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Craig -- We Need To Know

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After the Grammy's and the honor for Lady Antebellum, I purchased the Need To Know album on iTunes for only $7. Great deal. Anyhow, Craig, your bass lines are so so so nice. It is at once inspirational and demoralizing, if you know what I mean.

Anyhow, we Need To Know.... can you share what basses you used on this project, settings, effects, etc. Love some insider bass player info to enrich the listening experience even more. Thank you....
 
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I'm guessing it's a bass he had for a long time but has since recently replaced. :)

Craig no doubt lays down some awesome stuff; it's just sooo tasteful AND sooo tasty all at the same time.
 
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Love the bass in need you now, it's become a popular first dance at weddings here. Can't wait to here the new album
 
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thx cats. that was really a bunch of antique bass junk i was using on the last record (except for the markbass cab, and comp). imagine how much better this one is gonna sound now that ive been hipped to this new thing called "midrange"?!?!? the bottom end of the new lady a album is basically going to be an hour long advert for the gamechanger. i have 6-7 other amazing music man basses there, but i just cant put this thing down. AND..... at the same time... im burning the midnight oil at my studio, trying to get it on most my record too, before lady a is finished, and bp swoops down and repossesses my will to live.... again. he thinks its funny. i guarantee you he snickered to himself as he read that. i can hear him now.... "snicker.. snicker... snnnooorrt." dork.
 
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Craig -- are you generally liking the Reflex over the other models these days? Or is it all about TGC in your preference right now?

BTW -- if you ever play out in Nashville, let us know. I'd love to make the trip over the plateau.
 
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im all about the reflex and the big al and the bongo. its funny because the stingray is what brought me to music man, but i hardly ever play my rays anymore. there is a definite time and place for them, and at that moment, only they will do that thing, but as far as me laying down a sound that i feel is uniquely my thing... its a combo of the other 3. i put flats on my reflex that doesn't have the gamechanger on board, and its just stupid fat and soulful. i've been having a lot of fun with that bass and even without the gamechanger, its still one of my favorites. the reflex w the gamechanger is harmonically so effin deep, it scares me. its a magical thing. every time i play it, i get a new idea, or sound. honestly i have been writing with the g.c. a bunch because it has been inspiring so many new sounds and ideas. i hope that doesn't mean i owe bp any publishing percentage points.
 
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Wiki too the rescue: Lady Antebellum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ante-bellum from the Latin ante, "before", and bellum, "war"

From Wikipedia:
On the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime Show on the 9 August 2010, the band explained to the host, Liza Tarbuck, that the name Antebellum comes from when the group were photographing "antebellum" homes. The antebellum architectural style describes the large plantation homes in the American South. "Antebellum" more commonly refers to pre-Civil War America, especially the pre-Civil War culture in the slave holding southern states. While photographing the houses one of the group said that there's a great band name in there, and they adopted the Lady Antebellum name shortly after.
 
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MadMatt said:
Wiki too the rescue: Lady Antebellum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ante-bellum from the Latin ante, "before", and bellum, "war"

From Wikipedia:
On the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime Show on the 9 August 2010, the band explained to the host, Liza Tarbuck, that the name Antebellum comes from when the group were photographing "antebellum" homes. The antebellum architectural style describes the large plantation homes in the American South. "Antebellum" more commonly refers to pre-Civil War America, especially the pre-Civil War culture in the slave holding southern states. While photographing the houses one of the group said that there's a great band name in there, and they adopted the Lady Antebellum name shortly after.
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In lay man's terms - It's a southern thing.:p
 
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Craig....I can only imagine how great the GC is and the options it offers. That said...have you ever played a Sterling?

For some reason hardly anyone talks about the Sterling on this board but it is a seriously awesome sounding instrument. I had a chance to compare one today, again, to the 25th Stingray, a 20th SR5, a Bongo HH, Bongo HS. I've compared it in the past to the Big Al SSS as well. All of the models have their own thing going on that is great but I still think the Sterling is just outstanding and definitely has something special on its own.

It has a very hot-rodded sound and hot-rodded electronics.
 
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