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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area is a large urban region located in Central Oklahoma and is the state's largest metropolitan area. It is often known as the Oklahoma City Metro or Greater Oklahoma City, and contains the state capital and principal city, Oklahoma City.handler is a city of about 3,000 located east of Edmond and north Oklahoma City on U.S. Route 66 and Interstate 44 and north of Shawnee on Highway 18 in Lincoln County. The Turner Turnpike (I-44) provides commuters and shoppers easy access to Oklahoma City.