Sean Hurley
Wong Notes
Premier Guitar
4.9 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
What does it take to be a first-call bassist? Sean Hurley would know. He has graced studios and stages along with John Mayer, Stevie Nicks, Jason Mraz, Vertical Horizon, and many, many more. Listen is as he discusses how he prepares for a gig, gear essentials, and how a good level of confidence can improve your tone.
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| 0:00.0 | What's happening? World of Podcast listeners. This is the Wong Notes podcast. I am your host, |
| 0:07.3 | Corey Wong. On today's episode, we have Sean Hurley, legendary bass player, currently crushing the |
| 0:15.3 | L.A. and international scene. He plays with cats like John Mayer, Ringo Starr, Annie Lennox. He had a band called |
| 0:22.4 | Vertical Horizon. And he even played with Alainis Morse. You, you, you ought to know |
| 0:30.2 | this cat. All right. Incredible wisdom in this episode. For any of you folks who are side |
| 0:37.1 | players playing for another artist, this is a treasure trove. |
| 0:41.4 | I'm not going to waste any time here. |
| 0:43.1 | Let's hit it. |
| 0:47.1 | All right, we're all in search of gear all the time because we're guitar players. |
| 0:50.9 | We like gear. |
| 0:52.3 | Okay, musicians in general. |
| 0:53.4 | They call it gas, gear acquisition syndrome, if you will. |
| 0:58.7 | Now, let's say you're a little gassy. |
| 1:01.8 | Okay, sorry, that was bad. |
| 1:03.2 | But I had to. |
| 1:04.2 | I got one product I want to suggest. |
| 1:07.3 | A Stratocaster. |
| 1:09.3 | Now, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, come on, that seems like the most basic |
| 1:12.2 | suggestion. But I'll tell you what, Fender's making some dope instruments right now. I've been |
| 1:17.6 | playing a Highway 1 Stratocaster for the last, I don't know how many years. But I did get |
| 1:23.4 | this new American Ultra series guitar. It's really awesome. I mean, it just is. I wouldn't be |
| 1:30.1 | telling you this unless I actually thought so. You probably see me on their little ads. They're |
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