Pat Metheny

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Guitarist Bassist Composer

Genre

Jazz Funk / Soul Stage & Screen

Group

Pat Metheny Group Joni Mitchell (band) Noa & Pat Metheny

Credits

In On It From This Place Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny

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Guitarist Bassist Composer

Genre

Jazz Funk / Soul Stage & Screen

Group

Pat Metheny Group Joni Mitchell (band) Noa & Pat Metheny

Credits

In On It From This Place Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny

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Pat tells the story about his father buying this bass:

By this time, I was into Wes, and I explained to my dad, “I need a guitar that’s more like that first one.” I made a deal with him where if I could earn more money and sell the Mustang, I could get another guitar. Also, they could kind of see that this was happening quickly, and I could play a little bit almost right away. So I got permission again to spend my own money to get something better. After I found somebody to buy the Mustang, my dad and I found an ES-175 for sale. The guy wanted $120, and dad talked him down to $100. And he also had a bass, and he offered to sell us that for $75. My dad said, “We’ll give you 60,” and the guy went for it. That was a ’58 Fender Precision, which I later gave to Jaco Pastorius, who did his whole thing on it, and that was the bass that Mark Egan played all those years. Then Steve Rodby played it when he joined, but it was stolen in Argentina.

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