Editing Talk:670: Spinal Tap Amps
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I vote we start using "units of loud" instead of "decibels" {{unsigned ip|149.152.191.2}} | I vote we start using "units of loud" instead of "decibels" {{unsigned ip|149.152.191.2}} | ||
:Aye! [[User:BK201|BK201]] ([[User talk:BK201|talk]]) 16:52, 12 December 2013 (UTC)BK201 | :Aye! [[User:BK201|BK201]] ([[User talk:BK201|talk]]) 16:52, 12 December 2013 (UTC)BK201 | ||
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I read somewhere that the amps used to have settings up to 10, but then people found ways to turn the knob past 10. It became culturally known as the 11 setting. In response, manufacturers made amps that went to 11, and this predated the movie. The movie just greatly increased the popularity of the idea. Can't find it anymore though. Maybe it was only urban legend [[User:Cflare|Cflare]] ([[User talk:Cflare|talk]]) 17:14, 16 June 2014 (UTC) | I read somewhere that the amps used to have settings up to 10, but then people found ways to turn the knob past 10. It became culturally known as the 11 setting. In response, manufacturers made amps that went to 11, and this predated the movie. The movie just greatly increased the popularity of the idea. Can't find it anymore though. Maybe it was only urban legend [[User:Cflare|Cflare]] ([[User talk:Cflare|talk]]) 17:14, 16 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
:Most likely something to do with the fact that guitarists were still lighting up in the national grid into the 1980's. Check out the health and safety at music festivals act 198011. | :Most likely something to do with the fact that guitarists were still lighting up in the national grid into the 1980's. Check out the health and safety at music festivals act 198011. | ||
:OK most musicians die of heart attacks or cerebral haemorrhage but there is an history of electrical malfunctions at music gigs. | :OK most musicians die of heart attacks or cerebral haemorrhage but there is an history of electrical malfunctions at music gigs. | ||
+ | :: Is it possible this story is a bit like the stories of the left-handed hammer that newbies on construction sites get sent to retrieve? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.155|108.162.249.155]] 04:33, 10 March 2016 (UTC) | ||
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 01:17, 28 January 2015 (UTC) | [[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 01:17, 28 January 2015 (UTC) | ||
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