Author Topic: What kind of bass is this? (Read 1562 times)

PWV · « **on:** July 13, 2008, 12:46:44 AM »

..on this Spooky Tooth footage? I love this guy's tone, but I'm not familiar with this axe (and I guess this is back in the day before we cut excess string away from the tuners?

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Blazer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2008, 03:04:52 AM »

It's a Burns bison bass.

Chris P. · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2008, 04:19:15 AM »

It is!

I have a great '64 Burns Vista Sonic with low impedance pick ups. A bit like a Les Paul Recording. Those old Burns basses are great. very, very fat and even versatile. A lot of British studio players use(d) them.

There aren't much famous Bison users; Andy Bell of Oasis uses reissues live and sometimes originals on recordings.

PWV · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2008, 12:59:56 PM »

Thanks! (Sorry for posting in the wrong forum Dave....)

Its pretty cool me thinks - he's got a tiny little combo amp (I think) in this footage, dwarfed by that Leslie for the organ. Heh.

pamlicojack · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2008, 06:27:02 PM »

Mick Winters, the former bassist for Dragstrip Syndicate (RIP) played a Burns most of the time. GREAT sound...

http://www.myspace.com/dragstripsyndicate

lowend1 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2008, 06:57:53 PM »

Lotsa history in that band - Gary Wright on keys, Greg Ridley on bass (not in this vid, though he's playing on the track - might not be the Burns you're hearing) and the ever-dangerous Luther Grosvenor (later Ariel Bender) on guitar.

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