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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Avoiding the noise is a large part of being a good bass player, since the winding on bass strings is larger and heavier. One way is to turn the treble down on the bass until the sound is just a bunch of mud. The other way is to use strings that haven't been changed in 20 years and eat greasy fried chicken just before every gig. James Jamerson, maybe the most important bass player in history, used that second technique.
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...and died relatively young. Of course, the booze and drugs may have contributed somewhat.
What a killer bassist he was. If you haven't seen it, you must watch "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", the documentary about the Funk Brothers, the studio musicians who backed most of the great music to come out of Detroit in the golden era.