  douglas arthur "doug" wimbish (born september 22, 1956) is a bass player, primarily known for his studio work for the rap/hip hop label sugarhill records and his membership of the rock band living colour. he has played for a vast range of artists, including jeff beck, mick jagger, madonna, billy idol, george clinton, mark stewart, paula cole, bomb the bass, depeche mode, joe satriani, mos def, petteri sariola and tarja turunen. wimbish is considered to be a pioneer in hip hop bass playing and in the use of bass effects, alternate tunings and extended hand techniques. ==biography== ===early career=== born in hartford, connecticut, wimbish started playing guitar at the age of 12 and switched to bass guitar at the age of 14. in 1979 he was hired together with guitarist skip mcdonald and drummer keith leblanc to form the house rhythm section for sugarhill records. although they did not play on the sugar hill gang's famous song "rapper's delight" (the rhythm tracks for this song were played by the group positive force), they did play on many other popular song tracks, including "the message" by grandmaster flash and the furious five, "white lines" by grandmaster flash and melle mel, "new york, new york" by grandmaster flash and the furious five, and "apache" by the sugarhill gang. thumb|wimbish with living colour, vienna 1993 thumb|wimbish with little axe (2009) together with mcdonald and leblanc, wimbish headed to london in 1984 and started working with producer adrian sherwood and formed the group [[tackhea
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