#bass

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks. ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#frets #gibson #go #i #necks

Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#comes #crying #diplomacy #disperse #embassy

I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got. ↗

— Stan Getz

#bass #came #electronic #era #even

Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers. ↗

— Jimmy Griffin

#acoustic guitar #bass #dorsey #fabulous #guitar

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#chose #different #except #guitar #i

The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#beautiful #bottom #drops #enhances #everything

I'm the quiet bass player. ↗

— Colin Hanks

#bass player #i #player #quiet

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along. ↗

— Neil Innes

#bass #because #blow #bored #drive

There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#ambassador #before #came #generation #great

Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#ambassador #another #arrived #back #baghdad