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Nick Wells

Snarky Puppy's Michael League: “I’m a 4-string guy. I just play better when I have less to work with”

Snarky Puppy performs on stage at Ahoy at North Sea Jazz Festival on July 12, 2014 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Having picked up a fifth Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in 2023, Snarky Puppy’s recorded catalogue grows more impressive from album to album, each one inspired by the earth-shattering bass guitar playing of Michael League.

Rarely seen without his 1959 Fender Precision Bass, League attests to being a 4-string player. “I play better – simpler, more rhythmically, more like a drummer – when I have less to work with. I feel like I have too many options with a 5-string!”

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