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Posted by Joe on September 09, 2001 at 19:50:06:

Can anyone tell me when stings, other than gut or nylon, were first used
on upright basses.

Did Charlie Mingus, Oscar Pettiford and others from the 50's use only use
gut core strings?

What about Scott laFaro and guys from the 60's? Anybody know?

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• Re: Mingus/ 50's bassists. Dave Kaczorowski 10:20:17 9/10/01 (2)
  • Re: Mingus/ 50's bassists. Ike H. 22:13:30 9/10/01 (1)
    • Re: Mingus/ 50's bassists. Dave Kaczorowski 16:10:45 9/13/01 (0)

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