Let's spread some musical misinformation

[PillO]

Fender, recognizing that vintage instruments sell at a premium have been working on a method to capture that additional margin. As a result, Fender is now selling pre-vintage instruments. Priced at a very reasonable 75% premium to their non-pre-vintage instruments, these guitars and basses are expected to rise in value over the next 30-50 years.

 

[Jay2U]

D'addario put new warranty regulations in place. As from 1/1/2018, warranty will only be granted if the strings are returned in the original, unopened packing material, accompanied by a clear, written complaint.

 

[PillO]

D'addario put new warranty regulations in place. As from 1/1/2018, warranty will only be granted if the strings are returned in the original, unopened packing material, accompanied by a clear, written complaint.

So no musician will ever manage a return. Unless you get the drummer to do it; they typically are the most erudite member of any band.

 

[Pops OB]

D'addario. They make the best pizzas ever!

 

[PillO]

D'addario. They make the best pizzas ever!

Pizza was their expansion back into Italian food. D'Addario started manufacturing spaghetti and expanded into using spaghetti for ukulele strings. Moving into guitar and bass strings was a natural from there. The pizza tagline is "Our food has come full circle".

 

[Jay2U]

Pizza was their expansion back into Italian food. D'Addario started manufacturing spaghetti and expanded into using spaghetti for ukulele strings. Moving into guitar and bass strings was a natural from there. The pizza tagline is "Our food has come full circle".

Next item to be put on their menu card is fret wire.

 

[Feral Feline]

The string company's campaign to have its name properly pronounced, "DAHDAHREE-OH", failed and many if not most musicians still mispronounce it as "Dee Uhddarrrrryoh" — this became known as Dadaism.

There is a whole new generation of young musicians, learning from their forefathers this incorrect pronunciation, giving rise to a resurgence of inept name-calling known as Neo-Dada — all this despite a concerted effort by the aluminumatti (nee, aluminiumatti) to redress the problem moniker via Durian Durian's song "(Daddar)Rio":

"The name is Dadarree-oh and it's pronounced as one word
Just like your father, is "Dad" so absurd?
And when its maligned it really shows you're all mistakenly
PROnouncing Dadahreeoh, Deeeee Uhdarrrryohhh — Really how hard can it beeeee?"​

A previous attempt at popularising the correct pronunciation had also failed, the message hidden in the refrains of a musical, the company thinking musicians would "get it" if the concept was presented in a musical way. The company continued to have its name mispronounced despite the success of the song from The Sound Of Music:

(Doh!) Doh, Addaree0h, Daddareeoh
(Rayo!?) Rayo!?, another incorrect pronunciation
(Mee!) me, a name I mispronounce
(Flat!) flat wrong, wrong way its sung
(So!) So! Don't say it as it's read
(Laugh!) Laughable, to quote it as so
("D"!) "D", a letter that's not said
That will bring us back to dohdareeohohoh...​

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[Jay2U]

The string company's campaign to have its name properly pronounced, "DAHDAHREE-OH", failed and many if not most musicians still mispronounce it as "Dee Uhddarrrrryoh" — this became known as Dadaism...

According to their spokesman, the correct pronunciation is "Diarrhea".

 

[Boristhespyder]

According to their spokesman, the correct pronunciation is "Diarrhea".

And in England the Aluminumati are pronounced Aluminiumati.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

And in England the Aluminumati are pronounced Aluminiumati.

That is all down the the EU. In the 1970s, along with the butter mountains and wine lakes there was a big pile of unused letter 'i'. It's like Leicester, it was was Lecester before.

The above isn't related to music, but there was also an over supply of musical notes, so Georgio Moroder was employed to find a way of using them up, and with I Feel Love he achieved that aim. Unfortunately the movement was so successful that by the 1980s Britain couldn't import enough notes to go round (Thatcher had closed down the local note mines) and Brian Eno had to invent ambient music to eke out the meagre supply of notes available.

With brexit the UK is likely to sign a trade deal with the USA to import American notes, but there is concern that many will only be suitable for country and/or western, and that ribald traditional folk music and Morris dancing will die out as they are outbid by One Direction and Adele for English notes

 

[Jay2U]

...With brexit the UK is likely to sign a trade deal with the USA to import American notes, but there is concern that many will only be suitable for country and/or western, and that ribald traditional folk music and Morris dancing will die out as they are outbid by One Direction and Adele for English notes

American notes may be too heavily censored for the UK market. They may be suitable for most pop songs, but won't be of any use for hardcore punk rock songs.

 

[popcat]

And then, there was The Beatles; Obla di, obla da da da is all I ever get from you.

 

[ZenG]

If you get a large wooden carpenter's vice, put your head in it and tighten it, your bass will sound way better to you.

It's all to do with the resonant frequency of your head.

Fender made one of these vices for two years in the 70's. It was called the FatHead.

 

[PillO]

American notes may be too heavily censored for the UK market. They may be suitable for most pop songs, but won't be of any use for hardcore punk rock songs.

The United States does not have a huge resource of notes; probably no where near enough for domestic consumption as well as export. This is what drove the British invasion of the 60s and the New Wave of British Metal in the 80s. There is a large untapped reservoir of notes in Canada, however they are not currently desirable as many believe that they are mined by slaves owned by Justin Beiber.

 

[PillO]

If you get a large wooden carpenter's vice, put your head in it and tighten it, your bass will sound way better to you.

It's all to do with the resonant frequency of your head.

Fender made one of these vices for two years in the 70's. It was called the FatHead.

The Fat Finger tool is intended to be placed on the earlobe to change the resonant frequency of the skull. Putting it on your bass is a handy way to store it when not in use, but there are these fools that play without removing it from the bass.

 

[Jay2U]

If you get a large wooden carpenter's vice, put your head in it and tighten it, your bass will sound way better to you.

It's all to do with the resonant frequency of your head.

Fender made one of these vices for two years in the 70's. It was called the FatHead.

Be sure not to place the vice over the ears, otherwise it won't work.

 

[Boristhespyder]

The United States does not have a huge resource of notes; probably no where near enough for domestic consumption as well as export. This is what drove the British invasion of the 60s and the New Wave of British Metal in the 80s. There is a large untapped reservoir of notes in Canada, however they are not currently desirable as many believe that they are mined by slaves owned by Justin Beiber.

Canadian notes are mainly upper (G cleff) notes. The better lower bass cleff notes come from Mexico and the Gulf coast.

 

[PillO]

Canadian notes are mainly upper (G cleff) notes. The better lower bass cleff notes come from Mexico and the Gulf coast.

Canada has a large reserve of all notes, but particularly valuable are the As. Despite Geddy Lee's well known high consumption of notes, there is still a large excess.

 

[Jay2U]

Canadian notes are best suited for instruments with maple fretboards.

 

[PillO]

Canadian notes are best suited for instruments with maple fretboards.

Canadians get all syrupy over maple fretboards...