The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: FrankieTbird on August 30, 2010, 05:56:16 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8nZRQe2i8Q&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8nZRQe2i8Q&feature=related)
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someone please take that thing away from him and give him his ric.
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Ze Fraulein gives this a big :thumbsup:
Gotta love Lemmy!
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In the hands of Herr Kilminster, brand of bass does not influence sound. :mrgreen:
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He's known for liking T'birds and their sound. One of the Rics with T'bird pickup:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/doombass/basist/lemmyric.jpg?t=1283184681)
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He's known for liking T'birds and their sound. One of the Rics with T'bird pickup:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/doombass/basist/lemmyric.jpg?t=1283184681)
That is the original Ric. A 4000, with an added neck pickup, perhaps?
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The speed master with the real thing in the daze of youth:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3609038703_7423707e15.jpg)
So now we know where those TBird pups came from - he probably broke his TBird whilst colliding with Stacia, always one of the more focal points of Hawkwind.
(http://www.peppermintiguana.co.uk/images/hawkwind73.jpg)
(http://www.starfarer.net/gallerya/stacia5.jpg)
He could also be playing an EB in the official Silver Machine vid, it's hard to tell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tDgzBd2hD4
Alternatively it's that unknown brand SG type bass (later on also with apparently TBird pups, but not on this pic) he handled for a while.
(http://www.angel.dk/hawkwind/store/HawkStaA_02A.jpg)
Other Hawkwind bass players certainly did play Gibson EBs.
(http://www.starfarer.net/gallerya/calvert.jpg)
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Posted this awhile back but it bears showing again. Great views of the Birdie at 2:20 - note the non-stock positioning of the bridge/pickup cover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaFcx09BII4&feature=related
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He could also be playing an EB in the official Silver Machine vid, it's hard to tell. Alternatively it's that unknown brand SG type bass (also with apparently TBird pups) he handled for a while.
It was a Hopf, Lemmy's first bass.
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Ah, thanks. Is that what you also hear on the Space Ritual live album? I liked his bass playing style better then, very melodic, lots of open string and TASTEFUL chordal playing, not just that punkish power chord scrubbing he later on built a career on. If you ask me, Motörhead need a bass player to complement the vicar's son's baritone rhythm guitar! ;)
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Yep...
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvGhlYbRu3dfx9e4VfYXW6rAa5cAEkvyifdTXNLHiX-E946bU&t=1&usg=__glJWBgrpIsg72RJfKAmf4yWxTlk=)
You should hear (maybe it would be best not to) the original of Silver Machine :puke: and I'm a fan of that era, grew up on it - a very distracting lady that Stacia... anway, enough drooling, and I've been aware of Mr Angel's site for some years... ;)
SM originally appeared (publicly) on an early Glastonbury LP I once had (just beat the single out but I got it at a later date - very disapointing), but I think it was recorded at the Roundhouse - runs to about 7 minutes and had the late Bob Calvert on vocals, sort of spoken, badly... think yourselves lucky I couldn't find a sample...
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If you ask me, Motörhead need a bass player to complement the vicar's son's baritone rhythm guitar! ;)
I'd say his in-between-bass/guitar playing and sound is the strongest stand out factor of Motörhead. We've enjoyed ourselves playing as a Motörhead tribute band lately. This forced me to play the sixstring since my brother handles the Lemmy vocals quite good. Pics from a gig in Stockholm last weekend:
Focusing on the Eddie Clarke era:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs434.snc4/47677_155800214437369_117709644913093_523489_381553_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs188.ash2/45137_155800454437345_117709644913093_523504_6739035_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs382.snc4/44499_155800821103975_117709644913093_523535_1884339_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs382.snc4/44499_155800814437309_117709644913093_523533_6146926_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs362.snc4/44499_155800811103976_117709644913093_523532_4254913_n.jpg)
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Awesome pics. Looks like a great gig!
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Fast Eddie never looked so young! ;)
I don't deny that Lemmy's strumming is original, but together with the guitar Marshalls and the heavily distorted sound there is a definite lack in low frequencies which makes Motörhead live sound hollw to me. And I've seen them with Fast Eddie, Brian Robertson and the new guy. Motörhead's underbelly just doesn't sound full to me.
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Great pics, Daniel!
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Other Hawkwind bass players certainly did play Gibson EBs.
(http://www.starfarer.net/gallerya/calvert.jpg)
Adrian Shaw, played on "Quark, Strangness & Charm" and "PXR5". His predecessor (and Lemmy's replacement) Paul Rudolph used a Precision.
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Daniel, what happened to your Grand Funk Tribute?
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Thanks for the kind words guys.
Daniel, what happened to your Grand Funk Tribute?
Well, we have always played for the fun of it. The Grand Funk Tribute could quite easily be dusted off but we tend to move around playing what feels good at the moment. Frankly the demand in Sweden when it comes to GFR is'nt that high so when we have other gigs booked such a narrow act tend to be shoved behind the curtain.
The Motörhead Tribute (we named ourselves Kilmister) came up just because we had not seen or heard anyone doing it the way we would like to hear it being Motörhead fans all of us. The gig we did saturday was the last booked gig we had and now it feels like we're moving on to the next project. We'll just record some Motörhead songs as a time document. We have a few ideas what to do and it also feels good to go back to playing the bass again. We've had a few gigs playing the regular coverband this year but most of the rehearsals have been all about the M-head Tribute.
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If I can make a recommendation ... After tributing yanks and limeys, couldn't you do something a little more ethnic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3JHi4f3CUI
You'll need flatwounds though.