shex Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 hehe, i was just writing my resume` when mum came up and read it. she said to me "that's not how you spell bass!! it's B A S E!" then she realized that i post in bass forums, and have bought a bass online... lol just thought it was funny... a 40 year old woman can't spell bass... lol - roses on your breath but graveyards on your soul - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebrownbass Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Or..... Could it be Freudian? "Let's raise the level of this conversation" -- Jeremy Cohen, in the Picasso Thread. Still spendin' that political capital far faster than I can earn it...stretched way out on a limb here and looking for a better interest rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_dont_fret Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 No, it's not Freudian. My sister thinks the only bass is base, and that bass should be pronounced bass. What about the bass controls in your car? It's still pronounced bass. Not bass. She's stupid, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooky Mogessi Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Originally posted by patrick_dont_fret: My sister thinks the only bass is base, and that bass should be pronounced bass. What about the bass controls in your car? It's still pronounced bass. Not bass.Its amazing how much sense that paragraph made "Cliff Burton (the "Major rager of the 4-string mother f***er", from Metallica)" Direct quote from Wikipedia (censored out of respect for the forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 I'm not quite sure why this thread is amusing me so much. I guess it brings back memories of eBay searches for "bass" listed highest price to lowest, and having quite a few fishing vessels show up at the top of the list. And I know my response to an ad reading "free base" would be different than my response to one reading "free bass" -- although hopefully the latter wouldn't have been placed by the local fish monger! Perhaps all of this would be moot if luthiers just started building bass-shaped basses. Fish hooks could attach the strings to the bridge and locking reels could serve as tuners. I wonder if Les Claypool is lurking and reading all of this... spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_dont_fret Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Originally posted by Penguinsarebirds: Originally posted by patrick_dont_fret: My sister thinks the only bass is base, and that bass should be pronounced bass. What about the bass controls in your car? It's still pronounced bass. Not bass.Its amazing how much sense that paragraph made I know...you just gotta use your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Originally posted by Sweet Willie: I'm not quite sure why this thread is amusing me so much. I guess it brings back memories of eBay searches for "bass" listed highest price to lowest, and having quite a few fishing vessels show up at the top of the list. And I know my response to an ad reading "free base" would be different than my response to one reading "free bass" -- although hopefully the latter wouldn't have been placed by the local fish monger! Perhaps all of this would be moot if luthiers just started building bass-shaped basses. Fish hooks could attach the strings to the bridge and locking reels could serve as tuners. I wonder if Les Claypool is lurking and reading all of this...I've been listed on more than one occasion as playing "deep sea bass" on recordings I've done for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Originally posted by Bumpcity: I've been listed on more than one occasion as playing "deep sea bass" on recordings I've done for people. Fish on, baby, fish on! spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Originally posted by Sweet Willie: Originally posted by Bumpcity: I've been listed on more than one occasion as playing "deep sea bass" on recordings I've done for people. Fish on, baby, fish on!Ler? Is that you? -John the Fisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornbread_medhotmail.com Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Caught a 50 lb sturgeon on 20lb test. Fish on. A friend of mine's dad went to the store and bought all of the fishing magazines he could find and was laying them down on the tabls and got to Bass Player and looked so confused. It was a classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibe Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 i hate spelling and gross carbines so dont beat them or they'll think you like their product, vice?! isnt it a little ironic? jeeze... i hate spelling and gross carbines so dont beat them or they'll think you like their product, vice?! isnt it a little ironic? jeeze... (whoops, sorry for the doubly copy.) smarties are the gayest group smarties are the gayest group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovyjazzyfunky Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I've always thought that spelling it "base" would make a lot more sense. Since the bass is at the *base* of the music. Some people (bassists, in particular) might even say that all good music is *based* around the bass. Do they spell it "base" in other parts of the world? Remember "Ace of BasE"? Is it a European thing? Screw the big smelly fish. From now on, I play BASE! All your bass are belong to us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edendude Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 What's really funny, however, is when you ask your girlfriend to pick you up a 'bass' magazine while she's at the drugstore, and she comes home with a 'fishing' magazine for you that says "Bass" right on the cover. How can you blame her?! And what's not so funny is that I'm older than Slaetry's mother. My Last Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Originally posted by GrooveMouse: Do they spell it "base" in other parts of the world? Remember "Ace of BasE"? Is it a European thing? Ain't a European thing. French has the compromisory "basse" and in Italian it's "basso." Whereas the Italian for base would be "baso." Anyone contribute some other European language tidbits. And again, I proclaim: Fish on! Peace. spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Malone Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 My bass band is called Bassed on Jazz. Wally I have basses to play, places to be and good music to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Of course, all of this talk of bass, bass, and base reminds me of one of the greatest ever SNL sketch commercials -- done by one Dan Ackroyd and his Bass-O-Matic! Peace. spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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