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    Guitar World Buys Bass Player Magazine

    Wouldn't waste my money on a foreign guitar rag with a section about bass. Remember when Guitar Player did the same thing. Sad to say Bass...
    Post by: Pete Langford, Jun 21, 2020 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    Guitar World Buys Bass Player Magazine

    The main thing that sucks is there is no archive of older articles or reviews I can find. And I'm not interested in a bass magazine full of what...
    Post by: Pete Langford, Jun 21, 2020 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    Would you be offended if a band asked you to play a P bass?

    I would be offended if I showed up with my P-bass and they wanted me to play anything other than a P-bass except for my New Standard upright. And...
    Post by: Pete Langford, May 27, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Why did you quit a band?

    Ego's and musical differences.
    Post by: Pete Langford, May 20, 2020 in forum: Bass Humor & Gig Stories [BG]
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    Hey, Bass, Who's Your Favorite Drummer?

    Kenny Malone, most recorded drummer in Nashville. I did get to play with him!
    Post by: Pete Langford, May 20, 2020 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    What is the best bass Leo ever made?

    Nothing beats the second precision with the split pickup, sunburst, tortoise shell pick guard and rosewood finger board
    Post by: Pete Langford, Apr 29, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    If you could only play one bass brand forever

    Fender, of course. The first and still the best. I've owned all kinds of high end basses and always go back to a Fender. The rest are all spin...
    Post by: Pete Langford, Apr 8, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Who is the most successful 'minimalist' bass player you know?

    Roy Huskey, Jr. Husky, Mike Bubb. All folks probably none of you slap happy rockers never heard of.
    Post by: Pete Langford, Mar 12, 2020 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    Who is the most successful 'minimalist' bass player you know?

    Duck Dunn, Mike Bub, Roy Huskey Jr and Junior Huskey
    Post by: Pete Langford, Sep 25, 2019 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    One Bass to do it all?

    The only bass that really covers it all is the Fender Precision. If you can't do it with that, maybe you should play guitar.
    Post by: Pete Langford, Sep 11, 2019 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Are bass players ashamed of what they actually do?

    "Music Store Riffs", never used while playing in a band, probably because they can't get a gig! Showing off your "riffs" in music stores is...
    Post by: Pete Langford, Feb 20, 2019 in forum: Bass Humor & Gig Stories [BG]
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    Electric bass guitars that "sound like an upright"

    Just trying to give some perspective. It's like a guitar player playing bass on the lower four strings of his guitar and thinking it sounds like...
    Post by: Pete Langford, Jan 28, 2019 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Electric bass guitars that "sound like an upright"

    It's worth every penny and minute spent. It's hard work and can be frustrating but the rewards are great and the satisfaction immense. It makes...
    Post by: Pete Langford, Jan 28, 2019 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Flats and playing live

    Try the Thomastic Jazz Flats. They kill with tone.
    Post by: Pete Langford, Jan 27, 2019 in forum: Strings [BG]
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    Electric bass guitars that "sound like an upright"

    Why not get an upright and play it? Don't be a "karaoke" upright bass player. If you really want that sound only one way to do it.
    Post by: Pete Langford, Jan 27, 2019 in forum: Basses [BG]