Untrue Facts About The Double Bass.

[Dave Martin]

Originally Posted by Richard Prowse

Good point Dave, but technically your car was temporarily a coffee table, albeit an inefficient outdoors coffee table. The four wheels could easily be taken for four legs, the roof for the flat of the table. Have people ever gathered around your car to chat in a fairly lighthearted way about everyday occurences, while nibbling carrot cake? Dave, please be honest with your answer.

Carrot cake? No. Banana bread? Yep - this morning's guitarist brought some and we ate it before going into the studio... So while the car (like a double bass) COULD be considered as a coffee table, I respectfully submit that it makes a pretty bad coffee table.

[Richard Prowse]

Okay, okay, I don't want to come across as a softy, but I've decided to let no 7 stand. Anselm's 'glass' box is good, but you'd never get your legs under it - not that you can get your legs under most coffee tables. Well, I suppose you can if you're sitting on the floor. Let's move on.

9) Young double basses hang around in groups at shopping malls.

[Oren Hudson]

Grits and more grits. True or not for your DB?

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Oren Hudson

Grits and more grits. True or not for your DB?

Sorry Oren, I think you wanted The Grits Thread.

10) Double basses have two sound posts - hence the name Double 'Soundpost' Bass.

[Dave Martin]

11. Chicks dig guys who play the double bass.
or
11. A double bass is an excellent birth control device.

Take your pick, Richard, based on your own experience.

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Dave Martin

11. Chicks did guys who play the double bass.
or
11. A double bass is an excellent birth control device.

Take your pick, Richard, based on your own experience.

I'm assuming you meant 'chicks dig guys'...
Dave, that's not a simple one to answer/decide between. I guess that I have to be honest and admit that I've not been blessed with incredibly good looks and have never been considered a chick magnet. When I play, women seem to enjoy the way I 'cuddle up' to the bass and that seems to make them feel positively about me.
Therefore, I think I'll go with...
11) Chicks dig guys who play the double bass.
Oh, hang on, that means it's not true!
Okay,
11) A double bass is an excellent birth control device.

[Richard Prowse]

12) A double bass has the same strings as a trumpet.

[Oren Hudson]

Originally Posted by Richard Prowse

Sorry Oren, I think you wanted The Grits Thread.

10) Double basses have two sound posts - hence the name Double 'Soundpost' Bass.

MY BAD! We had grits last night for the first time in a while and they just dominated my thinking. Here some grits, there some grits everywhere grits. DAMN IT -there it goes again.

[David McKinney]

re: #11a, lots of chicks think bassplayers are hot...

maybe not as many as some other instruments perhaps, but plenty

I've dated at least a couple girls who had bassplayer boyfriends in their past, then dated me, then dated (or married) other bassplayers after me...

plus lots of women talk about what a sexy instrument it is...


#11b is a true untrue fact I suppose--unless perhaps it was a tiny tiny bass covered with spermicide....

[David McKinney]

#13--yeah, you're right, I wish I played the flute instead