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BTW: The magic number is always three. Two beats you can focus on one. More than three the beats don't sync. Three is like cosmic soup.

I'm listening to everything on this page on top of each other. Tell me I'm the first to do this.

Did this problem just start? Old strings can do weird things. You get a nick or a dent or a flat spot and it's not going to ring true.

The Miles Davis autobiography: John Coltrane to Miles, "I don't know how to end a solo." Miles, "Take the horn out of your mouth."

So you're only doing one song?

I use Tone Finger-ease. It's made in West Virginia so I don't know if it's available across the pond. It's a spray. They say they've been in bizniz for over 35yrs so that's how long I've been using. I think it makes the strings last longer, too. Used on finished and unfinished necks of everything from maple, rosewood, ebony, and now bamboo (Stick). No build-up, no ill effects.

M.M. has more wear marks on his headstock than the bass body.

Moving Air. I always refer to it like that when I talk to people about when I can practice w/out those darn headphones. My old rig was two Cerwin Vega 2x12s. THAT moved air (but not like an 8x10).

Spoonerism?

It's 96. And I really have to give a shout-out for Gil Scott-Heron. The Godfather of Rap.

Good Times! I love this song - forgive me if I mentioned it before in the last 22 pgs but I can play the guitar parts too, on the Stick! CoolCoolCool...

Tinseltown Rebellion - Zappa (you knew it was coming)

City of Tiny Lights - Zappa

Everyday People. Sly & The Family Stone. One note.

A tuner gets me close, where I used to have to tune "in the room", and I played fretless, so it was a harmonics thing. Now it's that f*cking Stick and I have to to tune to IT, then hope the guitarist is decent with an ear, because it's the ear that matters.

If it still feels like 602 it's 602.

I used to have a brown turntable. But when I bought a black/silver turntable, it sounded so much better with the carpet.

I live in the world of "check the truss, then tune." because I play the Chapman Stick. But, I was always a Truss Twisting Guy. It's not something to be afraid of, get used to it, or take yer basses to the luthier every time the wind blows. What's the worst thing that can happen? Write down where you start, if it's no good, go back.

See! That's why we play bass. Labor, defecation, vomit, as long as THEY REACT.

I really wanted to sound like Chris Squire and Greg Lake but the pick kept flying outa my hand so I gave up...just started playing even MORE aggressively and when I found that old battered upright in the closet at the high school...So now, when I pick up a guitar I use fingers and of course the Stick is tapped. So... And it's Emmett Chapmans Birthday. Just thought I'd say...

One of my first gigs was on a gymnasium floor where I did "Bassically" from Sabbaths first album - I was using a Morley Wah, and there was a girl sitting directly in front of me. She came up to me after and said, "Wasn't that a bit...expanding?" I asked what she meant, she said she felt like "I had to go to the bathroom." To this day I have no idea whether that was a compliment or critique, but I've always thought "Wow. I made someone almost sh*t themselves." The Power of The Bassist.

...and the Fender turntable is STILL stupid!

As my moniker implies I play Chapman Stick Dual Bass Reciprocal. 6 strings in 4ths, 6 strings in 5ths, lowest note A below low B. Among many other things I can have different sounds on either side but mostly I just play it as a unified instrument. It's highest note is two octaves above middle C. And you can play chords on either side that don't sound muddy. TapTapTap.

OK so I've read most of these bazillion pgs. I'm interested in cutting thru jamming with a drummer & guitar (how can they be so LOUD w/ a 20W amp?) playing a QSC 12.2 will it CUT IT?

Sorry, jumped ahead, missed the center section. Someone should film this.