It actually warmed up just enough to spend time in the yard. That’s Denise, a friend who helped Theresa drive down here. They arrived at 3:30 AM with a monster truck. Lots of gear, most of which will have to go into storage. We looked at none of that, just got everybody bedded down for the night. This photo is mid-day, after a big breakfast. Everybody is still getting into this time zone.
Denise left later in the day, we scooted her up to the Ft. Lauderdale airport. Then Theresa, Wallace and I spent nearly an hour trying to find a store that, while giving us accurate directions, failed to understand people from Florida aren’t used to roads with five names each. US-1 and Federal Hwy are the same in Ft. Lauderdale, but the street signs use the former, the house addresses the latter. Way to go, Ft. Lauderdale!By nightfall, the cold had returned, we spent the time at home. Psst, Florida people, we can do that, see, because we got heaters. There, that told them. I don’t understand their logic of saving $30 by not buying a heater, then losing it by having to rent an $80 motel room during every cold spell. I was able to spend a few hours both on the flyer, which will shortly be back in the picture, and my bass expose.
There really isn’t much history to the electric bass. Many existing sources treat it as an offshoot of the standup bass, which it is not. Electric bass is an entirely new instrument that is played neither like a standup, nor like a guitar. Anyone who tries to learn bass “styles” instead of treating it like a unique instrument is going to wind up with a lonesome repertoire. Here is a question for any upright bass players who think the electric bass is just an abbreviated format. What is 41.402? Besides a number.
The four electric bass strings are tuned an octave lower than the corresponding four strings on a regular guitar. These frequencies, due to the sounds that please Western musical ears, are not exact multiples of anything, including themselves. Thus, the frequency at which the low open E string on a bass vibrates is 41.402 Hz. As further proof, when standup bass lines are played on an electric bass, they are simplistic and far too “boooop-booooop”. Puts people to sleep faster than a Hippie potsong.
It’s cold, it’s late. That’s all you get. Oh yes, I ran out and bought a small electric blanket, more like an electric mat. One small enough to sit up in the chair without danger. So what’s to be scared of? Plenty, most chairs will move, and the more so with recliners and rocking chairs. They pinch the electric wiring in the blankets, which then heat up until they bypass the short. It won’t fry you, but I wonder how many people wonder why their cat is suddenly dead.
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