Recent content by Mark Gilmore

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    Do we play bass to move feet or hearts?

    Fellow bassists, my take on my style of playing was to just give the music a "bottom" and establish a rhythm. Then i heard two very different, but very concept changing sets of bass musicians. First was the trio of Stanley Clark, Victor Wooten, and Marcus Miller, and what they created on the...
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    Owning 5+ basses is like owning a dog

    7 Basses, one for each day of the week. Sounds like a good number to me. I currently am the proud owner of a Washburn, a Traben, and two stolen Strinbergs-4 string and 5 string, (wherever they may be.) Before I'm done, I hope to experience playing and owning a Tobias, a Rickenbacker, and a...
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    Strinberg owners? Am I the only one?

    I am on my third strinberg bass. I was living in Miami and had to buy a CLB-35A. it had electrical problems, so it went back to the dealer. He swapped it at the distributor for a second 35A. This on still had the tags on it when it was stolen. before I left the area I found a CLB-34A (4 string...