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Old 04-24-2009, 06:19 PM
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Senon Williams of Dengue Fever

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I've been getting really into this band Dengue Fever, and I thought I'd share my appreciation of Senon Williams' lovely pre-1957 P-bass tone...

http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/vid...gue-fever.html

Anyone have insight on that replacement neck? Looks like Gibson, but I'm not sure.

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Old 04-28-2009, 05:13 PM
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Old 07-07-2010, 03:20 PM
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nearly a year later, bump?
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Old 07-07-2010, 03:48 PM
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i'm a fan! my fiance is cambodian, so she is all about Dengue Fever. Senon has great, old school tone, big on the minor blues box grooves.

i know it's weak on my part, but after listening to DF, the few cambodian bands in colorado sound terrible by comparison. contemporary cambodian singers are have super slick, yet low quality production (if you heard it, you'd know)... i've heard way too many cambodian karaoke tapes. I really enjoy DF's old school grit and groove. Good player, good band!
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I just know them from the Broken Flowers soundtrack, but I think it sounds amazing!
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Old 07-08-2010, 12:46 PM
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Anyone have insight on that replacement neck? Looks like Gibson, but I'm not sure.
According to the recent article on him in BP, that bass is a 1972 Ampeg "Big Stud", not a P-bass with a replacement neck. He also plays an old Gibson Grabber.
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Old 06-10-2011, 06:48 AM
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According to the recent article on him in BP, that bass is a 1972 Ampeg "Big Stud", not a P-bass with a replacement neck. He also plays an old Gibson Grabber.
Yep, that's the bass. I think I want one. I was front row for their show last night, and met him afterwards. He's a super cool guy. His live sound was thick old school mojo all the way. They were simply amazing on stage, and he had the best stage presence I've seen from a bass player -- apart from Flea in his prime, that is.
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