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Originally, the Double Bass actually had two necks, one for each hand. However, as this made holding the bow rather complicated, bassists were given the choice of either removing one neck, or adding a third arm to their body. Most chose to remove the extra neck.

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Originally, the Double Bass actually had two necks, one for each hand. However, as this made holding the bow rather complicated, bassists were given the choice of either removing one neck, or adding a third arm to their body. Most chose to remove the extra neck.

The other option was to save a small child from going up a chimney by having them do the bowing for you, but that cost extra money.
 
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Originally, the Double Bass actually had two necks, one for each hand. However, as this made holding the bow rather complicated, bassists were given the choice of either removing one neck, or adding a third arm to their body. Most chose to remove the extra neck.
Some bassists do have that third arm. It's in the wrong place, however...
 
Though Ronnie Wood appears to be carved from a solid lump of wood, the truth is he isn't actually made of wood; he's made of leather, however 'Ronnie Leather' just doesn't have the same ring to it...

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Originally, the Double Bass actually had two necks, one for each hand. However, as this made holding the bow rather complicated, bassists were given the choice of either removing one neck, or adding a third arm to their body. Most chose to remove the extra neck.

This concept was revived when a Mr. Chapman nailed two necks together. Obviously before he started work at Andertons
 
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My research on double basses, is the double bass was named by a fisherman who did bass fishing, and caught two basses, on his Christmas tree. He had to change the way bass was pronounced because one of his younger sons liked baseball, and could not pronounce bass.
The fisherman turned his St. Bernard's house (Fluffy) into the instrument we call a double bass, hence the name doghouse. Fluffy House just does not carry the concept. :wacky:
 
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Pawsh Spice is the illegitimate love child from one of the concert after-parties of the Four Seasons, but was conceived and born before DNA Testing became En Vogue — so they have no idea which one of the seasonings (Oregano, Basil, Clove, and Bay) is the father as they've always been a foursome.

There is a theory that Prika snuck into the party, and is the Pa.
 
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