Bob Haggart Hamilton College Interview Block 55 (Q14498)

I want to ask you something about playing the bass and playing slowly. Because a string bass, unlike amplified bass guitar, you only have your physical enunciation of the string. And obviously no matter how hard you hit it there's a certain amount of decay in between notes. But it's the sustain of the notes that drives it. So that has to be a lot of your particular technique to keep a band so ...