Let's spread some musical misinformation

[PillO]

Few people realize that James Marshall Hendrix actually founded the amp company named after him.

Leo Fender was never associated with the Fender label, was sued and lost to Fender Founder Freddy Fender.

That is why Jimi faked his death - full time amp manufacturing. He knew there was no money to be made playing music.

 

[Pops OB]

That is why Jimi faked his death - full time amp manufacturing. He knew there was no money to be made playing music.

 

[Jay2U]

The thumb rest on the P-Bass was introduced to cover up holes drilled in the wrong position in a series of pick guards.

 

[Feral Feline]

Real Men Drink Coke Zero, while playing their fretless Bass Bouzoukis

 

[PillO]

The thumb rest on the P-Bass was introduced to cover up holes drilled in the wrong position in a series of pick guards.

And the thumb rest is on the treble side because Leo had upside down hands.

 

[Count Bassie]

And the thumb rest is on the treble side because Leo had upside down hands.

Actually he was left handed, but used a right handed bandsaw in his original garage/ shop. When cutting his first pickguards he had them laid out upside-down. The rest is history.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Fender is working on a bass that will neither be fretted nor fretless. The all new N-Bass will be neckless, thus solving all tuning and intonation problems, as well as making it much easier to restring

It will still have a dead spot.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

That is why Jimi faked his death - full time amp manufacturing. He knew there was no money to be made playing music.

Jim Morrison fakes his death to work on an operating system for the newly emerging computer market, working for Xerox on 'Doors', which Microsoft stole the concepts of to create 'Windows'.

 

[popcat]

Actually, The Doors were originally called Doors and Windows of Perception, but it was too difficult to pronounce when stoned so they shortened it to make it easier for everyone (including themselves).

 

[mrjim123]

Jim Morrison originally wanted to name the Doors' fourth studio album "Microsoft Parade", but Ray Manzerek objected, saying "This album is going to be HUGE, nothing micro about it", so it was ultimately named "Soft Parade".

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The band Soft Machine hit hard times by the early 1980s and was briefly Microsoft Machine under a sponsorship deal. The band was originally asked to create the startup sound for Windows 95, but the producer, Brian Eno, thought its efforts were not worthy and substituted his own brief creation.

Later Brian Eno worked on Clippy. "It looks like you are writing a letter. What would your closest friend do?" or "It looks like you are creating your resume. Try faking it!" and Microsoft Office's spell checker "Honour thy error as a hidden intention."

 

[Jay2U]

Never record any of your originals on an iPhone™, because it will slightly modify your composition, so it isn't yours anymore and upload it to the iTunes™ store.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Actually, The Doors were originally called Doors and Windows of Perception, but it was too difficult to pronounce when stoned so they shortened it to make it easier for everyone (including themselves).

Manzarek, when Morrison died, worked as a double glazing salesman for a while.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Priscilla Presley has never got a cent in royalties from the Presley estate, as it is still disputed as to whether Elvis is really dead, or if he works in a chip shop or lives on the moon.

 

[Pops OB]

Never record any of your originals on an iPhone™, because it will slightly modify your composition, so it isn't yours anymore and upload it to the iTunes™ store.

That’s exactly how iTunes ended up owning the Beatles Catalog from Michael Jackson.

 

[Jay2U]

A cabinet is a combo that lost its head.

 

[mrjim123]

A combo is a cabinet that got some head.

 

[juggahnaught]

Bass players throughout the ages generally played only one note at a time. Noting that all basses at the time only needed one string, Leo Fender decided to add more strings to the bass guitar - resulting in the Fender Polyphonic Bass. The instrument gained a massive following and became colloquially known as the P bass.

 

[PillO]

Upright bass players that switched to electric bass were disturbed and annoyed by the bits of wire that were embedded into the neck as an aid to finding the right note. The pieces of wire then became known as frets for the emotions evoked.

 

[popcat]

Leo's son, Freddy Fender, did not agree with the sale to CBS which inspired him to write the song "Before The Next Teardrop Falls." He then went on to write "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" due to his MIJ Squire addiction.