Following career-defining stints with guitar legends Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray Vaughan, bassist Tommy Shannon is practically synonymous with the blues. “I lost everything and every friend I had; the only thing I held onto was my Fender Jazz Bass. Perhaps his best known line is the classic riff from Crossfire by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble. With the tune building and the guitar solo coming up, Shannon throws in a tasty eighth-note fill at 01:57. “A lot of different companies send me basses, and some of them are really good, and I'll play them for a while, but I always go back to my old Fender Jazz.