Nah uh! One was actually an El Camino...the Pinto of pickups
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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The fact that the El Camino was voted the most exciting car of 1990 by the American Association of Automobile Journalists Association of America is most likely a result of Frankie Ballard's El Camino being played during voting.
If you play Enrico Caruso's 78 rpm recording of "Madame Butterfly" from 1938 backward,
you will hear him recite the winning numbers of last Saturday night's Mega Millions drawing.
you will hear him recite the winning numbers of last Saturday night's Mega Millions drawing.
Volkswagen's next vehicle will be called the Giuliani, because its gaseous emissions were passed in the Michigan Senate.
New documents reveal Jaco was assassinated to prevent his follow up to "Continuum"; he had figured out life, and was going to reveal the secrets of the universe in subsequent compositions "Space", and in due course... "Time" — now we'll never know how to unlock the universe, 'cause you need all three compositions to decode it all.
Steve Harris always wanted to be Jaco.
Jaco wanted to be Geddy.
Geddy wanted to be Duck Dunn.
Duck Dunn didn't know any bass players.
Jaco wanted to be Geddy.
Geddy wanted to be Duck Dunn.
Duck Dunn didn't know any bass players.
Mickey Hart, Donald Dunn and Snowy White had always planned to form a supergroup 3-piece but were thwarted by Walt Disney's jealous guarding of copyright. They were lucky to get session/semi-band member jobs. Walt's ruthlessness led to Pluto even being declassified as a planet.
If you build yourself a pre-amp using "perf-board" or "vero-board" or even point-to-point turret-board instead of purchasing a pre-fabbed preamp PCB from one of the many DIY suppliers ...
Your tone will disappear without a trace.
Your tone will disappear without a trace.
Well, if they are flats, you get mudflats.
If you want your amp to be built like a tank, it has be be built on a turret board.
Also required playing: Pachelbel's Canon, especially if you're tracking.
Not Misinfo: I often have to muddle through a song, especially when the bandleader springs a never played nor rehearsed song right there in front of the audience, bar staff and bog and everybloody...
While YOU may have wasted your time in house-arrest lock-down some bass players have made the most of their time off.
Gene Simmons has written a comprehensive textbook on music theory. The Berkley School of music has already added it to their curriculum.
Nikki Sixx has written two books, the first on walking bass lines and the second on developing improvisational skills. Both are expected to be used at the Manhatten School of Music.
Tim Commerford has written a number of articles arguing in favour of diplomatic political dialogue in the interest of finding common ground between Democrats and Republicans. He has been offered a visiting professorship at Harvard Law School.
Gene Simmons has written a comprehensive textbook on music theory. The Berkley School of music has already added it to their curriculum.
Nikki Sixx has written two books, the first on walking bass lines and the second on developing improvisational skills. Both are expected to be used at the Manhatten School of Music.
Tim Commerford has written a number of articles arguing in favour of diplomatic political dialogue in the interest of finding common ground between Democrats and Republicans. He has been offered a visiting professorship at Harvard Law School.
Technically, he never submitted it. He coughed and it burst into flames.
To get rid of upper-mid honk, boil your strings in beezelnut oil. That honk changes to a "who..."
All this talk of boiling strings...it's all foolishness, you know! Boiling brings the Tensile Ululating Fluidity Factor (TUFF) far too close to the Evocative Numerating Undulation Factor (ENUF). It's just fabulous, I tell you.
REAL string connoisseurs know that strings only need a short simmer with some fava beans, and played when enjoying a nice chianti.
(Although I'll admit that some blues artists prefer to simmer their strings in bacon grease...I don't judge, unlike those who don't know the history of Fender Squier...)
REAL string connoisseurs know that strings only need a short simmer with some fava beans, and played when enjoying a nice chianti.
(Although I'll admit that some blues artists prefer to simmer their strings in bacon grease...I don't judge, unlike those who don't know the history of Fender Squier...)
We have discussed this to death. The point of boiling strings is not to rejuvenate the strings, but rather to get the broth. It is used to refill reverb tanks and to replenish the mojo in amps.
Fava beans? What are string beans for, then?
Horses for courses. Fava beans when you are trying to quiet the sheep, and string beans when you're playing with banjos on Hee Haw. Amp juice, by the way can also be obtained by running your old, full-of-mojo, strings through either a wine or sugar press and allowing the residue (by the way, Wine Press Residue would make a good band name) to ferment for at least 31 hours. 32 if you only have flats...
