fett on 8/10/2007 at 02:53
Yeah, that kind of stuff happens all the time. I saw it in a movie once. :weird:
Livo on 8/10/2007 at 03:04
Never underestimate the appeal of being a guitarist.
Lemmy from Motorhead was swamped by girls at school when he brought in his mother's guitar to school, despite the fact he genuinely didn't even know how to hold it properly. Granted, this was back in the 1960s, so back then in school, apparently all you needed was a guitar itself, not an ability to play it...
Stitch on 8/10/2007 at 03:47
Quote Posted by Fingernail
But it is a "bass guitar" and therefore a subset of guitars.
Technically correct, but nobody outside of music academia would ever think of calling a bass a guitar. Unless Guitar Hero has special unlockable classical etudes, it's fucking called a bass.
Drazur on 8/10/2007 at 05:59
(Ahem)
All your bass are belong to us!
There, I've said it.
37637598 on 8/10/2007 at 06:30
Quote Posted by fett
Yeah - "Playin' fiddle" means playing violin in a bluegrass or country band. The 'fiddle' isn't really a proper name for the instrument, but more the style of playing. Just like 'shredding' or 'riffing'.
But "Fiddlers" insist that the strings are more level with each other enabling the player to play them all at once... That's the only real difference I've heard about... Perhaps it's just an aftermarket modification that they prefer to do to give them that ability. Jimi Hendrix could do it without a bow! or a modification!
Fingernail on 8/10/2007 at 07:57
Quote Posted by Stitch
Technically correct, but nobody outside of music academia would ever think of calling a bass a guitar. Unless Guitar Hero has special unlockable classical etudes, it's fucking called a bass.
A notable example would be Andy Rourke, credited as "the bass guitar" on all the Smiths albums. Good bassist, too.
And perhaps unsurprisingly, it doesn't come up too often in this hallowed world of academia where we always call everything by long names.
Shakey-Lo on 8/10/2007 at 08:31
Quote Posted by Stitch
Technically correct, but nobody outside of music academia would ever think of calling a bass a guitar. Unless Guitar Hero has special unlockable classical etudes, it's fucking called a bass.
Umm I call my bass a bass guitar or just guitar and nobody argues with me. I pretty much always call it a "bass guitar".
I imagine it's probably different in the US where everyone abbreviates the hell out of everything, but I thought I should correct your sweeping generalisation.
Stitch on 8/10/2007 at 13:41
HO HO TIME TO SHRED THE FOUR STRING
You're a bassist, stop kidding yourself.
Aerothorn on 8/10/2007 at 14:11
Quote Posted by fett
This reminds me of the time I was in a Subway (sandwich place) and asked for the Asiago bread (correctly pronounced Aah-si-aah-go and I don't give a fuck what the dictionary says b/c I lived in Italy as a kid and I fucking know how it's pronounced), and the guy says, "No, it's pronounced ASS-I-AYY-GO." Fuck you, fast food guy.
Hey, at least the Subway guy didn't get all pissy and instruct everyone in the room to not listen to you because you didn't know what the fuck you were talking about.
Brian T on 8/10/2007 at 14:20
Are bass guitars the ones that go dum badum badum badum badum or wah wah wah wah wah?
