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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Pekka on June 09, 2012, 12:53:21 AM

Title: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: Pekka on June 09, 2012, 12:53:21 AM: Mont who? The great Egg and National Health bassist/composer of course, goes by the name of Dirk Campbell nowadays. Anyway, the only pic I found is rather small:
(http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen.yarwood/mont2.gif)

Any ideas of the bass? Maybe something of an UK origin?
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: Pekka on March 20, 2013, 08:56:43 AM: Finally found a decent pic:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JTYXo9Ntga8/UGNO6LDkhfI/AAAAAAAAAqE/0Kr3J-tu160/s1600/3.+Mont+Campbell1.jpg)

Some japanese mystery bass perhaps.
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: Chris P. on March 20, 2013, 09:49:50 AM: Looks like an early Burns? Or Burns-Weill? Don't got my Burns book here...
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: Chris P. on March 20, 2013, 09:52:14 AM: http://www.theguitarcollection.org.uk/gallery3/burnsweill.html

Burns-Weill Super Streamline Bass
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: Pekka on March 20, 2013, 10:47:51 AM: Quote from: Chris P. on March 20, 2013, 09:52:14 AM
http://www.theguitarcollection.org.uk/gallery3/burnsweill.html

Burns-Weill Super Streamline Bass

Great, big thanks!
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: Highlander on March 20, 2013, 04:02:35 PM: Whoah, now that is an ugly beastie...
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: Pekka on March 20, 2013, 10:31:02 PM: Quote from: HERBIE on March 20, 2013, 04:02:35 PM
Whoah, now that is an ugly beastie...

Yes. Mont was such a handsome bastard for a Canterbury scene progster he could play even that ugly bass and get the ladies (if they were any in the audience).:)
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: ilan on March 22, 2013, 08:57:10 AM: This must be the earliest "humped" bass. Gruesome as all of them.
Title: Re: Mont Campbell's mystery bass
Post by: godofthunder on March 22, 2013, 01:02:04 PM: I think that is the ugliest bass I have ever seen!