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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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Just a reminder that all basses used on the road must be equipped with a rearview mirror, two working headlights, at least one airbag and a tail-light that is visible for no less than 500ft, operating seatbelt and also a horn.
Don't think because you're a farmer you're exempt.
Remember in California you cannot smoke while playing a bass even if you're not on the highway.
And if you cannot produce a receipt of ownership when transporting your bass across a state line...you could be charged with bassnapping.
Don't think because you're a farmer you're exempt.
Remember in California you cannot smoke while playing a bass even if you're not on the highway.
And if you cannot produce a receipt of ownership when transporting your bass across a state line...you could be charged with bassnapping.
I want to try and play "Ambidextrously"....is that off a U-2 album?.....if so , which one?
Depends on what you smoke. It might get you on the "HIGH WAY" without playing or driving.
Charlie Sexton was 16 years old when he recorded "Beat's So Lonely", but he wrote it when he was only 8 years old. It was originally about how no one, not even the other vegetables, likes beets.
The sent me one to review.
All I can see before the release is Gibson is a hot air bass.
Leftys can play right handed by facing a mirror. However, it does cause problems with stage lighting.
My friend Lefty plays right.
He asked me once if I ever played left.
I said " Left Lefty?..that's right"
He said " Left...that's right"
I said " No....I played left"
He said "Right......left"
I said.... " Yes...it was a soundtrack for Noh theatre"
He said " Noh theatre?"
I said "Yes that's right"
He said " How could you be playing a track for no theatre?'
I said "There were several bassists there..and we all played"
He said.." Haha...right....Who was on first?"
He asked me once if I ever played left.
I said " Left Lefty?..that's right"
He said " Left...that's right"
I said " No....I played left"
He said "Right......left"
I said.... " Yes...it was a soundtrack for Noh theatre"
He said " Noh theatre?"
I said "Yes that's right"
He said " How could you be playing a track for no theatre?'
I said "There were several bassists there..and we all played"
He said.." Haha...right....Who was on first?"
Jimi used to struggle a lot with his fuzz/distortion pedals. His favorite was the Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (that old round thing from the 60s).
Often if he liked something he had a bunch of them, and the Fuzz Face was no exception. But, what drove Jimi nuts was that they didn't sound the same when the settings were set the same, and no amount of tweaking the knobs could get a "bad" one to sound like his fav fuzz.
It was discovered that the main ingredient (or the culprit) was the level of charge in the 9v battery. That's why tweaking the knobs wouldn't get a different DA FF to sound like Jimi's #1 DA FF, the batteries had different voltages.
Eveready to the rescue!
Eveready Batteries worked with Jimi to determine the optimum voltage for some special order, limited edition batteries for Jimi and no one else. You'll probably never hear of them again, much less ever see one, but they can be identified by their unique label:
EVEREADY EXPERIENCE JHvolt
Often if he liked something he had a bunch of them, and the Fuzz Face was no exception. But, what drove Jimi nuts was that they didn't sound the same when the settings were set the same, and no amount of tweaking the knobs could get a "bad" one to sound like his fav fuzz.
It was discovered that the main ingredient (or the culprit) was the level of charge in the 9v battery. That's why tweaking the knobs wouldn't get a different DA FF to sound like Jimi's #1 DA FF, the batteries had different voltages.
Eveready to the rescue!
Eveready Batteries worked with Jimi to determine the optimum voltage for some special order, limited edition batteries for Jimi and no one else. You'll probably never hear of them again, much less ever see one, but they can be identified by their unique label:
EVEREADY EXPERIENCE JHvolt
It is a well documented fact that Jaco ate 4 strips of bacon with every meal.
The string formula is wrong. A factor, representing the location on the globe should be added, because of differences in gravity and rotational speed.
