Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Jay2U]

For blues scales the frets have to be in different positions, hence a fretless bass is recommended to play all styles.

 

[Steamtronic]

Bassists are frustrated guitar players who realized they sucked. They all wish they could play a real instrument - even rhythm guitar would be cooler - but no-one knows a drummer who can keep time so they are stuck there for the good of the band.

 

[MrMeacham]

Gear provides the inspiration and makes the music. Are you a player with tools or a Tool with gear?

 

[Steamtronic]

If you play Black Sabbath riffs backwards on your bass, a baby dies.

 

[Casting Thunder]

If you play Black Sabbath riffs backwards on your bass, a baby dies.

So if you play one forward a fairy gets its boots?

 

[Steamtronic]

So if you play one forward a fairy gets its boots?

It gets it's boots rocked. As do we all.

 

[iridiumrocks]

So if you play one forward a fairy gets its boots?

Fairies wear boots and you gotta believe. I saw it I saw it with my own two eyes.

 

[Jay2U]

No, no, no, fairies have tails, so called fairy tails.

 

[My name is Mudd]

I thought ferrys had passengers...

 

[Josh Thatguy]

I thought it was too politically incorrect nowadays to call them fairies

 

[Jay2U]

If you're moving at high speed, whilst playing a musical instrument, it should be tuned slightly lower. Time dilation, as predicted by Einstein's special relativity, makes time appear to go slower.

 

[mrjim123]

If you're moving at high speed, whilst playing a musical instrument, it should be tuned slightly lower. Time dilation, as predicted by Einstein's special relativity, makes time appear to go slower.

All you need to know about bass strings can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

 

[Jay2U]

The Higgs boson is responsible for pulling strings towards the fretboard. This is the mechanism which makes them rattle.

 

[UncleFluffy]

Tuning is for the weak.

 

[FretNoMore]

If your bass is properly set up from the factory you don't need a tuner, but since quality control has gotten worse you may have to tune it yourself these days.

 

[hsech]

Fender and Gibson merged and came out with the new Fenson Prejazz SGbird.

 

[pklima]

The Higgs boson is responsible for pulling strings towards the fretboard. This is the mechanism which makes them rattle.

I thought that was the Higgs bassoon?

 

[Scobby Bott]

No, the Higgs bassoon is a bassoon that takes enormous energy to play, and creates notes so low they can only be heard for a fraction of a second under the strictest conditions. Chuck Norris of course, is the only person known to be able to play one. He can play Metallica's Ride the Lightning in it's entirety, and does so annually on the summit of Mt. Everest in tribute to Odin, mostly because he feels really sorry for that guy.

 

[shadowtippy]

A fretless bass never needs to be tuned unless you play an open string.

 

[Nellarecneps]

Bassists never play open notes
Dave grohl never played an e major chord
Kurt Cobain played pop punk in blink 182 but he now plays drums in the band foo fighters and changed his name to Taylor Hawkins
The band nirvana is very bhuddist(? Did I spell that right)
Linkin Park has a bass player... and they play good music.
P basses were not the first electric bass ever. Skrillex invented it but he dropped it on Leo fenders head(stock)