What do you look like RFN!?? - Page 151

Undertoad · 10-07-2008, 09:38 AM

Frampton nowadays from his website

All my favorite musicians eventually become old Englishmen.

Meanwhile, bass content: low E has been the lowest note available to music for roughly 5 centuries. But modern technology allows us to enjoy these lower notes now, down to a low B, and they have been put to use in metal, amongst other genres.

I am occasionally called on to play lower notes than low E, but I prefer to tune a 4-string bass down to reach those notes. 5-stringers enjoy a thicker, wider neck and closer string spacing... but I don't.

Shawnee123 · 10-07-2008, 10:20 AM

RF last weekend. Note the slightly swollen eyeballs (from crying happy tears) and the slightly chewed lip (nervous habit!) These are both the night after I got my job offer, and I'm a bit beer buzzed as well.

Pico and ME · 10-07-2008, 10:23 AM

Your happiness becomes you!

jinx · 10-07-2008, 10:25 AM

Nice one, er 2, Shawnee.

dar512 · 10-07-2008, 10:26 AM

Nice pics Shawnee.

That left picture reminds me of Jamie Lee Curtis when she first meets Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda.

SteveDallas · 10-07-2008, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Meanwhile, bass content: low E has been the lowest note available to music for roughly 5 centuries.

Are you kidding? not to be pedantic.. or a smartass... (or a pedantic smartass..) but, though I haven't looked, it's hard to believe any handheld instrument can beat an organ with 16 foot pipes for low notes. (Some organs today have 32 ft. pipes. I'm not sure if those were available in the 1700s, though, but 16 definitely were.)

But seriously.. how low can you tune it without the string getting too loose to be useful?

Shawnee123 · 10-07-2008, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512

Nice pics Shawnee.

That left picture reminds me of Jamie Lee Curtis when she first meets Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda.

I've heard the JLC a lot, more so when my face was thinner.

glatt · 10-07-2008, 10:41 AM

Hi Shawnee! Nice pix

BigV · 10-07-2008, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Are you kidding? not to be pedantic.. or a smartass... (or a pedantic smartass..) but, though I haven't looked, it's hard to believe any handheld instrument can beat an organ with 16 foot pipes for low notes. (Some organs today have 32 ft. pipes. I'm not sure if those were available in the 1700s, though, but 16 definitely were.)

But seriously.. how low can you tune it without the string getting too loose to be useful?

Pedantic smartass? You rang?

32 ft pipes? What about the 20 Hz drum? I looked it up and I'm waay out of my league here. The references I found describe the lowest notes on a pipe organ range from 16 to 32 Hz... dang.

Later in my search, I found reference to a 128 foot pipe. That's when I quit looking. Wow.

Undertoad · 10-07-2008, 10:47 AM

Awesome S123, we want more.

Flint · 10-07-2008, 10:48 AM

what a load of bass-centric poppycock

Undertoad · 10-07-2008, 10:49 AM

Good point BigV, I was not paying attention to the pipe organs. Low E has been the lowest available to orchestras in general, not to all of music.

Flint · 10-07-2008, 10:53 AM

I think Pipe Organs are the most impressive instruments we've ever built. Impressive as far as raw power; also as far as the multi-tasking that has to happen in order to drive one of those things.

Sundae · 10-07-2008, 10:55 AM

Shawnee, finally!
Good to see you, I don't know what you were worried about - you're such a babe!

Cicero · 10-07-2008, 11:25 AM

Wow!! Shawnee photos! Hey! There's Shawnee! Finally! Jesus. I do notice the poor quality of the lens. You should take the crappy camera back!!

Oh isn't Shawnee cute? It's just as I thought....She wasn't holding out because she was a an ugly monster.....Just being shy. Shawnee you look a lot like I thought you would. Funny how getting to know someone online for awhile gives an indicator of what they might look like. Not even using handy stereotypes.....I wonder about this sometimes.

Well I for one, am glad the peer pressure has finally paid off.

10-07-2008, 10:20 AM	#2252
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	RF last weekend. Note the slightly swollen eyeballs (from crying happy tears) and the slightly chewed lip (nervous habit!) These are both the night after I got my job offer, and I'm a bit beer buzzed as well. Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-07-2008, 10:25 AM	#2254
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Nice one, er 2, Shawnee. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

10-07-2008, 10:26 AM	#2255
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Nice pics Shawnee. That left picture reminds me of Jamie Lee Curtis when she first meets Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-07-2008, 10:48 AM	#2261
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	what a load of bass-centric poppycock __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-07-2008, 10:53 AM	#2263
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I think Pipe Organs are the most impressive instruments we've ever built. Impressive as far as raw power; also as far as the multi-tasking that has to happen in order to drive one of those things. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-07-2008, 09:38 AM	#2251
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Frampton nowadays from his website All my favorite musicians eventually become old Englishmen. Meanwhile, bass content: low E has been the lowest note available to music for roughly 5 centuries. But modern technology allows us to enjoy these lower notes now, down to a low B, and they have been put to use in metal, amongst other genres. I am occasionally called on to play lower notes than low E, but I prefer to tune a 4-string bass down to reach those notes. 5-stringers enjoy a thicker, wider neck and closer string spacing... but I don't.

10-07-2008, 10:23 AM	#2253
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Your happiness becomes you!

10-07-2008, 10:41 AM	#2258
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hi Shawnee! Nice pix

10-07-2008, 10:47 AM	#2260
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Awesome S123, we want more.

10-07-2008, 10:49 AM	#2262
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Good point BigV, I was not paying attention to the pipe organs. Low E has been the lowest available to orchestras in general, not to all of music.

10-07-2008, 10:55 AM	#2264
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Shawnee, finally! Good to see you, I don't know what you were worried about - you're such a babe! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-07-2008, 11:25 AM	#2265
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Wow!! Shawnee photos! Hey! There's Shawnee! Finally! Jesus. I do notice the poor quality of the lens. You should take the crappy camera back!! Oh isn't Shawnee cute? It's just as I thought....She wasn't holding out because she was a an ugly monster.....Just being shy. Shawnee you look a lot like I thought you would. Funny how getting to know someone online for awhile gives an indicator of what they might look like. Not even using handy stereotypes.....I wonder about this sometimes. Well I for one, am glad the peer pressure has finally paid off. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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