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hifiguy

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9. A dark, murky roar

Reply to olddots (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 07:03 PM

Oct 2015

that rattles your bones.

Those old Gibson basses always sounded like that, even with roundwound strings. Felix Pappalardi, Cream's producer, was another avatar of that sound with his Gibson EB-1 "violin" bass:

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Cream - Sunshine of Your Love [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2015 OP

My top group of all time. kairos12 Sep 2015 #1

Blue Moon! You left me standing alone! Iggo Sep 2015 #2

well there is another and it's a legend azurnoir Sep 2015 #3

Well, that was fun! Iggo Sep 2015 #6

i liked cream too way back then shanti Sep 2015 #4

Ah, that song brings back memories Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #5

an EB3 thru a Marshall stack olddots Sep 2015 #7

A dark, murky roar hifiguy Oct 2015 #9

Damn! Ginger Baker is one helluva drummer!! retread Sep 2015 #8

One of the first rock songs I remember Tom Kitten Oct 2015 #10

The first lead solo I ever learned tonekat Oct 2015 #11