* Keepin' the Funk Alive !!

(Luis Franco R)

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Laying some bass lines on my MusicMan for the Mr. Loco crew. Summer Tour 2020, opening for the legendary Czech band Divokej Bill! . . . . . . @divokejbillofficial @mr.loco_band #mrloco #divokejbill #summer2020 #ernieball #musicman #stingray5 (at Amfiteatr Loket) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC11ACsHHRw/?igshid=lawapdmy1gva

Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers - Bass Solo

Indeed a hammer 🔨 tone comes out so clear from this preamp is a total delight! Thanks @aguilaramp for making such great stuff for bass. . . . . . #aguilaramp #tonehammer #bassporn #allaboutthebass #notreble #basslovers https://www.instagram.com/p/CCF5dknnqVX/?igshid=1bpmlkiqkkewr

Climb, reach, get it done, make it happen, trust no one! . . . . . #climbing #siderock #mountainsclimbing #nevergiveup #confiaresperder https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBUvwCH0kr/?igshid=16tjonm1ifa3w

#Repost @mr.loco_band ・・・ Mr. Loco💥 Fleda - Brno💥 First concert of 2020! . . . . . . . #mrloco #balkanizace #balkantrip #balkanmusic #livemusic #czechrepublic #bulgary #mexico #colombia #balkanrock #nemitreba #alergik #onechance #balkanpunk #livestage #dancingqueen #gibson #pearldrums #ernieball #musicman #dowhateverittakestosurvive #igottabelieveandgetmine #igottastayonmygrind #instagood #photooftheday #ourlogorocks (at Fléda Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7BDBpzHs7A/?igshid=1rp0n5kbu59m0

#Repost @dashimusic ・・・ Thank you everyone who came down to La Loca last night to support me and the wonderful musicians around me. You're the best! I'll be spamming my instagram and facebook with photos and videos soon 🙈🎶💕 . . . . . #stingray5 #jachuonbass #ernieball #musicman #slapathabassman #livemusic #livestage #supportlivemusic #lowlights #honeyburst (at La Loca) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3MJQmviLD_/?igshid=xni0utapvs4u

Sunset 🌅 😎🍇🥂 . . . #jachuonbass #musicman #sunsets #zakinthosisland #greece #holidays (at belussi-beach.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/B13Rlgxic1W/?igshid=fsnc3rvphypu

#Repost @mr.loco_band ・・・ Amazing atmosphere in the Boskovice fest. Thank you very much, you were an amazing crowd. Looking forward to see you on the next one! . . . . #mrloco #balkanizace #balkantrip #balkanmusic #livemusic #czechrepublic #bulgary #mexico #colombia #balkanrock #nemitreba #alergik #onechance #balkanpunk #livestage #dancingqueen #gibson #pearldrums #ernieball #musicman #dowhateverittakestosurvive #igottabelieveandgetmine #igottastayonmygrind💯💯🔛🔝😎 #instagood #photooftheday (v místě BOSKOVICE – festival pro židovskou čtvrť) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1CB0VVH3-i/?igshid=1m5znb9tdc07q

Ladies & gentlemen MusicMan . . . . . #jachuonbass #ernieball #musicman #stingray5 #tcelectronic #slapthebass (at Prague, Czech Republic) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0n5m50iBsy/?igshid=x77t3uf8s152

The reflex . . . . . . #ernieball #musicman #stingray5 #bridge #jachuonbass #bassman #slapthebass #fivestring #comingthrough (at Congress Centre Praque) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxbu-6YieRp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15ym4lmm22wom

ErnieBall MusicMan StingRay5 #ernieball #musicman #stingray5 #jachuonbass #livemusic #thedublinerprague . . . . . picture by @carlozegarra (at Dubliner Prague) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxKOnsqFmur/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jior9ovwb2sa

...practicing this Vulfpeck’s DeanTown - super fun tune to play!! #vulfpeckcovers #deantown #stingray5 #musicman #ernieball #jachuonbass (at Vysehrad) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpoNaIFZeP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aof0jtamilb4

1979 Music Man StingRay Leo Fender refuse to rest on his laurels after selling Fender Musical Instruments CBS in 1965, and he went to work on the Music Man StingRay shortly after his CBS consulting contract ran out. The new bass was design to do everything the original Fender bass did - only better. This ash -or alder-body instrument with a bolt-on maple neck was first marketed in 1976, and the early models had strings that passed through the body - a feature found on P-Basses made between 1951 and ’57. (The string-through design was abandoned when the Ernie Ball company took over Music Man production in the early ’80’s.) The StingRay’s 3+1 peghead took some getting used to, but the ballsy sound produced by its massive single pickup and active circuitry quickly became popular. Although the StingRay was critiqued by some for having only one tone, it was very good at doing what it did. In his funky fretwork with the Brothers Johnson, Louis Johnson proved the StingRay was a powerful vehicle for the thumbstyle bass. Queen’s John Deacon took a more melodic approach to his Music Man, and Pino Palladino’s superb work on a fretless StingRay has shown another side of the instrument’s up-front tone. “Up-front” doesn’t begin to describe what Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers did for years with his StingRay - or to it! His in-your-face concept of physical playing helped inspire a whole new generation of StingRay-wielding bassists. #stingray #stingray5 #leofender #ernieball #musicman #basshistory #1979 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvY2As6FkQN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pkvynwhqm0ac

MusicMan StingRay5 #stingray5 #musicman #ernieball #basslove #thatbasstho https://www.instagram.com/p/BvT9oUZFjvJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kcan1h71512y

#Repost @mr.loco_band ・・・ Mr. Loco on tour #mrloco #balkantrip #balkanmusic #livemusic #balkanrock #nemitreba #alergik #onechance #balkanpunk #livestage #dancingqueen #dowhateverittakestosurvive #igottabelieveandgetmine #igottastayonmygrind #nemitreba #alergik #balkanrevolution (at Prague, Czech Republic) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu5sUL8FTlG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tz1i6zthjewp