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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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There's a company in Austria which is developing a bass on which the frets run parallel to the neck instead of perpendicular to it.
Fretless basses were invented to hide your mistakes better.
All of the Sex Pistols play on the Petula Clark hits "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway", as well as "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones, several James Bond movie soundtracks, and more.
Before trying to "catch a wave" with punk rock, they were A-list session musicians in London.
Before trying to "catch a wave" with punk rock, they were A-list session musicians in London.
And in Australia there’s a company making basses with the frets on the back of the neck.
By 2030 all electric instruments will be required to be powered by solar and/or treadmill
And in the EU all speakers will be required to carry an efficiency rating.
They will be taxed accordingly
I have given the occasional public lecture. I don't know my efficiency rating - what should I do?
There are no bad notes. However a conflict with context may put the issue in doubt.
GAS has been banned in NYS. Now we need to suffer from ELECTRIC.... "Emerging Longings Eliciting Costly Transactions Regarding Instrument Curation."
I couldn't put my finger on it, but now that you mention it, I see that's how Markus Mihler is, too.My playing is more like All Thumbs
Here in the UK they are banning PETROL. Purchasing of Electric Telecaster Relics Off Lancastrians. So at least here the ban is pretty specific and not too hard to avoid. And Yorkshiremen weren't doing it anyway, but do have a new ready market to fleece, er, offer at a reasonable price, old Fenders to those from Manchester. (Yorkshirewomen were never so petty)
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Rush considered getting their power from hamsters running on exercise wheels, with the thought of having multiple wheels onstage. Their manager vetoed the idea because it was just a bit TOO apt a metaphor for their music.
The split-coil P-bass has the pickup in the sweet spot but the original single-coil P-bass has the pickup in the bittersweet spot.
Comparing bass brands with countries:
Gibson - USA. Old money. Lifestyle brand. Buys all the biggest business out there.
Fender - USSR. Industrial design. Affordable means of production. Starting their industry by reading someone else's schematics.
Silvertone - UK. Makes most of their money by their other business. Outsourcer, to the USA sometimes.
Steinberger - France. Stylistic design. Headless. Germanic name.
Yamaha - China. Makes everything. Started the business in the low end. Excels at affordable means of transportation.
Ibanez - Japan. Started out in the low end. Worked all the way into the high end. Puts progressive elements into mainstream musical products.
Rickenbacker - North Korea. Small family business for 3 generations. The second one didn't know squat about how to run it.
Gibson - USA. Old money. Lifestyle brand. Buys all the biggest business out there.
Fender - USSR. Industrial design. Affordable means of production. Starting their industry by reading someone else's schematics.
Silvertone - UK. Makes most of their money by their other business. Outsourcer, to the USA sometimes.
Steinberger - France. Stylistic design. Headless. Germanic name.
Yamaha - China. Makes everything. Started the business in the low end. Excels at affordable means of transportation.
Ibanez - Japan. Started out in the low end. Worked all the way into the high end. Puts progressive elements into mainstream musical products.
Rickenbacker - North Korea. Small family business for 3 generations. The second one didn't know squat about how to run it.
