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Old 11-18-2014, 03:11 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan View Post
John Cale played a viola not a violin. He modified the nut to be flat. Usually string instruments in the violin family have a curved nut and at best you can do is only play double stops. Moe said that when they played at small venues Cale's viola sounded the jet engines on a Boeing 747.
Goddamnit quit fact checking me! Nah it's all good. I knew he played viola but I thought it was a violin on Heroin since it's a little more high pitched. I can definitely see where that quote comes from, this track sounds like Metal Machine Music's pissed off granddaddy.

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