Legendary bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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[–] 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

Except sometimes they selected it and thus hilarious examples of modern art and corporate identity were brought to light

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