Let's spread some musical misinformation

[-Asdfgh-]

The problem with uber cabs is they tend to get the signal caught in Crossover Traffic and sound like a congested Hendrix.










The only way you could get a Cab Callaway at the time was if you had a Invalid Link Removed.
Highly sought after, but required a lot of green to acquire.




It's a Russian bass Banjolaika.

I thought Banjolaika was one of Gwyneth Paltrow's kids

 

[-Asdfgh-]

And it used to be illegal to plsy Chicago blues with anything eccept a checker cab.

Did Flea discover nit picking ?

His real nickname is Flee.

 

[Jay2U]

In 2018 Fender will be launching a new type of bass, the D-Bass.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Did someone call me?

 

[buldog5151bass]

Sara Lee actually played bass for Rush for two years while Geddy was taking a break. This was actually the reason he had long hair - so he would have a sub ready to go at any time (gotta read ALL the threads here, kids).

 

[pklima]

Bruce Springsteen is a cyborg, born in the USB.

 

[Feral Feline]

While the voice was no problem for Sara Lee to sub for Geddy, her diminutive stature made it difficult to achieve the same powerful tone as Geddy's fingers get — to this end, she employed hitting the strings with one of her pound cakes... this also begat the phrase "Plays like buttah".

 

[Feral Feline]

When musicians use the term "noise floor", they're referring to pedalboard use, if any.

A "low" noise floor just means very few pedals are used;
conversely, the "higher" the noise floor the greater the number of pedals that are used.

 

[mrjim123]

In 2018 Fender will be launching a new type of bass, the D-Bass.

Fender will also be unveiling a "Neo" version of this bass. Weight reduction will be achieved through the use of hollow core strings, extremely porous "worm wood" for the body, and a balsa wood neck (no neck dive!). Sealed cavities inside the bass will be filled with light weight hydrogen gas, prompting some to dub it "The Hindenburg".

 

[JohnDeereJack]

Way before Sting was in The Police he actually owned the copyright to the band name ‘Wings’. People used to phone him from far and wide to place orders for “Sting’s Wings” thinking they were super-hot, tasty buffalo wings.
Needless to say, Sting got tired of this and sold the ‘Wings’ name to Paul McCartney, whose wife Linda created a meat-free vegetarian version of buffalo wings. These meat-free wings sold very badly and the McCartney’s were headed for financial ruin when Paul, the astute businessman that he is, came up with a plan; to use the ‘Wings’ name for a band, tour the world and live happily ever after.
True story

 

[Pops OB]

In 2018 Fender will be launching a new type of bass, the D-Bass.

Love that video, anyway! BTW, I stayed at the Cambria Pines Lodge in 1966 on the way to Haight-Ashbury in 1966. Now I feel as ancient as dirt! (Sorry, my comment isn't "misinformation," lol).

 

[Jay2U]

Love that video, anyway! BTW, I stayed at the Cambria Pines Motel in 1966 on the way to Haight-Ashbury in 1966. Now I feel as ancient as dirt! (Sorry, my comment isn't "misinformation," lol).

In '66 I learned how to read and write. 57 yo. here and that's no misinformation. I'm still feeling like 27.... that unfortunately is misinformation.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

In 2018 Fender will be launching a new type of bass, the D-Bass.

Now you don't have to take heavy, large amps around, it makes more space for a larger bass.

 

[Feral Feline]

Malappropriated from another thread:

Of COURSE!

Fender was the first to offer 5-string basses.

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Although the above photo is not that of a vintage Fender, it adequately illustrates the Fender 5-stringer:

Four strings that are played, and a fifth decorative string on the "hang tag".


Unfortunately, most players do not realise the importance of the "hang" in a band situation, and remove the hang-tag (and thus its string).
If you've got the chops, but still can't seem to get into a band or stay in one for long — try putting the fifth string and hang-tag back.
Many players are rediscovering the importance of the "hang", and thus the rise in the popularity of five-string basses.
Some players have even managed to modify their basses to allow the playing of that fifth string, thus turning something that was once purely cosmetic into a functional and integral part of the bass.

 

[Stumbo]

His real nickname is Flee.

His real name is Bruce Francis Lee after his godfather, martial artist Bruce Lee.

He didn't want to be known as Bruce Lee and he disliked Francis. He tried combining his first initial and last name into B. Lee. Nope, didn't work for him either.

What did work for him was F. Lee, like lawyer, F. Lee Baily.

He had some business cards printed and due to poor handwriting, his name was printed Flee.

The rest is history.

 

[Boristhespyder]

His real name is Bruce Francis Lee after his godfather, martial artist Bruce Lee.

He didn't want to be known as Bruce Lee and he disliked Francis. He tried combining his first initial and last name into B. Lee. Nope, didn't work for him either.

What did work for him was F. Lee, like lawyer, F. Lee Baily.

He had some business cards printed and due to poor handwriting, his name was printed Flee.

The rest is history.

Rare footage from his days of military service and why he hated the name Francis.

 

[Jay2U]

His real name is Bruce Francis Lee after his godfather, martial artist Bruce Lee.

He didn't want to be known as Bruce Lee and he disliked Francis. He tried combining his first initial and last name into B. Lee. Nope, didn't work for him either.

What did work for him was F. Lee, like lawyer, F. Lee Baily.

He had some business cards printed and due to poor handwriting, his name was printed Flee.

The rest is history.

Huh? I was told his real name was Geddy Flea.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

His real name is Bruce Francis Lee after his godfather, martial artist Bruce Lee.

He didn't want to be known as Bruce Lee and he disliked Francis. He tried combining his first initial and last name into B. Lee. Nope, didn't work for him either.

What did work for him was F. Lee, like lawyer, F. Lee Baily.

He had some business cards printed and due to poor handwriting, his name was printed Flee.

The rest is history.

I presume these were cards for his side gig as an underwear model?

 

[popcat]

Years before Sheldon Cooper was saying "bazinga!", there was this other guy who would say "zappagotcha!" -- this is how Francis Zappadoloccia became known as Frank Zappa.

 

[nitrobrother]

(Oh, I'm so going to start using "zappagotcha" in every third or fourth sentence....)