This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Geesh. I was the one who STARTED the post about cleaning bass strings. = Little did I know it would degenerate into a good ol' boys bass club. = Thankfully, none of you has resorted (yet) to puns about it, which seems = the favorite form of humor shared by those of the lower register ilk. = (Admittedly more by lower BRASS players -- lowlifes. Ooops, I just did = it.) Anyway, I suppose I have to admit to being something of a kindred = spirit. I'm a drummer. And without a bass player to work with, = preferably a good 'un, music is just not gonna make anybody dance. = Thanks to all of you for being part of the battery! One more bass player anecdote. The antithesis to the one about the = maniac who spent all his earnings by changing strings for each take in = the studio... I heard that James Jamerson, "Funk Brother" at Motown = Records once received as a present a new set of shiny, clean bass = strings. Ruined his signature sound. I s'pose all the grime and grease = kept his tone very fundamental and all those new upper partials were = just not his style. Whatever makes 'em dance! Q: Didja hear about the two trombone players who went walking past a = bar??? A: It could happen!! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fc/1a/55/0b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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