and realising you're not the only one with the same problem, you punch him full in the mouth at rehearsals last night.........and HE apologizes.