Let's spread some musical misinformation

[1bassleft]

A = 419 = 4+1+9 = 14 = 1+4 = 5. Therefore, we should all play five string basses.

Asdfgh must surely be Q, which wouldn't help identify the elusive pizza-ring swamp drainer except the DJ going by the name of Q-Bass (5) is known to be Jakub Zeremba. It was the "all play five-string bass" plug that rumbled you, Asdfgh/Jakub

 

[PillO]

A = 419 = 4+1+9 = 14 = 1+4 = 5. Therefore, we should all play five string basses.

Of course @-Asdfgh- tunes his 5 string basses to D G D G D

 

[PDW30]

Of course @-Asdfgh- tunes his 5 string basses to D G D G D

I assumed he had a 6-string tuned to ASDFGH. The S and H strings are custom jobs and he makes his own tuning forks.

 

[pklima]

The S is custom; the H is a standard German steel string.

 

[PDW30]

The S is custom; the H is a standard German steel string.

Quite correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(musical_note)

 

[pklima]

But only if the string is made of German steel. For some weird reason not yet understood by metallurgists, American steel would break under that tension.

 

[PDW30]

But only if the string is made of German steel. For some weird reason not yet understood by metallurgists, American steel would break under that tension.

My anglo concertina (alas, little played) is a bit over 100 years old, and the spring steel for replacement reeds wasn't obtainable 30 years ago. ISTR it was Swedish made, and modern replacements are softer and sound like it.

Hang on to your bass strings, folks!

 

[mrperkolator]

The best sounding bow for an upright bass was sold for $3.4 billion and was made in 1642 with ebony wood and the back hair from a sasquatch. The upright bass made with that bow used gut strings also sourced from a sasquatch, but was destroyed in 1673 during the Sasquatch rebellion. Only the bow survives.

 

[PDW30]

The best sounding bow for an upright bass was sold for $3.4 billion and was made in 1642 with ebony wood and the back hair from a sasquatch. The upright bass made with that bow used gut strings also sourced from a sasquatch, but was destroyed in 1673 during the Sasquatch rebellion. Only the bow survives.

The auction for the bow was won by a direct descendant of the sasquatch who provided the hair. It was ceremoniously cremated by the family and the ashes are now on permanent loan at the Bass Museum in Sasquatch, PA.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

But only if the string is made of German steel.

I like mine made out of old panzers if I can.

 

[PDW30]

I like mine made out of old panzers if I can.

Go down to The Tank Museum at Bovingdon and see if you can slip one out while nobody notices. Just remember not to start the engine until you're far enough away that they won't hear you.

 

[PillO]

Gibson headstocks come off because the guitars and basses are delivered with strings made of garrote wire.

 

[PDW30]

Gibson headstocks come off because the guitars and basses are delivered with strings made of garrote wire.

But the underlying reason is that they're selling off old stock from a failed project to create an airline carry-on guitar that came to pieces only when it was meant to.

 

[El Güero]

It's no secret that Jimi Hendrix pulled out all the stops, including setting his guitar on fire, when the Experience played at the Monterey Pop Festival. One detail that isn't so widely known is that he went behind his Marshall stacks, stuck the little yellow tip of the Ronson can up his nose, and took a couple giant snorts of the lighter fluid before burning his guitar.

 

[MrSidecar]

The drum parts on the first two White stripes records were programmed by Dave Weckl. For the next record, Jack White chose Vinnie Colaiuta fordi he couldn't deal with some "strange energies" between Meg and Dave.

Best
Sidecar

 

[TH63]

The S is custom; the H is a standard German steel string.

I thought that D string was Damascus steel.

 

[TH63]

When I'm done, I hang her back up on the wall!

When I'm done I put her in the closet where she belongs.

 

[PDW30]

I thought that D string was Damascus steel.

Which explains why bass strings are expensive. It's the workmanship needed to engrave the fine Damascened pattern on the string.

 

[IamGroot]

Music theory is complicated. And during the few moments that we have left, we want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. So we don't use music theory. We have a cult of atonality.

 

[pklima]

In today's culture, "Rock You Like A Hurricane" could never be written. Social isolation and self-absorption has convinced people that the only person you need to rock like a hurricane is yourself.