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cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1565
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 7:36 am:   Edit Post

1. Thou shalt not f**k up the groove. F**k up the notes if thou must, but not the groove.

2. Thou shalt not lust after thy guitar player's part; he keepth the fun, thou keepeth the groove.

3. Be not swayed by a drummer with crappy time, for thou art the keeper of the beat.

4. Be not led into temptation before the gig. After is cool.

5. Thou pusheth thy luck with 5 strings. Six strings is a mortal sin, for thou hast no business in the upper registers.

6. Thou shalt not thump with thy thumb, nor honk with a pick, when thine fingers are the way of truth.

7. Thou shalt not fear whole notes, for they can be the way and the light.

8. Thou shalt leave the fancy sh*t to thine bandmates, that they may wrestle with their own bad taste.

9. Thou shalt change thy strings at least once per decade, whether they need it or not.

10. Thou shalt tune thy bass before each and every gig, even if it was in tune when last thou put it away.

Yeah, a guitarist sent me that......

Peter

[moderators edit: as per Peter's request, update #6]

(Message edited by artswork99 on September 11, 2013)
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 3419
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 7:48 am:   Edit Post

we need a 'like' button on this forum :-)

graeme
gtrguy
Senior Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 629
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post

Pretty good stuff, except the part about not using a pick (ask the old time recording bass players on many hits).
cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1567
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 2:24 pm:   Edit Post

Oops - Num. 6 should of course, read "thump with thy thumb.....
Can one of our fearless mods tighten me up here, as I am past the limit?
Thanks.

Peter
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 2127
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 1:24 am:   Edit Post

Number 6...well that's me totally blasphemed!
stout71
Intermediate Member
Username: stout71

Post Number: 167
Registered: 7-2011
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 5:45 am:   Edit Post

I'm pretty sure I've violated #4 a thousand times.
jcdlc72
Advanced Member
Username: jcdlc72

Post Number: 267
Registered: 11-2009
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 7:09 am:   Edit Post

Does anybody has the GUTS to question #6 to Carol Kaye? :-)
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 3420
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 7:15 am:   Edit Post

I questioned her once and she barred me from her website :-( basically she stated that all the bridge saddles should be pulled right back to get the best tone so I was asking her about intonation. don't think she likes being questioned.

graeme
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5529
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 8:13 am:   Edit Post

"I'm pretty sure I've violated #4 a thousand times."

Just don't think of it as imbibing before the gig. Rather, it is imbibing after an extended period of time AFTER the last gig!

hehehehe

Bill, tgo
funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member
Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 879
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 9:05 am:   Edit Post

Number 5 is crazy. One of my bass' six strings is the Low B.
sonicus
Senior Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 3023
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 9:54 am:   Edit Post

My "familiar Spirit" , the cunning Raven bird in my yard , spoke thus ; " Set no rules for the music and no rules shall be violated and thou shalt see and hear the land past the horizon. "
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 3645
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 11:16 pm:   Edit Post



:-)
Jazzyvee

(Message edited by Jazzyvee on October 02, 2013)
peoplechipper
Advanced Member
Username: peoplechipper

Post Number: 368
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Monday, October 07, 2013 - 10:26 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah, considering I got more than a few of them for free( I'm lucky that way)...my cat doesn't care but I would hope that my family would do their homework...and my bicycle collection too; my Cook Bros stuff alone is worth many thousands...Tony
artswork99
Moderator
Username: artswork99

Post Number: 1910
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post

Jazzyvee, now that's funny! Thanks for the laughter. Art
jim777
Junior
Username: jim777

Post Number: 11
Registered: 9-2013
Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 1:41 pm:   Edit Post

Not sure how I feel about # 2, I like to play harmony lines on occasion :-) I think Jimmy Johnson plays quite often above the 12 fret as well :-)

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