Interviews

We've always got more interviews in the pipeline - if you would like to suggest a Gibson playing bassist for interview, or a question to ask future interviewees - please email at jules@flyguitars.com

		Jack Casady (re: Jack Casady Signature bass) I wanted to thicken the sound up, and they said that I could do anything I want. I could add one pickup, two pickups, three pickups. I said what I want is one great pickup that I can have at any expense Fender basses | Guild basses | Alembic & Modulus | Epiphone Jack Casady Signature | Amps | Other basses
Mick Hawksworth The Gibson RD Artist - what a tool; a truly magnificent bass. If you couldn't get the sound you wanted out of one of these, then you should have been an accountant. Introduction | Andromeda; psychedelic rock | Prog Rock early 70s | Late 70s: Ten Years Later | 1980s: Flying Pigs | Tres Geezers		Ralphe Armstrong The RD Artist, that was a great bass. It was a whole lot of wood and a whole lot of sound! It had a hell of a sound. I had a mahogany fretless RD too, with an ebony fingerboard! Introduction / Mahavishnu Orchestra | Gibson basses | Jean-Luc Ponty and beyond | Ralphe on YouTube
Justin Meldal-Johnsen I saw an RD Artist at a shop in LA years ago and was blown away by how it looked Introduction | Gibson basses | Other equipment | Trivia		Bob Daisley For a Gibson EB-3 you really need a Marshall stack you know for the best match for sound Introduction | Gibson basses | Fender basses | Other vintage basses
Mike Watt There's something about mahogany, there's a warm roundness, maybe not as much definition as a maple neck... there's a character I get from my Thunderbird and EB-3s Introduction/Minutemen | Other Bands | Gibson EB3 | Gibson Thunderbird | Other Gibson basses		Martin Turner you play the Rickenbacker bass and it’s like making love to a girl, you get hold of that thing, the Thunderbird, it’s like making love to a woman, you’ve got to get hold of it by the scruff of the neck..... Introduction | Thunderbirds | Wishbone Ash pt.1 | Wishbone Ash pt.2 | Martin Turners Wishbone Ash
Warren Haynes on Allen Woody and Gov't Mule. ... He liked all the EB's, he collected EB's, he had EBO, EB1, EB2, EB3 and he used them all in recording especially in the context of Gov't Mule Introduction | Epiphone Rumblekat | Live with Gov't Mule | Allen Woody bass style | The Show Goes On		Andy Hess I've definitely got to really love my EB-O - it works for certain songs perfectly Introduction | Gov't Mule | Bass guitars
Suzi Quatro ... who needs a sliding pick up?		Julian Cope ... no bass could approach that sound Story of 'the Beast' | Sounds | More Gibsons | GibsonBass comment
Glenn Cornick Late in 1970 after about a year of searching, I bought my original reverse T Bird single pickup. I loved everything about it ... Fender Jazz and 1959 EB0 | EB3 | EB2D | Thunderbirds | General thoughts		Andy Fraser I was immediately at home with the EB3. First, it is small, as am I, so it was a perfect fit. It had extra frets up top, and you could never have enough extra frets for me, and with the extra pickup, one could get a wide variety of tones Introduction | John Mayalls Bluesbreakers | Free | Sharks | Andy Fraser band | Naked...and Finally Free