Bill Black and his E string

[Fuzzbass2000]

There's a quote attributed to Brian Setzer that I've always wondered about:

"Bill Black only played on the A and the D strings. He never used the bottom E or the low G-always in the middle there"

Anyone know if this is true... and I guess, if they do the same thing?

Edited August 3, 2012 by Fuzzbass2000

[chris_b]

I believe Jailhouse Rock was the first record on which Bill Black played a Precision bass.

He sounds like he's using the E string to me!