A Relaxium TV commercial with Mike Huckabee prominently showing off his Rickenbacker Bass has been running frequently. Larry Gatlin is also in the ad with an acoustic guitar.
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Mike Huckabee with Rickenbacker
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I like Mike better than a lot of people who play bass, apparently.
I'd rather continue to ignore mike huckabee.
I don’t know enough about Rics to know if that’s an old one or a recent production model, but to me that is the quintessential Rickenbacker finish.
I think it's somewhat well known that he's not bad. There's video of him playing with Ted Nugent.
It's unfortunate when people can't simply appreciate a good person just because they have different beliefs.
Some people interpret beliefs as illuminating the underlying "goodness" of a person. This is especially true when said beliefs are interpreted as harmful to said people. I'm not saying whether that's good or bad; it just is.
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Just playing devil's advocate here but from a different point of view, it could be said, It's unfortunate when people look past a bad person simply because they have the same beliefs.
Yes, it would be a real shame to look past a friendly post about a celebrity playing a bass, on a forum for bass players, without virtue signaling our displeasure with Christian Conservatives.
He's not a famous musician, though; he's a prominent politician. These are not the same thing. There is no "separating the art from the artist" here. His entire public persona is being a conservative christian/elected politician. In that roll, he has taken real actions that have real effects on people's lives. Sure, he plays bass, but that's secondary, just like bill clinton tooting his saxamaphone.
Frankly, referring to him as simply a celebrity playing bass is a bit reductive.
Why are so many musicians just apparently... I'll stop there.
But sometimes I'm ashamed to call myself a musician.
But sometimes I'm ashamed to call myself a musician.
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