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11-13-2009, 04:30 AM
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How come people always seem to refer to their 4-string basses as "4 Bangers"? Why? Are they particularly "banging" basses? In what way? Do "5 Bangers" exist? "6 Bangers"? I don't understand. Have I missed something here?
Feel free to flame and rant, BTW 
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11-13-2009, 04:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada eh | | | Ever heard of a four cylinder car being called a "four banger"
Thats why. |
11-13-2009, 04:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway | | OK, so that's what I have missed, then 
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11-13-2009, 05:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Yes, its an automotive reference....unless you live in the UK, Australia, NZ, etc. in which case a "banger" is a sausage best served with "mash".
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11-13-2009, 05:28 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | We also call an old car - a "banger".... 
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11-13-2009, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Hugh Jass  Ever heard of a four cylinder car being called a "four banger"
Thats why. | Which begs the question, how come people always seem to refer to their 4 cylinder cars as "4 Bangers"?  |
11-13-2009, 05:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Edgewater Maryland | | | It's a car reference for sure
Yep, it's a referance to a four cylinder engine. The earlier american models made so much noise you could hear them half a block away and they made a very distinct rattling noise. Anyone who's ever owned a 80's Cavalier or Celebrity knows what I mean. Way before kids were installing coffee can exaust on them. Hence the term 4 banger. Why it relates to basses I don't know but, I refer to 4 string Basses as four bangers all the time.
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11-13-2009, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by jebmd Yep, it's a referance to a four cylinder engine. The earlier american models made so much noise you could hear them half a block away and they made a very distinct rattling noise. Anyone who's ever owned a 80's Cavalier or Celebrity knows what I mean. Way before kids were installing coffee can exaust on them. Hence the term 4 banger. Why it relates to basses I don't know but, I refer to 4 string Basses as four bangers all the time. | Actually I think the term "4 banger" referred to 4-cylinders long before those cars (I did have one, by the way). The "bang" is the explosion that happens in each cylinder, right?
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11-13-2009, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malta (Europe) and Britain | | | Where I come from the expression refers to what in polite company might be called "dirty pillows". Any more than two is generally considered undesirable, unless your name is Daisy or Fifi.
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11-13-2009, 06:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | | I like sausages more than cars. Basses before sausages though.
Bass > Sausage > Automobiles |
11-13-2009, 07:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Albany, GA | | | From what I was told by guys at the shop, the name comes from when the big V8's were popular in muscle cars and you had guys buying and trying to drag Toyota's and Honda's. It is in regard to the piston "bang" from the combustion. I have also heard six banger, never 8 banger though. Once had a BMW with the V12 in the shop, they called it a "Case Banger", but thats cause they are drunks...... |
11-13-2009, 07:44 AM
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11-13-2009, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bundacious I like sausages more than cars. Basses before sausages though.
Bass > Sausage > Automobiles | ..or for me..
Bass > Bubble and squeak > Sausage > Automobiles |
11-13-2009, 07:48 AM
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11-13-2009, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by PSPookie It's a reference to your sister. | YES! You are correct, Sir!! HAHAHA!!! |
11-13-2009, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by draftsmann Where I come from the expression refers to what in polite company might be called "dirty pillows". Any more than two is generally considered undesirable, unless your name is Daisy or Fifi.
Adrian | +1
I lol'ed hard. |
11-13-2009, 08:23 AM
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11-13-2009, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by bundacious Bass > Sausage > Automobiles | Lol
I'm sigging that.
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11-13-2009, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by gaffster787 ..or for me..
Bass > Bubble and squeak > Sausage > Automobiles | Bubble and Squeak before Bangers and Mash? HERESY!
You must tell me where Spotted Dick belongs in that hierarchy.
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11-13-2009, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bundacious I like sausages more than cars. |
You should see about getting a permit to throw a festival in honor of your favorite things....... 
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