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Old 02-23-2011, 06:51 PM
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Question Virtuoso Bassists that dont have the typical modern tone

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Anyone knows a bass virtuoso/soloist that dont have the typical active mid scooped modern growly kind of tone???

It seems like thats the tendence, but just curious if theres some guy with a rare, different tone...
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