Throughout her distinguished career as a bass player, which included a twenty year run with David Bowie, Gail Ann Dorsey has relied on a tried-and-tested formula of Ernie Ball Music Man basses and Ampeg amplification. “I got my first StingRay in ’84 or ’85 on the first tour I’d ever done with a band called the Thrashing Doves,” said Dorsey in the May 2010 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine. “With a StingRay bass guitar I can cover just about anything.”
Affectionately known as Marilyn, that same StingRay remains Dorsey’s favourite bass to this day and has accompanied her on tours all over the world. But why 'Marilyn'?
