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I've discovered recently a player who's around since at least the seventies: Gary King. I'v had already heard his name on a lot of albums, but never listened to him...now I've got a couple of albums (Bob James, Harvey Mason) featuring him: really nice playing, with lots of taste, groove and a...

Hello guys, I need some advices form you...I've always been mainly a 5 strings player (except a 6 strings fretless that I use), but lately I've started to be interested about having a 6 strings bass (fretted)...I just borrowed from a friend for a couple of weeks a beautiful handcrafted 6 strings...

I mean....Tower Of Power = Rocco Prestia, no doubt about it...Rocco is just awesome and one of my biggest influences...but recently I've bought a couple of TOP albums ("Back On The Streets " and "Dinosaur Tracks") without Rocco..the music is pretty good (even if not great as their funkier/soul...

I recently fell in love with some old Jeff Lorber stuff, like "Soft Space", "Water Sign" and "Wizard Island"...great funk/fusion music!! On those album play some amzaing musicians: Dennis Bradford on drums, Danny Wilson (on the latter 2) and Lester MCFarland (on the first one) on bass...I don't...

Hi guys, I'm looking for some informations about a french player named Thierry Mineau, couldn't find much on the net...I've got a solo album he did back in 1989 named "Paris" which features some great musicians (Cobham, Gambale, Stern etc....), very nice fusion and great bass playing which...

Any Jimmy Johnson fan out there? Here in Italy he's not that famous, but I think he's really a terrific player, with outstanding timing, great groove and a beautiful tone...plus, his fills are always otstanding, and what a soloist he is!! I listened to him on many recordings (Holdsworth...

Have you ever been criticized by your band mates 'cause they didn't like your sound??! It was a few years ago, I was 19 and heavily influenced by some famous fusion players..so I was using all the time that middle-rangy sound, even if I was playing a fretted bass with a rock band..my band mates...

Hi everybody, I'm Nick, an italian bassplayer, I've just joined the forum, hope to talk to a lot of players and see your opinions about various things!!