750: Scott Pingel and Metallica

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">San Francisco Symphony principal bassist and San Francisco Conservatory bass faculty member <a href= "https://sfcm.edu/faculty/scott-pingel">Scott Pingel</a> had a unique opportunity in 2019 to play a Cliff Burton tribute solo in front of two packed houses with Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Scott and I sat down in the fall of 2019 to talk about this project, the cool backstory behind it, going to play for Metallica and the band’s staff to demo his idea, and much more.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">This interview was the bassist for the cover story for the fall 2020 edition of Bass World, the journal of the <a href="https://isbworldoffice.com/">International Society of Bassists</a>.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Enjoy, and be sure to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scott.pingel/">follow Scott on Instagram</a>!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!</em></a></span><span class= "s2"><br /></span></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1">Check out my <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-bass"> Beginner's Classical Bass course</a>, available exclusively from <a href="https://discoverdoublebass.com/jasonheath">Discover Double Bass</a>!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><strong>Thank you to our sponsors!</strong></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://new.steinberg.net/dorico/"><strong>Dorico</strong></a> - Dorico helps you to write music notation, automatically producing printed results of exceptional quality — and plays it back with breathtaking realism. It is easy enough for anyone to learn, yet has hundreds of advanced notations, features, options and sounds to satisfy even the most demanding professionals.<span class= "Apple-con