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Jun 2024
1h 3m

156 - I was WRONG?!

Scott's Bass Lessons
About this episode

Some bass players love to double down on a bad idea. And though we once bristled at the notion that there could ever be such a thing as a wrong musical opinion, we’ve since come to accept that there is such a thing. We know because we had one! Scott was colossally wrong about the Fender Precision AND slap bass!

In this episode, Scott and Ian reveal their newfound love for Robert Palmer, and the big things they’ve changed their minds about, or wish they’d known sooner.

In this episode:

  • Who is Pierre Brock?
  • Scott’s new F Bass - love it or hate it?
  • How Ian found the perfect monitor engineer.
  • Is slap bass still cool?
  • Should you put reverb on bass?
  • Where are you on the midwit meme?
  • And much, much more!
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