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“I found a 1968 Gibson on eBay and took a chance. The neck has snapped three times, but it's still the best bass I've ever played”: How a battle-scarred vintage Gibson survived three broken necks to power a Mercury Prize-nominated jazz collective

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guitarworld.com
August 20, 2026
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“I found a 1968 Gibson on eBay and took a chance. The neck has snapped three times, but it's still the best bass I've ever played”: How a battle-scarred vintage Gibson survived th…
WHAT HAPPENED
60s ones are definitely my favourites. The necks are incredibly thin, they m basically superimposing an E-flat minor triad over C major. It At the low-end is bassist and frontman Stan Woodward, who, alongside drummer King David Ike-Elechi and trumpeter Ferg Kilsby, has pushed the group’s identity further than ever. “We’d never used spoken word before, so I had this idea of bringing Cooper Robson in to do an opening monologue. ” Evidence of that transformation was brought home by a memorable TV appearance on Later.
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