“We had accidentally stored the bass in Seattle and paid $2,500 in rental fees!” 32 years ago, Jeff Ament rented a ’61 Jazz Bass from Norman's Rare Guitars to record Pearl Jam’s iconic Vs. record – and now he’s been reunited with it

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Listen to Jeff Ament’s isolated bass on Pearl Jam song ‘Black’

There is nothing ordinary about the bass playing of Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament. Expanding upon the role of a traditional rock bass player with his use of fretless bass and natural harmonics. Playing natural harmonics is a two-part technique. First, position your fretting-hand finger directly over the actual fret. Second, touch the string with your fretting finger, but have no contact with the fretboard. After you play the harmonic, you can take your finger off the string; the harmonic will continue