Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Need Gigs]

Ricky Minor's band never plays songs in major keys and is made up entirely of children.

 

[jamro217]

and the chicks are out there.......

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Doesn't look as if that turkey has enough breast meat.

 

[jamro217]

One of the best ways to learn bass is by playing a bass keytar.

Takes all the fuss out of which strings to use and whether to use a pick or not. And you don't have to worry about finger positions as much.

However to avoid conflict you'll need a bass P-keytar not a boutique model.

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The keytar never caught on because it wasn't available in sunburst with a tort guard. Or flats.

 

[Deathblade Eric]

Pan Pipes is a mispronunciation. They were originally called 'Pine Pipes & were used by the Aztecs to shoot poison darts at baby porcupines. The porcupine carcasses were then dried out, de-quilled & turned into Ocarinas.

 

[zontar]

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Pan Pipes is a mispronunciation. They were originally called 'Pine Pipes & were used by the Aztecs to shoot poison darts at baby porcupines. The porcupine carcasses were then dried out, de-quilled & turned into Ocarinas.

This is true--and slide whistles are made from squirrel guts.

 

[ZenG]

Music does not exist...it is a figment of your imagination.

Tort pickguards are horrible and will devalue your bass....unless you sell it to a girl..

Newbies like Tort pickguards because they think Tort is cool.

Manufacturers put Tort on basses because then newbies will buy them.

Putting Tort on your bass is like putting plastic wood veneer on the dash of your car.

If you put a Tort pickguard on your bass......it will mean that you use a pick.....and everyone will hate you.....forever and ever...
even people that don't play bass.

Having a pickguard on your bass is like having training wheels on your bicycle.
Having a Tort one at that means you are a Nerd and you will never get an audition in a decent band. Be prepared to play senior rest-homes on Sunday's for the rest of your life.
On the upside, most of those people won't notice you have a Tort pickguard....

If you are a female bass player with a Tort pickguard.....that's ok.....because women can get away with anything like that and it will look cute and "girly".

 

[zontar]

Tort pickguards have been banned in Nunavut--a territory of Canada...

 

[ZenG]

Rightly so......as you can see there is no need for a Tort pickguard on a bass.......

 

[zontar]

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^^That was indeed Leo's first prototype for the P-Bass.

 

[shadowtippy]

Cheese shops are required by law to have bouzouki players in them whenever they are open for business.

I thought bouzouki was a cheese. Doesn't Wendy's put it on one of their burgers?

 

[FretNoMore]

Cheap coily cables can be a problem because of phase inversion ... each loop shifts the signal phase 180 degrees so be sure to buy the cable from a reputable maker who knows this and cuts the cable at an even number of loops.

 

[zontar]

In space nobody can hear you shred--but they can hear you play slap bass.

 

[ZenG]

Slap bass started out as a style of music played at Spanish weddings.

 

[zontar]

Spanish guitar was actually invented by a little old lady who lived just outside of Leningrad

 

[pklima]

Steel-string acoustic guitars are called "Western guitars" in Germany. Logically enough, they're called "Eastern guitars" in Spain. Oddly, though, they're not called "middle guitars" in France.

 

[pklima]

I'm spreading misinformation to the world beyond Talkbass. It's basically like the stuff I posted in this thread, but on top of pretty pictures. Musical Misinformation | Facebook if you want to help spread misinformation far and wide.

Here's the classic that started it all.

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[ZenG]

That was the first Egyptian arena........first group to play there was The Rolling Stones....

 

[ZenG]

If you buy a Russian-made Spanish guitar you really have to Putin the time to learn how to play it....

 

[Jay2U]

To save our planet, Ibanez has decided to build the next generation of SoundGear basses from recycable plastic.
It concerns so-called toneplastic that can be found in several industrial jungles in China.

 

[Jay2U]

Victor Wooten's basses are exclusively made of selected wood. In the picture we witness his special wood selector in action.