The Sound of New York Latin Music
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Ampeg Baby Base - The Sound of a Bass Guitar
The ampeg baby base was a solid body, upright electric base that had a tamber somewhere between an acoustic upright base and a base guitar. Originally just two brothers in chicago, the dopera brothers, and they had this kind of zorco base that was sort of triangular. It became the sound of sasan, the sound of cubin music in new york. And then later in the rest of the world, you see people like oscar de leon playing am peg baby base, et cetera.
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