Let's spread some musical misinformation

[-Asdfgh-]

Don't sell that pink bass. It's perfect for playing Flamenco. Flamenco on pink basses is known as Flamingo.

You'll need to replace the 'tone' knob with a 'perception' knob though.

I thought almost all basses had the tone knobs replaced with perception knobs in 1968-72? Volume knobs were replaced with a 'distance' knob that could be set to near or far out. The exception was Jazz basses which had the tone knob set for options for swing all the way to free.

That was back in the day when loud amps turned people on, and vice versa.

 

[Jay2U]

I believe that he played a Fenderberger

Lemmy's bass was made of a piece of wood that was carved by a Tibetan monk on December the 24th, 1945.

 

[PillO]

Lady Gaga had a headless bass made from pork products to go with her meat dress. A hamberger.

It all goes back to the Germans and their feudalism. The original headless bass was a Burgermeister. The translation being Burger (bass) meister (master), or master of the low end.

 

[Tom Bomb]

Tap tempo is another way of saying 'water hammer'. So, the question has to be asked. What on Earth are you doing with your rig hooked up to the water mains? Mains electricity is the utility you should be tied into, not the water mains. Back to the drawing-board for you.

 

[zontar]

If you play music on a different continent from where you were born, you must eat a continental breakfast or you won't be able to play

 

[Jay2U]

Upright basses are way older than we thought. Recently in Yellowstone Park a petrified specimen was found.

 

[PillO]

Upright basses are way older than we thought. Recently in Yellowstone Park a petrified specimen was found.

They date from a time when man only had three fingers.

 

[Jay2U]

They date from a time when man only had three fingers.

...and a thumb.

 

[Jay2U]

 

[SLivinghouse]

Fred Flinstone played bass in a prehistoric jazz band. He was killed by a homophobic mob after yelling "Yaba daba dooo" following the lyric "You have a gay ol' time" at the end of a song.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Tap tempo is another way of saying 'water hammer'. So, the question has to be asked. What on Earth are you doing with your rig hooked up to the water mains? Mains electricity is the utility you should be tied into, not the water mains. Back to the drawing-board for you.

It's just direct hydroelectric power for the environmentally conscious.

Julian Cope's entire band's rig, however, is powered entirely by energy from ley lines.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The music label Parlaphone derives from the Latin (cf. French parler) for talking, and phone, which is the Latin for phone. This is because originally the label only released poetry and other spoken pieces, and even today music is only allowed on its records if it is supporting spoken pieces, e.g. the output of William Shatner

 

[zontar]

William Shatner was actually up for the Grammy for new Artist of the Year--he lost to Leonard Nimoy

 

[Tom Bomb]

It's just direct hydroelectric power for the environmentally conscious.

Julian Cope's entire band's rig, however, is powered entirely by energy from ley lines.

Nonsense!

 

[Jay2U]

Gibson announces the Hydro Bass! To save the company's name, Gibson developed a groundbreaking new concept. It's a completely hollow bass, built of carbon fiber, that can be filled with a variety of fluids. Experiments were conducted with several mineral oils, oobleck, water and booze, making it suitable for Rock, Motown, Jazz and Metal. They are still working on a Blues fluid. As a side-effect, head dive can be reduced by not filling the bass for the full 100%.

A Fender spokesman said: "Wanna make it play the Blues? Just fill it with concrete and dump it into the Mississippi".

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Gibson announces the Hydro Bass! To save the company's name, Gibson developed a groundbreaking new concept. It's a completely hollow bass, built of carbon fiber, that can be filled with a variety of fluids. Experiments were conducted with several mineral oils, oobleck, water and booze, making it suitable for Rock, Motown, Jazz and Metal. They are still working on a Blues fluid. As a side-effect, head dive can be reduced by not filling the bass for the full 100%.

A Fender spokesman said: "Wanna make it play the Blues? Just fill it with concrete and dump it into the Mississippi".

Bert Ruiter from Focus had asked for one filled with advocaat.

He was the bassist wasn't he?

 

[Jay2U]

Bert Ruiter from Focus had asked for one filled with advocaat.

He was the bassist wasn't he?

Since this is a misinformation thread, Bert never touched a bass.

 

[pklima]

Since this is a misinformation thread, Bert never touched a bass.

Right. Ernie was the bassist, not Bert.

 

[PillO]

Since this is a misinformation thread, Bert never touched a bass.

Bert is the drummer. Ernie is the bass player, but taught Bert drums
.
Elmo plays keyboard and of course cookie monster does vocals.

 

[prowla]

Animal taught Neil Peart how to do play the drums.


After he got bored with Buddy Rich trying to steal the act.