Things you have never done...and probably won't.

[JOE SOAP]

Stop arguing fellas. We all know that neither of you will ever do the greatest thing anyone can do: Not be Irish.

It's stil not greater than Fassbender's Wang.

[Cyberleader2000]

o this is easey I will never have a drink at a pub

[Professor Bear]

For all the alternatives to punk, metal or rock you could be playing in the pubs around here, I may as well have bought a fuckin' accordion.  And a monkey to go with it.

but could you play it or just smush with sausage fingers?

The Monkey is there to do Riverdance in a green bowler hat as a distraction from the fact I don't play the accordion at all, and merely keep rhythm while barely sober.

[Aonghus]

I played guitar for 13 years when I picked the bass up, it was easy to play simple stuff all right but to actually play properly, in a group, it's a different story. People depend on you more -no stopping and starting and winging it like the guitar- it requires more finger muscle and more of an understanding of what really fits, in a subtractive rather than additive way.


Guitar players who pick-up the bass tend to over-play at first.

Fair enough! I found bass more to my temperament, i think, which may be why I found it easier. (And I found people depending on me in a group less stressful than needing to pull of complicated guitar solos ) Having said all this, I've often said that there are no 'easy' and 'hard' instruments, just differrent instruments.

French horn, anyone?

[strontium71]

...justified spending $500 on a statue!

[SuperSurfer]

In defence of bass players: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrTS7b028A8

and getting back on topic: used a microwave oven

[JamesC]

I've never seen an elephant fly.

I have, however, seen a peanut stand and heard a rubber band.

[Professor Bear]

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person in the history of the world who took up bass to score via a bare minimum of effort, though I am apparently the only one who will admit it.

[SpetsnaZ99]

Get Trackmania Nations to run on my Mac (god damn you Wineskin)

[Aonghus]

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person in the history of the world who took up bass to score via a bare minimum of effort, though I am apparently the only one who will admit it.

Or maybe you're just the only one on the board?

I've never had a dangerwank.

[Emperor]

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person in the history of the world who took up bass to score via a bare minimum of effort, though I am apparently the only one who will admit it.

Oh I'm sure. However, as the above discussion demonstrates even though it is easy to learn (and difficult to master - two very different things) that is still above the competency levels of quite a few of us

[Professor Bear]

Ridicule is the only language the bass player knows, Emperor.  You're just confusing them.

[SpetsnaZ99]

I think Emperor should start a new thread titled "Things we've done... but wished we hadn't"

[vzzbux]

I think Emperor should start a new thread titled "Things we've done... but wished we hadn't"

No lets just leave that topic alone. Please.





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[JOE SOAP]

In defence of bass players: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrTS7b028A8

Much prefer John Wetton's days with Roxy Music:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9QpI3wVvek&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL76B3FEAB858E97F4