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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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An A-string is the most durable, of course. It's just a quirk of materials science that they are all about .080 inches in diameter.
CBE stands for Cape of the British Empire. They over-ordered CBEs so felt it made sense to give the excess one to someone who wears capes. The 1980s British Olympic shot-putter Geoff Capes is also a CBE, of course, but Wakeman has never tried to wear Geoff to my knowledge.
Wakeman has tried to wear Geoff, however, he paid a large sum of money for the pictures and negatives
Berry Gordy bought Motown Records from its founder, Mo Szyslak.
I've been doing it on every track I made, and haven't played a real bassline on a recording in a decade now.
(Misinformation because I've only been doing it since 2013 or 2014.)
There seems to be some confusion over the logic of naming the basic four bass strings G, D, A, and E. To clarify, these are the first letters of the basic compound each string is made of.
The G string is made of Gadmenum, the D is made of Doldite, the A is made of Anthricite and the E string is made of Erodium. For those with five string basses, the B string is made from Boxite. The different materials of construction are what gives each string it's different voice or pitch.
As a side note, Gadmenum is much more brittle than the other compounds, which explains why a G string breaks much more often than an E string.
The G string is made of Gadmenum, the D is made of Doldite, the A is made of Anthricite and the E string is made of Erodium. For those with five string basses, the B string is made from Boxite. The different materials of construction are what gives each string it's different voice or pitch.
As a side note, Gadmenum is much more brittle than the other compounds, which explains why a G string breaks much more often than an E string.
In a few years from now, a string set will be more expensive than a bass. Then we'll be swapping basses instead of strings.
Sorry, old news if it's TIs...
If you plant your bass, a basswood tree will grow.
but if the bass you plant has no frets the basswood tree will grow with no branches
Getting a basswood tree started is the hard part. Many start them off inside in a mixture of flour, water, lard and egg.
I've gotta say that looks pretty disgusting... I love me a good pie, but I'd pass on that...
Between shot-putting and World's Strongest Man, Geoff was invited to the Highland Games' Tossing The Caber event. The invitation was mis-typed "Tossing the Caper" which led to the sickening display involving Rick Wakeman. Despite Geoff's paying-off (and not to be ignored intimidation), one British tabloid photographer considered it his noble duty to record what happened
Les Fender invented the fretless bass guitar.
Aaron Paul once customized a guitar then undid all the modifications. Gibson picked up the design and called it the Les Paul Custom.
Randy Rhodes' father was an electronics designer and came up with an electric piano (later sold to Freddy Fender).
Piano is Italian for plane or flat. So the top of a grand piano should only be opened to access the strings for replacement or tuning. Playing a piano with open top is like driving a car with open hood.
