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  1. OldFenderPlayer

    Does a Bass’s Sound Change as it Ages?

    Today I pulled up a 40-year-old recording of a big band concert I played with my 1965 Fender Jazz Bass. I was pleased with the bass’s bark & bite; it had flatwounds, was through a mid-1970s Fender Bassman 100 with 4x12s, everything on the bass was wide open, and the amp was set with a lot of...