need help with guitar player

FleaBass · Not So Newbie Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 7

Anyone wanna help me kick the hell outta this *One Eyed Bishop* guitar player who told me two days ago that the bass is the worst intrusment he's ever heard and only failed guitarists bother to play bass. He says hes better at bass than me coz he plays the guitar, like a guitar player can immedietly just play the techniques a true bass player can!!
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Rd_Artist · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

Wow, guitar players can be prima donnas Laughing

One thing you will need to learn, there are ignorant people everywhere and every time they speak they prove it. Just remember this old saying
" never get into an argument with an idiot because you both will be thought of as one"
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Neil Gray · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:55 am Post subject:

Yep... RD is right.

It's probably not so much that he plays guitar that causes his stupidity; he probably just got fed too much garlic as a child.

Don't let it get to you. At the end of the day, if that's his attitude, he's not going to make it far. I'd either boot him from the band, or take a leave of absence myself if it's intolerable. There's plenty of places where you will be appreciated for your bass playing as well as for your personality.
You don't have to suffer fools lightly, and he certainly sounds like he fits into the category of people who shouldn't be suffered lightly!

Let him know that you think guitarists are bass players who have girls hands!
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confusedqueen · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject:

Rd_Artist · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject:

My dear CQ, I believe a girl with girl hands is totally acceptable and something to be desired, a girl with man hands well thats just not good.
so there is no need to be offended ok? Smile

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confusedqueen · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject:

ok

i dont have man hands, but i do have fairly nasty hands.
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bcf717 · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

I always thought of mine as claws.....
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gibson_thunder · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

hand that geetar picker your bass and tell him to play a show... hell be whining about the blisters and weak fingers for a week. Laughing

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Rd_Artist · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject:

True very true. Laughing

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bcf717 · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject:

"I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS!" -- JL 1967
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rk.cu.000 · Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject:

Your guitar player clearly knows little or nothing about music, because only people who purely listen to music and aren't really very into it (playing instruments,etc.) say that the bass is an unimportant instrument that failed guitarists take up. Anyone who really knows about music will recognize the importance of the bass guitarist to any band. Avoid this person as he is clearly an ignoramus and you don't want his ignorance to rub off on you now do you?
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play_bass_or_die_trying · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject:

I agree with Rk on that one. You really shouldnt take his opinion as anything other than word vomit. I'm assuming your guitar player is probably just a mediocore skilled person himself. I can guess that because it's only poor musicians who trash talk other musicians, in that they feel want to be "good" and try to make them self feel like they are by saying other's are bad. As if to chilishly say "I'm better than you". Or we could even go as childish as "My dad could beat up your dad" lmao. I can honestly someone who is actually good at playing music understands the importance of every instrument.

vintage_fish · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject:

Neil Gray · Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject:

confusedqueen · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

im PROUD of my not quite as girly as they use to be but still girlhands. it means i at least ATTEMPT to play 'cello, bass and piano.
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