Win my Snark picks

[dwasifar]

Hi everyone.

I bought a 12 pack of Snark 0.7mm picks, partly to try them out but mostly just because I needed to push a string order past $35 to get free shipping:



Tried one, and these are not for me. But they could be for you. I'm giving them away. First person to answer this trivia question correctly gets them, and I'll even pay for the stamp.

The trivia question: What well-known 1960s song features deliberate use of a defective Moog synthesizer?

Who will win? One guess per person, please.

 

[PTC Bernie]

Here comes the sun by George.

 

[dwasifar]

And PTC Bernie wins with the first entry!

Bernie, you want to tell the story of the song, or shall I?

PM me your address and the picks will be on their way.

 

[PTC Bernie]

The version I heard was that they knew it was broken, decided to go ahead just to get a working track down but liked what they heard.

Would be interested in hearing a more thorough story though.

ps, pm’d you. Let me know if you rcvd it.

thanks.

 

[SJS]

Good Vibrations... Beach Boys. Long before Here Comes The Sun.

 

[walrus]

Good Vibrations... Beach Boys. Long before Here Comes The Sun.

That was an "Electro-Theremin", not a Moog synthesizer...

walrus

 

[dwasifar]

Good Vibrations... Beach Boys. Long before Here Comes The Sun.

That was an "Electro-Theremin", not a Moog synthesizer...

And it wasn't defective. The question was what song deliberately used a defective Moog, not what song was the first to use an electronic instrument.

George Harrison bought one of the early Moog synthesizers, and it turned out to have a defect, later confirmed by Moog technicians. One key, instead of just stopping the note when released, would let the note slide away in decreasing pitch. Instead of immediately having it fixed, Harrison used the inadvertent special effect in the intro to "Here Comes the Sun."

 

[PTC Bernie]

Great story!

George was one for experimentation and was willing to push the studio technicians in a direction they weren’t comfortable with.

When he wanted a thinner sound on one recording the techs told him that was all the eq board was capable of.

George suggested daisy chaining channels with the eq trebled out on each successive channel and they resisted the idea.

“We can’t do THAT!” They said.

”Why not?” Sez George.

Crickets.........

They did it and George got the sound he was looking for.

Sometimes you just gotta think outside the box.

 

[SJS]

Goo

That was an "Electro-Theremin", not a Moog synthesizer...

walrus

My misread. Don't know why I read that and thought theramin... I'm wearing my Duh hat today

 

[SJS]

And it wasn't defective. The question was what song deliberately used a defective Moog, not what song was the first to use an electronic instrument.

George Harrison bought one of the early Moog synthesizers, and it turned out to have a defect, later confirmed by Moog technicians. One key, instead of just stopping the note when released, would let the note slide away in decreasing pitch. Instead of immediately having it fixed, Harrison used the inadvertent special effect in the intro to "Here Comes the Sun."

My mistake. Misread the message. I'm leading the "DUH" parade today

 

[PTC Bernie]

Hi Jon!

the picks arrived today.

thanks So much!

Bernie

 

[plaidseason]

And this is yet another reason to add to the list of why I don't ever want to hear someone say: "George and Ringo are the two luckiest men alive." All four (plus George Martin) were quite lucky to have each other.

 

[dwasifar]

And this is yet another reason to add to the list of why I don't ever want to hear someone say: "George and Ringo are the two luckiest men alive." All four (plus George Martin) were quite lucky to have each other.

Not to mention that George is not alive.

 

[dwasifar]

Hi Jon!

the picks arrived today.

thanks So much!

Bernie

Great! I hope they suit you!.