Hey, I forgot about this thread!!!
It really deserves the
"Quickest To Detour From Original Topic" Award, and a Trophy for
"Quickest Off-Topic, Longest Thread Remaining Off-Topic, Longest Time Period Thread"!
I don't even know if the OP's question was actually answered!
Trumpy (Mike),
I am having a heck of a time trying to play that Guitar, and making it sound good!
Just don't have the Fingering to do so (regarding anything other than a very basic Bar Chord!).
I can "fake" some Leads, and drive everyone crazy with hours of "Hammer-On's", but not much else.
Bass Guitar is more my speed! That's an Instrument I can handle + make actual good sounding stuff come out of.
Glad to see this thread come to life!
It's nice to see that more and more ECN members play an Instrument, or have voice quality that allows them to sing in front of other People.
Would love to discuss the whole "Barbershop" thing!
The mixing of the vocal sections in harmony, in the cadence which defines it, totally intrigues me.
Acappella singing is really interesting - not sure if Barbershop and Acappella are in the same category.
Music appreciation is a very serious thing around here (in our Home, and on certain jobs with certain personnel).
Even if songs are used as some type of parody thing (often at times, that's what is normal), the silliness follows structure - which makes it even more funny.
Anyhow, back to the Luminaire thing!
Entering Mr. Peabody's Way-Back Machine...
When I was younger - Elementary School younger (early-mid 1970's younger), came across a City Employee who just finished replacing a "Cobrahead" on a Pole near my house.
("Cobrahead" = typical Roadway Lighting Fixture, designed in such a fashion as to resemble the head of a Cobra)Being rather arrogant, and thinking this might make me look cool, I referred to the Lighting Fixtures as "Luminaires", which resulted in "Whaddaheck" reply comments + an odd stare; until the term "Cobrahead" was tossed from my mouth.
That's when the discussion became a discussion, rather than confusion.
Not that the Electrician was of any low intelligence - quite the opposite, the person was very intelligent - just that the term "Luminaire" was hardly ever used outside of the "Geek Realm".
I discovered the term either in some EE Manual, a Catalog, or in the NEC... not very sure where it was referenced, but it stuck!
Must have been in either 5th or 6th Grade at the time.
Wonder what the guy thought about having a youngster stop and query him on the whole "Cobrahead / Luminaire" topic?!?!?!
Never even contemplated it until now!
Scott35