Let's spread some musical misinformation

[kcole4001]

Does this include the female bass players?

Yes, but they keep theirs in a special drawer.

 

[Rich McCoy]

Does this include the female bass players?

Well i did leave it as *****, so it could apply to women too i suppose.

 

[mrjim123]

The largemouth bass goes deeper than the smallmouth bass; just ask Walter Trout's bass player.

 

[Jay2U]

Intonation is the opposite of detonation

 

[Jay2U]

Once a bass has been intonated it'll stay in tune, even after swapping strings, provided they are of the same brand and type.

 

[Jay2U]

As a humbucker has two coils, it plays twice as loud, giving hum no chance.

 

[Mike11121]

if you hold a sea shell to your ear you can hear "the ocean".

I tried this, and it played BILLY OCEAN . . . eeek . . .

 

[My name is Mudd]

All I heard was the back half of 'Dancing Days'.

 

[wcnewby]

You look totally cool playing air guitar down there.

 

[Major Softie]

If you make the mistake of replacing the output jack on your bass with an input jack, the sound will come out of your bass instead of your speakers.

 

[MrMeacham]

Duct Tape Wound Strings are the choice of blue collar rockers everywhere.

DucK Tape Wounds have a whole bunch of followers as well.

 

[Jay2U]

Near the north and south poles the output of a magnetic pickup increases, due to the earth magnetic field.

 

[shadowtippy]

The Beatles were never an actual band, meaning they couldn't sing or play their instruments. Everything was recorded by a group of studio musicians who were tied up in a very strict "no disclosure" contract and the Beatles lip synced the words and faked playing. Ringo, the most talented of the group, was allowed to help write one of their songs, "Help". He wrote the title, only because he got his hand caught in the high hat.

 

[Jay2U]

Basswood is a genetically manipulated species of wood, suitable for building basses.

 

[FretNoMore]

The Fender Precision was meant to have a 35" neck, but Leo failed to follow the "measure twice, cut once" rule and cut it a bit short. Since he didn't have any more wood, the rest is history.

 

[tr4252]

The opposite of neck dive is body droop. I know, because I invented it 5 minutes ago.

Tom

 

[Freez]

The inspiration for the electric bass was a strange instrument called the Treble, which had 21 very short strings (located where the frets are on modern day basses), and 4 very long frets (where the strings are currently located). This design was soon abandoned due to the tremendous neck dive (21 tuners) and the fact that the instrument can only be heard by bats and some very small breed dogs. I still keep an original Treble around to sooth my teacup chihuahua when he can't sleep at night!

 

[GlennW]

Leo got it right the first time.

 

[mrjim123]

One day the bass inserted its truss rod into the treble's input jack, and nine months later the electric guitar was born.

 

[Jay2U]

The truss rod was invented by a guy named Rod. As it appeared to be a very reliable means of keeping the neck of a bass in shape, people called it the 'trust rod device'.