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Michael Manring. Ever heard of him? Check this video – he plays a Zon Hyperbass. This isn’t your normal bass guitar. The hyperbass has a cam/lever system on the four tuning mechanisms in the headstock that allow the player to flip a lever mid-song and drop that string’s tuning anywhere from a half step to a fifth. There’s also a de-tuning mechanism in the bridge that allows the bassist to change the strings’ tunings from that end of the guitar as well.

Enjoy.

…I bring you a bit of a childhood memory:

Telephone:

Computer:

Clock:

Radio:

Look Book, Look Book!!!

In case you haven’t already seen this:

One of my favorite songs in the Brazilian jazz genre is Tom Jobim’s Aguas de Março. This song doesn’t tell a story in the typical fashion…rather, it’s a collection of images (one of which is the “waters of march”) that signal the end of summer (Brazil is in the southern hemisphere).

Anyway – today I discovered a great video that was taken in the studio when Tom Jobim and Elis Regina recorded the song for their 1974 CD, Elis & Tom. Enjoy!

Edit: the portuguese lyrics are available here along with an english translation (scroll down).