Technically speaking, pickups are a type of transducer, a generic word for any device that converts one type of energy to another. Electric guitar and bass pickups translate a stringâs vibration (what you play) into an electrical signal that you can pump through an amp or mixer.
The nickname Rip City is usually used in the context of the city's National Basketball Association (NBA) team, the Portland Trail Blazers.The term was coined by the team's play-by-play announcer Bill Schonely during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 18, 1971, the Blazers' first season.he first Portland Rose Festival was held in 1907, and remains the city's major annual festival more than a century later. In 1917, the International Rose Test Garden was established, and it now features more than 7,000 rose plants of 550 varieties.
Orange County Tri-Cities LeTip is a professional networking organization, dedicated to the highest standards of quality and service, whose purpose is the exchange of business tips and referrals. Orange County Tri-Cities LeTip is a diverse and energetic networking group that meets for one purpose -- to give and receive qualified business tips. The members of this group are held to very high standards of competence and service. They work together to build each others? businesses and increase the bottom line.