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LEO FENDER The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my nec... STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we wer... NATE RUESS In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found... EBERHARD WEBER I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by... EDDI READER James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on ba... VONDA SHEPARD Hendrix was the bass player for Little Richard. We were both left-handed, but we would use a right-h... DICK DALE The best part was being able to watch Pennywise and Rancid every day, and to have lunch with the bas... ADAM KRIER I'm sorry, Hen. I still have feelings for you. It's just that my band needs a real bass player now. ... DANIEL EHRENHAFT I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. 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FRED DURST I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have ... BAT FOR LASHES I am proud to announce that our new bass player is none other than the justly acclaimed Didz Hammond... CARL BARAT I had a dream about you. We were in a band. I was the lead singer, guitar player, saxophonist, harpi... JAROD KINTZ Fish are usually scattered in those conditions, and you'll generally just find individual bass. If y... MIKE AUTEN We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass cla... TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD Bass surprised me, ... I think that will definitely have an effect in the next election. (Bass) won ... JIM WALKER I wrote all my songs on my main instruments, and the songs I would record in my bedroom were just ac... SHAMIR Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument. 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