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Just Googled Sympathy For The Devil as may be having to play it again soon after a rest of several decades. Couple of interesting (to me anyway!?) things came up. First of all, how much better Bill Wyman's original groove was than the Darryl Jones re-invention. Secondly, what was that cool-looking bass that Bill W was playing on the 'Rock & Roll Circus' vid? Looked like a violin bass that took some steroids, got a Vox headstock transplant, and joined the circus. A brief on-line search revealed that the head-stock was the clue: it was a 1968 Vox V273 Astro IV, also referred to as "the Beggars Banquet bass". And I want one.

[url="http://www.frettedamericana.com/product/1968-vox-v273-astro-lv-electric-bass"]http://www.frettedamericana.com/product/1968-vox-v273-astro-lv-electric-bass[/url]

Hope the link works - if not, maybe somebody out there can do a better job.

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"There are a few Stones tracks where Bill is off making the tea when the bass in being done..."

Isn't that just typical of the way us bass players are under-valued within the band. I bet when Mick Taylor went off to make the tea the lads politely declined Bill's offer to do the lead break and waited til he came back :D.

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[quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1432851636' post='2785709']
Keef played bass on the studio version
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Just been watching the studio sessions for "Sympathy".
Yeah it's Keef on bass (nice P bass) and poor Bill's been relegated to shaker.

Worth a watch!
http://youtu.be/nxyDrHzoIH8

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