StarBass

MUST-HAVE ALBUM

PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED

Metal Box/Second Edition (1979)

“It’s iconic, isn’t it?” Wobble notes of this album, not unreasonably given its immense stature among fans of leftfield post-punk music. “It’s got its own unique sound and it really is ‘me’. I’ve used Ovation Magnums for the last few years then went back to a Fender Precision recently. It makes me play like I did back then. The bass-lines are very fresh, I was full of enthusiasm—and I still am.”

The P-Bass, Wobble adds, makes him naturally reach for octaves and chromatic work in his lines. String-wise, he’s graduated over the years toward flatwounds and nylons, finding