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uwe

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Never heard it like that ...
« on: February 12, 2024, 07:31:38 PM »
... that sounds pretty darn close to a bowed instrument!

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Re: Never heard it like that ...
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2024, 06:09:48 AM »
Wow , it certainly does!

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Re: Never heard it like that ...
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2024, 07:46:32 AM »
Surprising!  I can't tell if he's plucking or even stroking the strings, or using a pick verrrry gently.
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Re: Never heard it like that ...
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2024, 08:03:13 AM »
Neither, he's using this wacky gizmo:
https://store.gizmotron.com/Bass-Gizmotron-20_p_13.html
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Re: Never heard it like that ...
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2024, 08:22:34 AM »
Wasn't John "Redbird" (sorry, I can never remember his current screen name) into the Gizmotron?

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Re: Never heard it like that ...
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2024, 11:36:50 PM »
Wasn't John "Redbird" (sorry, I can never remember his current screen name) into the Gizmotron?

Barklessdog (John Fertig). I don't remember him talking about it, you could be right.

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Re: Never heard it like that ...
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2024, 11:50:49 PM »
I remember that John had the Gizmotron installed on one of his basses. It may have been during the Dudepit days he posted about it.