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Bernard Edwards used old Rounds.

He and Rodgers = great team.
I heard during the Le Freak sessions Nile didn’t know how to get Edwards’ bass to cut through the mix so he handed him a brown P with flats. But Edwards is also a skilled producer so he cracked the code. Pretty sure Bernard said “it’s in passive mode” to fool the crew.

Also that’s a super fun song to play on guitar as well as bass.