Let's spread some musical misinformation

[pklima]

...but that's no misinformation.

And it affects the tone. A lot!

 

[PillO]

Pure nonsense - there has been huge innovation in the type of dark wood used on fretboards since 1960 from rosewood to something that looks and feels very slightly different

The best fretboards are made from weathered pallets.

 

[PDW30]

Pure nonsense - there has been huge innovation in the type of dark wood used on fretboards since 1960 from rosewood to something that looks and feels very slightly different

... but is cheaper for the manufacturer.

Oops, sorry probably not misinformation.

 

[PillO]

... but is cheaper for the manufacturer.

Manufacturers of musical instruments don't care about costs. They care only about making quality instruments that are affordable by all. Profits do not matter to the likes of FMIC.

 

[Bonecat]

Playing bass is really easy. After all, you only have to play one note on one string at a time.

 

[pklima]

Not as easy as harp - you only have to play open strings!

 

[Jay2U]

Not as easy as harp - you only have to play open strings!

The one-string jent harp is even easier to play.

 

[zontar]

If you use barbed wire on your bass it will work better for country music.

 

[PillO]

If you use barbed wire on your bass it will work better for country music.

I was not aware that Barb Wire was a bass player, nor was I aware that she played country music.

 

[Leigh Semmens]

Nah! He said Barbed wire, Barb is a different creature BarBed Wire is something those Indian Gurus lie on while they while they play country on their bass.

 

[PillO]

Pamela Anderson wrote many of the songs (without credit) on Motley Crue's Generation Swine album.

She also wrote several songs (again without credit) for Kid Rock's album Rock n Roll Jesus.

 

[pklima]

A young Frank Sinatra played Hamlet in a high school play. The day of the premiere they couldn't find the skull and had to start spreading the news to quickly get a replacement. This later gave the world the line "it's up to you, new Yorick, new Yorick".

 

[PDW30]

A young Frank Sinatra played Hamlet in a high school play. The day of the premiere they couldn't find the skull and had to start spreading the news to quickly get a replacement. This later gave the world the line "it's up to you, new Yorick, new Yorick".

 

[PillO]

Prices of Les Pauls, Firebirds, and Thunderbirds are soaring.

The problem is that they have been difficult to produce for the past year as there was a world wide shortage of mahogany. It is now clear why. The AK47 has a but and stock made from the finest mahogany and Russia was buying up the world's supply as it armed itself for it's aggressions in eastern Europe.

 

[PillO]

The names that people use for parts of basses are all wrong. Basses have a proud pirate naval tradition and thus the parts are named for the parts of a ship. A few examples:

• The piece of wood on which you select the note to be played is the deck.
• The foremost string retainer (with tuning pegs) is the crow's nest.
• There are three primary construction techniques for a bass. Keel through, set keel, and bolt-on keel.

But most confusing is that pickups are now misnamed:

• The pickup nearest the rearmost string retainer is the stern pickup.
• The pickup nearest the deck is the forecastle pickup or the fore pickup for short.
• The pickup in the middle position is the bridge pickup.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The names that people use for parts of basses are all wrong. Basses have a proud pirate naval tradition and thus the parts are named for the parts of a ship. A few examples:

• The piece of wood on which you select the note to be played is the deck.
• The foremost string retainer (with tuning pegs) is the crow's nest.
• There are three primary construction techniques for a bass. Keel through, set keel, and bolt-on keel.

But most confusing is that pickups are now misnamed:

• The pickup nearest the rearmost string retainer is the stern pickup.
• The pickup nearest the deck is the forecastle pickup or the fore pickup for short.
• The pickup in the middle position is the bridge pickup.

When tuning up, you should sing "yo-oh heave ho"

 

[-Asdfgh-]

When tuning up, you should sing "yo-oh heave ho"

Make sure you get it right, though. Do not, in any circumstances, get confused and sing "yo-ko o-no" as this will cause the band to split up.

 

[Rib 13]

You should never put Left Handed bass strings on a Right Handed Bass

 

[PillO]

You should never put Left Handed bass strings on a Right Handed Bass

There are many exceptions. If your cab is upside down, if you are playing in the southern hemisphere, if your pickups are wired in reverse phase... The list goes on.

 

[PillO]

I have the great honour of owning one of the rarest basses. I bought a left handed squire precision, swapped out the neck for a right handed jazz, swapped out the body to a right handed jazz and replaced the pickup with jazz pickups. I have the worlds only reversed left handed precision jazz.