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Title: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: lowend1 on April 06, 2011, 04:34:50 PM: Dig #8!
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/top-ten-riffs-0404-2011/
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: Psycho Bass Guy on April 06, 2011, 06:18:08 PM: What, no Youtube vids featuring Fenders?!!! I'm simply stunned!!!! :o
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: lowend1 on April 06, 2011, 06:59:53 PM: What's even more stunning is that they managed to find a guy who plays Smoke On The Water with "power chords" in the wrong key. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: Freuds_Cat on April 06, 2011, 07:06:58 PM: OK so as funny as this is it beggars the question in relation to bass. What should be in the grab bag of bass licks and riffs when we test drive basses in stores?
It certainly wont be the bass line to Smoke on the water or Stairway to heaven. :)
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: Dave W on April 06, 2011, 08:37:41 PM: Quote from: Freuds_Cat on April 06, 2011, 07:06:58 PM
OK so as funny as this is it beggars the question in relation to bass. What should be in the grab bag of bass licks and riffs when we test drive basses in stores?
It certainly wont be the bass line to Smoke on the water or Stairway to heaven. :)

I almost always play In The Hall of the Mountain King from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite. Sometimes people even recognize it.
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: hieronymous on April 06, 2011, 08:42:56 PM: I slap as fast as possible!!! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: lowend1 on April 07, 2011, 04:09:45 AM: When I check out a bass, I hardly ever play "songs" - I just play eighth notes on the open strings. It keeps people wondering as to why I bother. ;D
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: uwe on April 07, 2011, 04:13:38 AM: Quote from: Dave W on April 06, 2011, 08:37:41 PM
I almost always play In The Hall of the Mountain King from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite. Sometimes people even recognize it.

And then say, hey, I know that Rainbow song!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_cWfRVHAkQ

Tsk, tsk, Westheimer plays Blackmore or vice versa. Either way noteworthy. I see stadiums approaching ...
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: Dave W on April 07, 2011, 08:39:48 AM: Quote from: uwe on April 07, 2011, 04:13:38 AM
And then say, hey, I know that Rainbow song!?

....

Tsk, tsk, Westheimer plays Blackmore or vice versa. Either way noteworthy. I see stadiums approaching ...

No, no, they never say that, and I never heard of this until now. I tried, Uwe, I got about 25 seconds in.

Now for the real thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpzxKsSEZg
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: gearHed289 on April 07, 2011, 08:42:37 AM: Quote from: lowend1 on April 06, 2011, 06:59:53 PM
What's even more stunning is that they managed to find a guy who plays Smoke On The Water with "power chords" in the wrong key. :rolleyes:

Ugh... that drives me batty....
Title: Re: This week's Gibson MENSA moment
Post by: uwe on April 07, 2011, 08:59:57 AM: The ultimate insult. Blackmore despises the key of A. That's one thing we have in common: G is my favorite key too. I like the way the deep G sounds on a bass, not too deep, not too high, just right.