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In Praise of Surf Bass Players

Bill Moffat (brine_iac_x) - 25 Mar 2004 10:30:26

In my recent foray into surf rock guitardom let me say...
the bass is so under-represented in this genre. If the bass ain't
happenin' it don't matter how good your JM tone is. If your band has
a good bass player, buy him a beer or something because no one
really focusses or understands what he is doin'(except maybe the
gogo dancers). If the bass guy/gal can play without a seemingly
unrelated string of letters on paper in front of their face, you've
got a keeper. BTW, if anyone wants to share some key surf bass
chops, I have an email of someone who really could use the 3rd party
help.
- Bill (it's just a I-VI-IV-V) M.
P.S. Maybe the woman from The Mermen will contact me. I like her
sound alot.

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