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Old 11-16-2006, 11:45 PM
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Wilbur Ware

Okay,........So who knows what's up with Wilbur Ware? [i]A Night At The Village Vanguard"........[ What kind of set-up did he have??
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Old 11-17-2006, 08:26 AM
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Old, dead gut strings with really high action.


Strung up on a bass.
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Old 11-17-2006, 10:46 AM
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Piano player I used to work with lived in the same building as Wilbur and hung with him some. He said that whenever they went out to clubs to hang and Wilbur would sit in, he'd sound exactly like he always sounded no matter whose bass it was.

The sound is in your head, not the setup.
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