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Little Guppy
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 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:48 am Post subject: Ralphe Armstrong interview |
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I'm pleased to announce the GibsonBass Ralphe Armstrong interview
http://www.gibsonbass.com/ralpheArmstrong.php
Its another by John Fertig, and just like the last, he gets some great responses to some key questions.
Find out a little about Ralphes bands, approach to playing... and find out a lot more about the very many Gibson basses he used - including a fretless mahogany RD artist. How many people do you know who played one of those?
| Quote: | By John Fertig, June 2007 Ralphe Armstrong was born into a family of musicians, and with the help of classical training as a child, he was a professional musician before he had finished his teens. His talent caught the eye of Gibson; he was chosen to endorse their basses from the mid 1970s, and as an advisor, he had input on new products such as the Ripper, G-3, RD Artist and Victory.
His early career placed him with a wide range of musicians, most notably jazz fusion acts Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jean-Luc Ponty. Later, he took time out to raise his children, but soon returned, playing jazz, funk, and even hip-hop, with the likes of Eddie Harris, James Carter, Curtis Mayfield and D-12.
Ralphe talks about his playing, musical career, Gibson endorsement, and of course, his Gibson bass guitars. |
Thanks Ralphe, and Thanks John! |
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