Ou7shined Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) And I'll bet that a reasonable amount of prospective Squier buyers will put in a search for Squire anyway. edit : Why is it spelled wrong anyway? Edited September 13, 2010 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='954408' date='Sep 13 2010, 09:40 AM']Why is it spelled wrong anyway? [/quote] Fender bought the V.C. Squier string company, which was named after its founder, Victor Carroll Squier. It's just the guy's surname. Check out the thrilling history of Squier: [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/news/index.php?display_article=99"]http://www.squierguitars.com/news/index.ph...play_article=99[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 In his front room does he play ShowaddyWaddy on his Shadowsky. Or some Shadows? God, i'm bored of myself this morning. Of to play my Squire, or one of my Percussion basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaussie Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Believe it or not, I've actually seen the name "Shadowsky" used before. It was on Talkbass, however, I think the person using it was simply take the piss. The most common mistake is to spell it with an "i", Sadowski. Again, on Talkbass, it was explained that this would be the way Polish people would spell it, and so a lot of people just assumed it was spelt that way without checking the actual spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 [quote name='AndyTravis' post='954437' date='Sep 13 2010, 10:04 AM']Of to play my Squire, or one of my Percussion basses.[/quote] [i]Percussion[/i]? Surely you mean [b][i]Presciscion[/i][/b]? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='954552' date='Sep 13 2010, 11:47 AM']Surely you mean [b][i]Presciscion[/i][/b]?[/quote] "You taking the pisch?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Just so long as the collar and cuffs match ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='954552' date='Sep 13 2010, 11:47 AM'][i]Percussion[/i]? Surely you mean [b][i]Presciscion[/i][/b]?[/quote] The singer in my band genuinely called my Precision Bass a 'Percussion' for the first year i was in a band with him. "Use the Percussion on this track, it's got a fuller sound..." I just left him to it. His face was a bit red when i corrected him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='954556' date='Sep 13 2010, 11:49 AM'] "You taking the pisch?"[/quote] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-percussion-bass-/160479725453?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item255d56478d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-percussion-ba...=item255d56478d[/url] I sh*t you not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='954337' date='Sep 13 2010, 08:25 AM']A reasonable point, but in fairness at least there is a well-known word in English that is spelled "Squire". I haven't often come across "Shadowsky". [/quote] Well, there's Shadow, and there's Sky... A perfect bass for anyone considering doing a medley of Apache and Toccata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 [quote name='AndyTravis' post='954437' date='Sep 13 2010, 10:04 AM']In his front room does he play ShowaddyWaddy on his Shadowsky. Or some Shadows? God, i'm bored of myself this morning. Of to play my Squire, or one of my Percussion basses.[/quote] MB1. ...Shadoogie!..By The Shadows of Course! ........What a Flingel Bunt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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