While digging a shallow grave, Rich bestowed upon us this wisdom...
 RL> On 20 Mar 98, Michael Mcsorley wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 
 MM> I see you guys have dealt with alot of  bad bass players.
 
 MM> Lemme guess:
 MM> 1) Don't show up for practice, or are late?
 MM> 2) Think that learning bass is easier because it's only FOUR strings?
 MM> 3) Never mellow out, overybusying the most obviously laid-back passages?
 MM> 4) Have no concept of key?
 MM> 5) Drown out the other members (no concept of volume)?
 MM> 6) Bad attitude?
 MM> 7) Hit the other players with the headstock?
 MM> 8) Don't clip their strings, poking other players in a long-range
 MM> headstock attack? 
 MM> 9) Bad hair?
 RL> All of the above ~8-)
Aha! Thought so! 
 MM> I know, I know... I have felt your pain. These reasons added up -- to 
he
 MM> point of me wanting to be my own bass player so I don't have to deal 
ith
 MM> them any more.
 RL> That's why God created affordable Tascam 4 track machines.
 
Got an old ROSS a long time ago that you can put batteries in. It's worn to 
the
bone, but it suits my purposes... I use it to work on rough drafts of the
original kind, and sometimes I use it to see if I've got both parts of that
Iron Maiden solo correct (just for grins)...
 MM> I do sometimes hit folks with the headstock when space is badly cramped.
 MM>   Oopsie... It's better when I have the headless, though!
 RL> I'm not so sure the headless would be any better... it might try to
 RL> find it's way into places where the headstock would never fit. ~8-) 
You'd be surprised... You just have to apply the right amount of tourque!
Peace,
Mike
michael.mcsorley@lroom.org
... don't ask me how I know this.
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