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#9,844
Jay2U said:
If all known precautions against hum and interference have been taken and there's still noise, then connect your strap to ground.
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You know as well as I do that grounding your strap will not work unless you use an automotive ground strap.

But, there is an easier way to prevent that annoying hum. Pour a full bottle of Gatorade (and it must be Gatorade, not Powerade, or some other copy and it must be the big bottle, not the little one) on the stage and play barefoot while standing in it.
 
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PillO said:
You know as well as I do that grounding your strap will not work unless you use an automotive ground strap.

But, there is an easier way to prevent that annoying hum. Pour a full bottle of Gatorade (and it must be Gatorade, not Powerade, or some other copy and it must be the big bottle, not the little one) on the stage and play barefoot while standing in it.
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...or supply the audience with HumPlugs™, so they won't hear it.
 
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#9,847
Ryan Atchison said:
Did you know that Geddy Lee played a fretless Ibanez SR 5 string while he was touring with Dick Dale and The Del-Tones, he also played bass on the Obscure hit by the Beatles: Surfin’ USA!!!
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He was so inspired by the whole surfing scene that he had the bass refinished in Seafoam Green. He played it that way until one day he became violently ill with the flu, and never again wanted to look at ANYTHING that resembled Seafoam Green. In a rush he refinished the bass and resumed the tour.
 
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mrjim123 said:
He was so inspired by the whole surfing scene that he had the bass refinished in Seafoam Green. He played it that way until one day he became violently ill with the flu, and never again wanted to look at ANYTHING that resembled Seafoam Green. In a rush he refinished the bass and resumed the tour.
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And thus the horror novel and movie Seafoam Green.
"It's Seafoam Green Tuesday!"
"Seafoam Green.... is made out of people!
 
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mrjim123 said:
He was so inspired by the whole surfing scene that he had the bass refinished in Seafoam Green. He played it that way until one day he became violently ill with the flu, and never again wanted to look at ANYTHING that resembled Seafoam Green. In a rush he refinished the bass and resumed the tour.
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He also reshaped the Ibby to look like a Rick.
 
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Jay2U said:
He also reshaped the Ibby to look like a Rick.
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He reshaped his precision into a tear drop shape as he couldn't find a teardrop Vox. He later reshaped it further, which inspired the Steinberger bass body shape (the headstock shape being inspired by a Les Paul after it fell over). Lee was then given one of the Steinberger basses in recognition of Lee inspiring it.
 
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Eating while there's a band playing is called a hoedown throwdown, which is not exactly good English. Playing with your food is bad manners, or is it Bad English, a band from the 80's ... oh, wait, now I'm really confused.
 

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