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March 2017 | Volume 28, Number 3 | Bassplayer.com D B S T W
DEPARTMENTs
Bass Notes
12 COMMUNITY
Lowdown, Dig My Rig,
the Real World, Court of
Opinion
24 NEW GEAR
Aguilar, Morley, Bergantino,
Dunlop
66 THE INNOVATORS
Douglas Castro of
Darkglass Electronics
14 Miles Mosley Getting
down on upright
16 Alex Stiff Giving back to
the blues with the Record
Company
20 BP Recommends
26 Oskar Cartaya
Working his way from Puerto Rico to the top of the industry, the Latin-jazz master
44 Bergantino B|AMP head
48 Danelectro D64 4-string
is now focused on his solo debut, Bajo Mundo. By Chris Jisi
36 Steve DiGiorgio
Bassdom’s heaviest fretless player goes back to Testament —and to the basics—
with Brotherhood of the Snake. By Freddy Villano
56 The Yardbirds’
“Lost Woman”
Paul Samwell-Smith riffs and raves on this blues-rock classic from 1966.
Soundroom
Jon D'Auria
Cover photo: Jesse Vendetta
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Woodshed
50 Jazz CONCEPTS
Scott LaFaro: Low & slow
52 R&B GOLD
We want Money
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