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Ron.M -> Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 21:14:06)
We get this US TV program here called "Mythbusters", which has a couple of crazy (but smart) guys who have spent a lot of time working in the Special Effects industry in Hollywood. The aim of the program is to prove or disprove if certain "Urban Myths" are true or not... Like... "Somebody poured petrol down a toilet..and the next guy who sat on it and threw his cigarette end down between his legs got completely blown up..." or.. If you fire a gun in a high flying jet aeroplane, then the bullet-hole will cause catostrophic decompression and everybody will get sucked out the hole. or Some guys out hunting came back to their truck, but it wouldn't start. They eventually traced the cause to a blown fuse. Since they had no car fuses, they found that a 0.22 bullet would fit, so just used that instead. As they were driving along, the bullet overheated and the driver was shot. It goes on and on.... It's great fun and the two crazy guys really do go through pretty rigorous testing! Anyway, my point is... Can't we have a Flamenco Mythbusters? Like .."All the best players keep their foot going in steady time..." or PdL has the best Flamenco guitar ever made... or To play solo you must spend 20 years accompanying Dance, then another 20 accompanying Cante. or Pegs are lighter and sound better than machines ... I could go on and on.. Would be good to put such stuff to the test. I've always maintained that if a guitarist was playing behind a curtain, I'd find it difficult enough to tell if he was playing on even a Blanca or a Negra, let alone what make it was, or what kind of strings he was using...[:D][:D] cheers Ron

Guest -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 21:20:55)
We get that show here too Ron, its funny did u ever see the one where the myth was that during the civil war some guy was whot thru the testicles and the bullet continued to go and shoot a women in the ovaries and impregnated her? They busted it[:D]The flamenco mythbusters is a good idea, ill try think of some.

JasonM -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 21:31:19)
Yeah, some of the myths are pretty interesting. I'd say about half the stuff they test is pretty rediculous and obviously true or false. Like for example: the myth about a welder's pants bursting into a fireball after a hot piece of slag falls into the pocket containing a lighter. Some are just stupid but fun to watch, like the one where they made a chinese rocket chair. Others can be quite usefull, like: will peeing on an electric fence shock you?

Ron.M -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 21:32:58)
Cheers Dom, Glad you're with me on this. There's a lot of arty-farty stuff floating around, which doesn't help anybody IMO. cheers, Ron

Guest -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 22:13:26)
heres one; washing your old strings in a pot of boiling water brings them back to life for a little while. (i think thats more for steel strings)

koella -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 22:29:29)
Here's another one: You know that stuff ? Superglue ? In the manual it says to avoid contact with skin or eyes ! Well, it seems there are guitar players who bring it on there nails on purpose to keep their nails from wearing out ![X(] Haha !! can you believe it ?[&:]

koella -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 22:43:02)
And another one: Seems there is this Russian guy who practises picado without guitar on a table at 300 bpm. True or not ? Stay tuned.

koella -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 22:48:28)
And another one: People say once there was this scottish flamenco player who sat down in front of a camcorder, put on a wig and spread it all over the internet. Just to deal with the young guys and their so called modern flamenco.

koella -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 22:53:39)
Another mythbuster: Is it humanly possible to play flamenco with a pick ? Watch closely and you won't believe your eyes.

koella -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 22:58:05)
And now our final episode ! A Rumanian cassanova who claims he can play guitar with his mittens on.

Guest -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 23:05:08)
HA Hhahaha[:D] o.k Koella now u just getting carried away, we all now he can play with the mittens on. Heres another one; apparently paco refuses to drinks orange juice unless it was squeezed fresh, no more than 30 seconds prior to being poured into his glass.

koella -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 23:09:13)
Grown up people discussing how to tap their feet. Confused ? You won't be ! After this episode of mythbusters.

Guest -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 15 2006 23:15:31)
ohh i gotta another one; Apparently juan martin is one of best three guitarists in the world.

gt -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 16 2006 9:13:30)
hey fellas, I don't often post here, mainly because anytime I come for answers there's usually a post with my question in it already, but I reckon this is a good idea. I think a lot of the myths are true for the people who come to those conclusions based on their own experiences. But there's often someone who's just as good and believes the total opposite - eyes of the beholder or something anyway - I heard superglue was originally made for army applications to glue flesh wounds together.

duende -> RE: Mythbusters (Dec. 16 2006 17:40:23)
boiling string do actually work. I wash them with soap and water if i can afford new string.

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