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#15,528
GBassNorth said:
Not sure if it’s true, but I heard that Geddy took voice lessons from Yoko. It would explain a lot.
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And Yoko took bass lessons from Geddy so she could take on the role with Lennon in his live shows as George Harrison had turned the gig down. But much like he told Levin during the Double Fantasy sessions, he told her not to play quite so many notes as Geddy, so the lessons were somewhat wasted. But it does explain why Yoko plays bass with a Canadian accent, that is an A at the end of every phrase.
 
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El Güero said:
The Ventures' stringed instrument extraordinaire Nokie Edwards was named Pinocchio at birth.
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The Ventures were originally Alice's Adventures in the Consumption of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide and Psilocybin. But the name didn't fit on the bass drum. After much trial and error, they discovered that Ventures fit with a small The above.
 
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pklima said:
That "Take These Broken Wings" song originated as the intro music of a 1980s KFC training video. The original lyrics were "take these chicken wings and learn to fry again".
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Which was inspired on the original by BB King, titled "Take These Broken Strings (and Learn to Play Again)".
 
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Mosrite guitars were considered by many to be THE guitars for surf music due to their unique shape and sound. The German carved edges were nothing new, but rare and mostly unseen on guitars in the US. Semie Moseley liked the body designs and wacky pickup mounting, but wanted to ensure that his guitars had a distinctive sound as well as appearance. This lead to the prototype bodies being made from several types of wood.

While sitting on the beach and watching the surfers one day, he got the idea to make the bodies from broken and used surfboards. The first prototype proved to have the unheard sound he had been seeking, and from then throughout the late 60s ALL Mosrite guitar bodies were made from surfboards.
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El Güero said:
Mosrite guitars were considered by many to be THE guitars for surf music due to their unique shape and sound. The German carved edges were nothing new, but rare and mostly unseen on guitars in the US. Semie Moseley liked the body designs and wacky pickup mounting, but wanted to ensure that his guitars had a distinctive sound as well as appearance. This lead to the prototype bodies being made from several types of wood.

While sitting on the beach and watching the surfers one day, he got the idea to make the bodies from broken and used surfboards. The first prototype proved to have the unheard sound he had been seeking, and from then throughout the late 60s ALL Mosrite guitar bodies were made from surfboards.
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Actually the angled pickups became part of the design when Semie spent a full day on the beach and was affected by the fumes from various herbals smoked by the surfers before going home and getting his sketchpad out.
 
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