Man that's annoying, and not just the obvious reason..

[Jabawanga]

This has happened to me many times and it's starting to REALLY annoy me. I don't go to GC that often but I swear every time i do some little shithead wannabe bassist comes in the bass room, picks up a random bass, plugs it into a random stack, turns it up as far as it'll go and proceeds to blast the ****. Today some little cockjuggling camel****er comes into the room, plugs a fender jazz into a SWR stack and blares it as loud as it'll go while hitting the strings as hard as he can making a terrible sound. Now i don't know about some of you, but i think most of us would consider that sound to be completely unbearable and just downright ANNOYING. And it's not only the rudeness and loudness that's annoying, it's the fact that he's probably damaging the bloody cab turning it up like that and hitting the strings that hard. GC was extremely busy today so i'm guessing that's why no employee came in there and yelled at him. then again, most of the people who work there are morons anyway.

[bottlerocket]

Yeah...that happens, but what are you gonna do? We all did that at some point; maybe not to that degree, but we did/do it...it's a learning experience, man. Some people have it very shortly, some people have it for a while, and others never get over it.

Be a real musician and kindly tell him to turn down...and maybe show him a trick or two, i.e., how to slap or a cool riff or something. It could inspire him? Instead of making a complaint thread on an online community, why not spend a few minutes showing the bassist how to do something?

:thumb:

-Gav

[Ting]

This has happened to me many times and it's starting to REALLY annoy me. I don't go to GC that often but I swear every time i do some little shithead wannabe bassist comes in the bass room, picks up a random bass, plugs it into a random stack, turns it up as far as it'll go and proceeds to blast the ****. Today some little cockjuggling camel****er comes into the room, plugs a fender jazz into a SWR stack and blares it as loud as it'll go while hitting the strings as hard as he can making a terrible sound. Now i don't know about some of you, but i think most of us would consider that sound to be completely unbearable and just downright ANNOYING. And it's not only the rudeness and loudness that's annoying, it's the fact that he's probably damaging the bloody cab turning it up like that and hitting the strings that hard. GC was extremely busy today so i'm guessing that's why no employee came in there and yelled at him. then again, most of the people who work there are morons anyway.
Wow, thats just...Bad...I live in Canada so i havn't been to guitar centre. But at my local music store some stupid kid came and while "nobody" was looking, went to all the cabs that had a head attached and proceeded turn every knob all the way. And even worse went to the basses and guitar and stated randomly detuning sum of them.

[moghes69]

some people would say "oh you were probably like that kid when you first started playing bass." but i am really self conscience so whenever i play/played at a music store i never turn up that much... so i have to agree with you on how much of a douchebag that kid was

[:amaze:]

Yeah, I dont like when that happens.




:amaze:

[Jabawanga]

Yeah...that happens, but what are you gonna do? We all did that at some point; maybe not to that degree, but we did/do it...it's a learning experience, man. Some people have it very shortly, some people have it for a while, and others never get over it.

Be a real musician and kindly tell him to turn down...and maybe show him a trick or two, i.e., how to slap or a cool riff or something. It could inspire him? Instead of making a complaint thread on an online community, why not spend a few minutes showing the bassist how to do something?

:thumb:

-Gav

you're right, and the reason i'm complaining here is because i didn't want to be a douchebag and hurt his feelings, especially if he's trying to learn. i'd rather get it out here than scream at him in the store:thumb: . he wasn't there for very long, it just annoyed me that he would do that and not know that he's probably damaging the speakers.

[Left Shoe]

you shouldve had a slap off with him

[Sade]

Cockjuggling Camel****er?

/takes notes.

[naut]

Be a real musician and kindly tell him to turn down...and maybe show him a trick or two, i.e., how to slap or a cool riff or something. It could inspire him? Instead of making a complaint thread on an online community, why not spend a few minutes showing the bassist how to do something?

hhmmm...i'm thinkin' no. i'm thinkin' i'd introduce the back of a Fender Jazz to the back of his head.

[BassVirtuoso]

Thanks for sharing that.

[Jabawanga]

hhmmm...i'm thinkin' no. i'm thinkin' i'd introduce the back of a Fender Jazz to the back of his head.

that would've worked too.:lol:

[Sade]

hhmmm...i'm thinkin' no. i'm thinkin' i'd introduce the back of a Fender Jazz to the back of his head.

Or a large, rubber dick to his sphincter.

Silly n00bs.

[Jabawanga]

Thanks for sharing that.

any time, hope you enjoyed reading it as much as i enjoyed typing it.

[Jabawanga]

Or a large, rubber dick to his sphincter.

Silly n00bs.

i keep a dildo in my glovebox, i should've thought of that.

[naut]

Or a large, rubber dick to his sphincter.

Silly n00bs.

i'd prefer to use my own, but hey, that's just me.

[BassVirtuoso]

any time, hope you enjoyed reading it as much as i enjoyed typing it.

I did.

[sixxbassist90]

yea, it happened to me a few a few times. some guy turned all the knobs up all the way once.the guy that worked there had to explain to him that turning the eq up all way sounds bad.

[naut]

the guy that worked there had to explain to him that turning the eq up all way sounds bad.

...

it doesn't sound bad. or good. turning up all the eq knobs is basically like turning up the volume.

[Jaded]

That never happens to me when I go to GC.

[Jabawanga]

aye, it's when the volume is max and they hit the strings way too hard..bad clippage.

[Jaded]

Thanks for sharing that.
Sometimes you just have to vent, I guess.

[BassVirtuoso]

Sometimes you just have to vent, I guess.

I know, I just didn't know what else to post because I'm too tired to understand anything he said.

[Jabawanga]

I know, I just didn't know what else to post because I'm too tired to understand anything he said.

did ya at least catch the "cockjuggling camel****er" part of it?

[BassVirtuoso]

:lol: Yeah that was great

[Jaded]

That was the best part.

[Jabawanga]

well then i'll remember to put catchy derogative remarks in all my posts from now on.

[godzillarator]

last tiem it i went there it was some metal guitarist with a marshal stack

I gave him a finger

[Jabawanga]

last tiem it i went there it was some metal guitarist with a marshal stack

I gave him a finger

hope you washed your hands before eating.....

[Its all gravys]

blah same thing hapened at the music store in new zealand. the guy picks up a fender p bass, proceeds to hit the strings as hard as he could making a loud clangy horrible noise. i preceeded to tell him to turn the amp down and hit the strings softer. he gave me the finger and said that the way he played was 'cool'. idiot.

[Jabawanga]

blah same thing hapened at the music store in new zealand. the guy picks up a fender p bass, proceeds to hit the strings as hard as he could making a loud clangy horrible noise. i preceeded to tell him to turn the amp down and hit the strings softer. he gave me the finger and said that the way he played was 'cool'. idiot.

yea that's my other problem with it - some of them think it's the "cool" way to play bass. i don't care if they wanna hit the strings as hard as they can, but turn down the fuggin amp.....

[FunkMetalBass]

i keep a dildo in my glovebox, i should've thought of that.

You too?

On topic though, it gets annoying, but there are plenty of ways to handle a situation like that. You can kindly ask him, start busting out random, complicated wankery, find a larger amp and make it louder, or if all else fails, go out to your car.