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Stanford University. Occupation. Entrepreneur. Title. CEO of Etsy. Joshua Gordon Silverman (born January 14, 1969) [ 1] is an American entrepreneur and technology executive who is chief executive officer of Etsy. He is known for co-founding the invitation website Evite and being CEO of Skype (2008–10) and shopping.com (2006–08).
The octobass is an extremely large and rare bowed string instrument first built around 1850 in Paris by the French luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798–1875). It has three strings and is essentially a larger version of the double bass – the specimen in the collection of the Musée de la Musique in Paris measures 3.48 metres (11 ft 5 in) in length, whereas a full-size double bass is ...
Former Beatle Paul McCartney is a well-known bass guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.. The following is a list of notable electric bass guitar players. . The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a p
A bass instrument (/ beɪs /) is a musical instrument that produces tones in the low-pitched range C 2 –C 4. [1] Basses belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles. Since producing low pitches usually requires a long air column or string, the string and wind bass instruments are usually the largest ...
D'Addario (Da-dairy-oh) [1] is a family-owned and operated American multinational company that specializes in musical instrument accessories, headquartered in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. D'Addario is the world’s largest musical instrument accessories manufacturer, marketing its products under several brands, including D'Addario ...
HAMER B12S. The 12-string bass is an electric bass with four courses of three strings each, though they occasionally have six courses of two strings. Normal tuning is eeE-aaA-ddD-ggG, with one string of each course tuned the same as the corresponding string of the four-string bass, and the remaining two strings tuned to the octave.
GHS Strings is an American string manufacturer based in Battle Creek, Michigan, specializing in electric and acoustic guitar and bass guitar strings. The company was founded on August 1, 1964, [1] and in 1975 was bought by Robert McFee, who is the Chairman of the Board with son, Russell McFee, [1] as President. The name GHS comes from the ...
In musical instrument classification, string instruments or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner. Musicians play some string instruments, like guitars, by plucking the strings with their fingers or a plectrum (pick), and others by hitting the ...