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Jimi Hendrix had a reputation for playing very loud. It should come as no surprise that standing in front of two or three dimed Marshalls would give him a headache.

Being the flamboyant fashionista with a flair for the far out that he was, he solved his problem by placing some Bayer aspirin in a bandanna which he tied around his head. The aspirin would be placed against his forehead, and the bandanna would hold them there. As the show progressed, and Jimi got hotter, his perspiration would dissolve the aspirin allowing the ingredients to be absorbed through the skin on his forehead.

And that's how Jimi played so loud without getting severe headaches.
 
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Back in the day, all drummers used jazz brushes. Some drummers looking for a harder sound started experimenting with other ways of playing the drums in the late 70s, but none of their attempts really caught on until Lars Ulrich invented the modern drumstick in 1982. Here's an example of one of these attempts that didn't really work out:

 
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Only people with black basses can stay at this hotel. Call far in advance for bookings.

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Mic-ing the Marshall head was not a "fail", it was Nigel Tufnel's idea to record a Tube exploding for the end of the last song on Spinal Tap's last record.

He got the idea after hearing that early Fender amps went to "12", "thas one moe than 11, innit?" — about the same time, he'd heard that the early Marshalls were based on the early Fenders, so he thought he could push his Marshall to 12. When it exploded, he liked the sound and had the epiphany to get another head and record the explosion for the final moment in Spinal Tap's long illustrious career.
 
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Feral Feline said:
Mic-ing the Marshall head was not a "fail", it was Nigel Tufnel's idea to record a Tube exploding for the end of the last song on Spinal Tap's last record.

He got the idea after hearing that early Fender amps went to "12", "thas one moe than 11, innit?" — about the same time, he'd heard that the early Marshalls were based on the early Fenders, so he thought he could push his Marshall to 12. When it exploded, he liked the sound and had the epiphany to get another head and record the explosion for the final moment in Spinal Tap's long illustrious career.
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I'll bite...is that true or misinformation?
 
#4,177
El Güero said:
I'll bite...is that true or misinformation?
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Totally true to this thread.

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The skunk stripe on the back of some bass necks is due to a recessive gene in the wood used to make the neck.

Further studies of the phenomena of skunk stripes have lead researchers to ascertain that your tone is more likely to stink when playing a skunk-striped neck. Caution is advised and should you suspect your tone is starting to stink, you'll need to freshen it up with a pedal, or two.

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ZenG said:
If you're slapping a doublebass, it sounds better with roundwounds...
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[Misinfo off] But... this isn't misinformation. Everybody liked my tone better after I switched to Supernils – well, everyone except me.
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Here in China we use flat rice-noodles instead of strings. They're very similar to gut, though whereas you have to oil guts, you have to dampen the noodles. A damp cloth before and after playing is usually all it takes, so long as you play every day.
 

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