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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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This thread is now 808 pages, thus risking a lawsuit from Roland for violating the copyright to the algorithms in their 808 drum machine.
Christmas 2022: Every purchase of a Lionel Train comes with a copy of Young's latest album as this is the only way he has left to distribute his work. If you buy second hand, the vendor will be required to include a copy of 'After the Goldrush'.
Neil Young is possibly the greatest musician of both the 20th and 21st centuries. His unstated opinions and enigmatic politics have only broadened his appeal.
Designers of the first jazz bass guitars were able to save manufacturing costs by realising that tuning instruments is not necessary in that genre. Instead of tuners they drove four nails into the headstock to which the strings were to be knotted.
It was only when they noticed that some brave musicians were using their new "jazz basses" for other musical genres that they decided to fit geared tuners. As all the real jazz bass players had bought all the nail basses they needed the geared-tuner version became the only type available new, and it still is.
Nail basses are still the instrument of choice for some old-style jazz players, and as a result these rare, early instruments have now become very expensive on the second-hand market. Inevitably this means that forgeries are not uncommon, with criminals taking cheap, no-name basses and retrofitting them with nails instead of tuners. If you are unsure about the originality of a nail bass offered to you, the best approach is to employ an expert to date the nails used.
It was only when they noticed that some brave musicians were using their new "jazz basses" for other musical genres that they decided to fit geared tuners. As all the real jazz bass players had bought all the nail basses they needed the geared-tuner version became the only type available new, and it still is.
Nail basses are still the instrument of choice for some old-style jazz players, and as a result these rare, early instruments have now become very expensive on the second-hand market. Inevitably this means that forgeries are not uncommon, with criminals taking cheap, no-name basses and retrofitting them with nails instead of tuners. If you are unsure about the originality of a nail bass offered to you, the best approach is to employ an expert to date the nails used.
Hence the phrase "I nailed the bass line"
Great news - Fender are remaindering their 36" scale basses. They're having a yard sale.
Gene was asked if he had any philanthropic ventures; he said "who cares about collecting stamps?"
He secretly does care, as he likes to lick them stamps over and over again.
Once again, this is the MISINFORMATION thread, not a place for solid facts...
R.E.M did actually find their religion..... Peter Buck had put in a broom closet while cleaning up one day
That was the original title of Sympathy for the Devil. Sympathy for the Stamps.Sympathy for the stamps that aren't liked any more.
