The reason the 4003 Rickenbackers are so expensive is it takes a lot of energy to transport them back to 2016.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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Bass Face is caused by active electronics mostly but sometimes it can be a grounding issue. Ground lift circuitry will solve that - just flick the switch. Or, if that don't work, go passive.
Gibson basses were never really understood, as they were tuned MUDD.
Fender's first electric bass was a 3 string precision bass. They eventually made a 4 string bass as a small subset of players demanded a low E string.
The violin bow was originally a tie that was worn to the concert--then untied and used to play violin--thus was born the bow tie...
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Fender announced a new bass. Apart from producing the usual bass tone, it also produces anti lead guitar, eliminating up to 66.6% of the lead guitar's volume. It is called "The Eliminator".
This, of course, is not Fender's first experiment with removing lead. They had previously experimented with replacing the lead with depleted uranium. This served two purposes, it was a means of permanently storing uranium harvested from decommissioned nuclear weapons (under secret contract with the Pentagon) and served in the development of the Fender Heavy Metal bass. The project was cancelled in the second term of Bill Clinton for reasons that have not yet come to light.
The seven prototype basses are now played at secret concerts at area 51.
Fender announced today it is filing for bankruptcy.
They alluded to part of the reason being that their product line now contains so many choices that people can't make up their minds what to buy and end up purchasing nothing.
They alluded to part of the reason being that their product line now contains so many choices that people can't make up their minds what to buy and end up purchasing nothing.
Usually companies file either chapter 7 or 11, depending on whether they are liquidating or reorganizing. Fender is filing under either chapter 8 or 9 both of which allows them to relabel goods made in Mexico, Indonesia and Japan as made in America. This will increase the value of their inventory and will raise the selling price of all their goods. But under chapter 8, they must improve the quality of US made goods to match the relabelled goods. It is speculated that they will take the easier chapter 9 route of introducing faults into the relabeled goods.
While litigation continues, some employees have slacked off and are working on side projects at the factory.
Correct, in fact the picture clearly shows Fender at the peak of its post Car Body Setup era or CBS era as most call it.
Actually upon closer inspection I think this might be a shot of the Gibson shop. Note the lack of Fenders in the picture.
Actually, that looks like the assembly of the now rarely played quadruple bass. The attempt to reintroduce the quadruple bass into popular music is one of the things that lead to the financial difficulties. Very few musicians see value in producing notes the range from A(-6) to E(-3) and very few amplifiers will reproduce the notes.
Genuineness book of world records just announced it has a new record holder in the shortest book ever written
It is RT Slinger's bass amp settings it has one page that reads in large bold type
It is RT Slinger's bass amp settings it has one page that reads in large bold type
SET IT FLAT.
Pickups with weak magnets? No problem! Try Ernie Ball's new Neodymium bass strings.
The mods required to actually use these strings are time consuming and too expensive IMHO.
Installing the tuning pags for the E and D strings on the bridge in order to avoid the reverse polarity issues which can blow your amp is a real pain, and will of course void your warranty.
Of course, you can always go the Stigge route...
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Arrrrrrr ye serious? Real Pirates perform in the key of Sea...
Guitarists respect and admire bassists. They will never tell you to turn down, because of this.
