Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Common Tater]

The only problem, if the helium leaks into the speakers your bass sounds like a ukulele.

I don't see a problem.

 

[Bad azz tone]

The only problem, if the helium leaks into the speakers your bass sounds like a ukulele.

And all the singers in the band sound like chipmunks.

 

[Common Tater]

And all the singers in the band sound like chipmunks.

Still not seeing a problem.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Orange (not to be confused with blue, green, etc.) audio engineers refer to this device as an SC, or Sound Cannon. The "cannon" fires projectiles in the shape of musical notes. It can handle individual notes and even two and three note chords quite well, but can jam when attempting to reproduce complex chords.

One Orange engineer named Red was standing behind a prototype cab when a co-worker attempted to play a chord using all 6 strings of a 6-string bass. This blew out the back of the cab, nearly castrating Red. They now call him "CD", short (no pun intended) for "Collateral Damage".

I believe that anything with a flat fifth in also causes explosions

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Still not seeing a problem.

Wasn't the KT Bush band an early user of HELIO technology in the late 70s (Britain - first with tech, but never able to commercialise it). It only leaked as far as the vocalist intermittently, though, sometimes during a sung note before dissipating.

 

[mrjim123]

I believe that anything with a flat fifth in also causes explosions

That will send anybody standing within the fatal radius into the fifth dimension, not that that's a bad thing.

 

[popcat]

That will send anybody standing within the fatal radius into the fifth dimension, not that that's a bad thing.

'Cause the fifth dimension is full of beautiful balloons.

 

[NathOBX]

If your instrument is improperly grounded you can fix it with ground wound strings!

 

[popcat]

If your instrument is improperly grounded you can fix it with ground wound strings!

You should always properly ground your bass to hold down the bottom and get below the noise floor.

 

[TH63]

I use nitrous oxide to play faster

 

[Bad azz tone]

And the fifth dimension is full of beautiful balloons.

If your instrument is improperly grounded you can fix it with ground wound strings!

Damn!...........all this time I've been using ground cinnamon!!!#^%$&^#$*^&!

 

[Justinvs]

I use nitrous oxide to play faster

What a laugh!

 

[Bad azz tone]

I use nitrous oxide to play faster

Tried it,........couldn't stop laughing long enough to play my bass.

 

[mrjim123]

I use nitrous oxide to play faster

Tried it,........couldn't stop playing my bass long enough to laugh.

 

[Pocket4]

Nitrogen sealed string packages give it the essence rare.

 

[Jay2U]

It seems neo cabs may be a thing of the past.Ampeg is working on a new cabinet that they are going to call the"HELIO". Inside the cab are two stainless steel cylinders,each holding 25 lbs of helium. They have two way valves,one to let the gas in one to let it out. When you want to move any heavy cabinet,you fill the cylinders with helium.when you get where you want the cabinet to sit you empty the gas into a portable reserve tank. This makes an 8x10 cab weigh 20 lbs. Every cab has been weighed,and the proper amount of gas figured out for each. They decided that 20 lbs would be the weight they will make each cab. Obviously, there has to be safety built in, like valves that only allow a specific amount of gas into the cylinders,for obvious reasons, you don't want your cab floating away. Imagine loading a large PA system, even amp racks will weigh only 20 lbs,bass cabs,marshal stacks only weigh 20 lbs. Next they plan to use this system to make SVT's weigh only 20 lbs.

They say that Geddy traveled forward in time to get himself a HELIO™. The prototype he brought was leaking helium...

 

[-Asdfgh-]

'Cause the fifth dimension is full of beautiful balloons.

and aquariums... I think.

 

[Jay2U]

'Cause the fifth dimension is full of beautiful balloons.

and aquariums... I think.

and this...

 

[mrjim123]

Marilyn McCoo had nice balloons - not misinformation.

 

[popcat]

If you buy whipped cream in the can, you can use the N2O to hit high notes like David Lee Roth; and the whipped cream comes in handy later with the groupies.