List of bass player infractions - and the fines

Bob-Dubery · 2013-05-12T14:18:57+00:00

http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/rsmkjo/bass2.html EG: Playing loudly during warm up $10 Sound-checking amp with funk slapping $25 Loud cu...

List of bass player infractions - and the fines

Bob-Dubery

http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/rsmkjo/bass2.html

EG:

Playing loudly during warm up $10
Sound-checking amp with funk slapping $25
Loud cursing after mistake $10

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Bringing amp larger than 1 person can carry in 1 trip $50

Jack-Flash-Jr

?

ps sound check slapping is the only time I get to, worth $25.

singemonkey

Jack would soon be broke.

Sakkie

Responding to some idiot in the crowd shouting "Slappa da bjaasss".... By slapping and popping.

Slappa da bjaasss is the equivalent of "FREEBIRD" in the bass world and carries the same penalty.

Keira-WitherKay

talking about humourous bass player moments....... i have a friend and mentor who is a fabulous 77yr old jazz guitarist and played for more than 50 years and he loves to tell the story of his band hiring in a bassist for a gig ...

and they were pretty top drawer as a jazz band( and as you know in jazz bands often you just hire people for the gig ....so often it's different players) and all the usual bassists they hired in would do the jazz bass thing of walking lines non stop and solo's ... as expected

but this guy was simply playing root notes and a few chord tones...... so apparantly my guitarist friend lent over while they were on stage and said... "hey you should be playing more notes "....... to which the bassist replied apparantly with a sarcastic attitude .." you should have paid me more than you did "

singemonkey

Can't argue with that ?

Grant

Keira WitherKay wrote: talking about humourous bass player moments....... i have a friend and mentor who is a fabulous 77yr old jazz guitarist and played for more than 50 years and he loves to tell the story of his band hiring in a bassist for a gig ...

and they were pretty top drawer as a jazz band( and as you know in jazz bands often you just hire people for the gig ....so often it's different players) and all the usual bassists they hired in would do the jazz bass thing of walking lines non stop and solo's ... as expected

but this guy was simply playing root notes and a few chord tones...... so apparantly my guitarist friend lent over while they were on stage and said... "hey you should be playing more notes "....... to which the bassist replied apparantly with a sarcastic attitude .." you should have paid me more than you did "

I've always thought that the bassist from U2 gets payed-per-8th note he plays. I can just imagine whats going through his mind while playing that 4 note bassline for "with or without you": "$100,$200,$300,$400,$500,$600,$700,$800 change chord $900,$1000,$1100,$1200...(minus 50% for tax) $700,$800,$900,$1000 (oh wait, we earn our money offshore) $1600,$1700.....

babbalute

You guy's don like bass players ? ☹

Sakkie

Naah.

Just having a bit of fun. I am a bass player as well !

We can start a separate thread for Guitard jokes ?

Bob-Dubery

babbalute wrote: You guy's don like bass players ? ☹

No. They're lecherous.

In 2007 Mrs X-rated and I go on holiday and some live music is on the itinerary. In Bilston (nr Wolverhampton) I stood through a 2 hour plus show whilst Mrs X-rated and Danny Thompson exchange smiles and winks. He even blew her a kiss at one point. This is a man old enough to be her father.

A few days later we are in Cropredy, Oxfordshire for the Fairport Convention V Cropredy Village cricket match that they always have after the Cropredy festival. We meet up with some friends, go somewhere for lunch, and our hostess says "when we get to the match I must introduce you to Peggy." So I think "Oh the English! Still got all these quaint names like 'Peggy'".

Actually "Peggy" turned out to be Dave Pegg, bass player with Jethro Tull for several years, veteran of more sessions than he can remember. He's a nice enough bloke and we're all getting on famously until it's my turn to buy a round. I go to the bar, place my order, look over my shoulder and what do I see? Dave Pegg planting a kiss on Mrs X-rated.

Lechers and philanderers! All of 'em.

babbalute

Actually "Peggy" turned out to be Dave Pegg, bass player with Jethro Tull for several years, veteran of more sessions than he can remember. He's a nice enough bloke and we're all getting on famously until it's my turn to buy a round. I go to the bar, place my order, look over my shoulder and what do I see? Dave Pegg planting a kiss on Mrs X-rated.

This dude(Dave Peg) had his priorities right. You don mention the reaction of Mr X-rated ? Bass players you can't live without them. lol

Bob-Dubery

She at least has reasonable taste in bassists. Pegg is pretty good, and Danny T is one of the most fabulous players (on any instrument) this side of Alpha Centauri.

babbalute

Sakkie wrote: Naah.

Just having a bit of fun. I am a bass player as well !

We can start a separate thread for Guitard jokes ?

We, bassplayers are far to serious to start a "Guitar player infractions thread. Let these guy's do their guitar tuning, sound and pedals-adjusting. And oh yes play that safe rif over and over again. Goes like....one, two, one two...testing(hear loud chords and very fast rifs here) Comes the time the gig starts in a now full with people they start all over again.

Big-G

I note that there is no infraction on the list for slapping the guitarist or singer with a wet fish? I'd have thought that would have warranted some form of penalty? Then again, perhaps us bass players would be doing the world a service if we slapped the guitarists with a wet fish? A new world order!

On a more serious note though, it really isn't our fault that peoples misususs fall for us, its just the way of the world... Bass reaches the parts other stringed instruments can't reach!

G!

Keira-WitherKay

here's one for the bass players............ a song callled "The day the bass players took over the world"

i 1st heard it sometime in the 90's when bass player magazine released it as a cd in the mag itself......

the full version had a whole bass orchestra playing the horn section ect ect ... it was awesful and was in my mind the best reason why bass should never be the only instrument on the stage.... i thought the bass player magazine had shot themselves and bass as an instrument in the foot by releasing that ......

however i was forced to eat my words when i found this clip....... of the same song but played solo ...just bass and voice......and yeah i really like it ........

what a fabulous player and nice vocals too ....... and great lyrics...... i see tommy emmanuel and chet atkins did "the day the fingerpickers took over the world" so us guitarists don't feel left out

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Jack-Flash-Jr

X-rated Bob wrote:
babbalute wrote: You guy's don like bass players ? ☹
No. They're lecherous.

In 2007 Mrs X-rated and I go on holiday and some live music is on the itinerary. In Bilston (nr Wolverhampton) I stood through a 2 hour plus show whilst Mrs X-rated and Danny Thompson exchange smiles and winks. He even blew her a kiss at one point. This is a man old enough to be her father.

A few days later we are in Cropredy, Oxfordshire for the Fairport Convention V Cropredy Village cricket match that they always have after the Cropredy festival. We meet up with some friends, go somewhere for lunch, and our hostess says "when we get to the match I must introduce you to Peggy." So I think "Oh the English! Still got all these quaint names like 'Peggy'".

Actually "Peggy" turned out to be Dave Pegg, bass player with Jethro Tull for several years, veteran of more sessions than he can remember. He's a nice enough bloke and we're all getting on famously until it's my turn to buy a round. I go to the bar, place my order, look over my shoulder and what do I see? Dave Pegg planting a kiss on Mrs X-rated.

Lechers and philanderers! All of 'em.

It seems to me you missed the big clue here... the major thing in common with all these scenarios is not the bassists but Mrs X-Rated herself. It appears someone has a thing for the sweet and low down ? p.s. please thank her for the lovely cup of tea last time I was in JHB ?

Sneaky-Pete

In the immortal words of Suzi Quatro...

Drums get you in the feet.
Guitar gets you in the heart.
Bass gets you right between the legs...