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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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EQ stands for equine quotient, and can be used on vocals, all cut, if the singer is a little hoarse. Alternatively, you can boost to give him/her voice a gravelly quantity without having to have them gargle a mixture of grit and bourbon, which is the usual method.
If you're setting up a bass weighing more than 12lb, it is vital to adjust the truss rod on the player's surgical appliance before working on the instrument.
(with apologies to those actually afflicted)
(with apologies to those actually afflicted)
Use the correct feeler gauge when setting up the truss rod on a bass. The correct string/fret distance is 0.381mm. Some gauges are only 0.38mm, and that 0.001mm difference is more important to success than anything the player can do.
When Led Zeppelin first appeared in the music world they tried to make everything fit their image. They even had all their instruments made of lead. The problem was no bass player in their right mind ever wanted to play a 72 pound bass! But who's to say if any bass player is ever really in their right mind!
With a lead singer trying to sound like Geddy?
The Kinks wanted to call themselves the "Colonel Klink's" but they didn't have enough space on the marquee at their first concert. then the guy who did the marquee lettering accidentally left out the letter "L" in the shortened name. ,,,, the band had to live with the error in their name from then on.
Real bass players can hear individual vibrations below 160 hz.
If you fill your hollow body bass with helium, it'll sound like a guitar.
If only IQ pedals were available to those people.
Bass is all about feel. Intelligence quotient and emotional quotient mean nothing for a bass player. It is all about the groove quotient. There is even a magazine dedicated to it - GQ
Also, Robert Plant gained 400 pounds in an attempt to resemble a zeppelin. Amazingly, after they abandoned the "literal" approach, he was able to lose the 400 pounds before their first photo shoot.
Meatloaf thought that because of his nickname, he could eat nothing but meatloaf. It was only after his second heart attack that his cardiologist, manager, and the record company could convince him otherwise.
The first electric guitar invented was a bass. It was after the inventor's wife accidentally ran the prototype through the washing machine that the inventor, at first horrified at how his prized instrument had shrunk, realised the potential of the smaller guitar and started to produce it in quantity. He also made sure that the contribution of his spouse to his commercial success was quietly forgotten.
