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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Highlander on February 02, 2014, 03:15:47 PM
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A couple of exotic instruments in the hands of a great bass player...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ooV9omKR6o
This one is a mystery as I thought the "Frankenstein" bass was a Fender-necked hybrid, but this one has a distinct "ThunderBird" headstock and "similar" pencil pups to the "Lightning" bass in the above video... is this a PC bass too...?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn8pKorgQ6Q
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWGGgh-GN4
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Ali McMordie with his Guild B302
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NCXCOLuzsc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-E7e08i_3o
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Ampeg and Boz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVFkqKkoBA www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZqjZ_kvLY
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Any video that features Stigge Pedersen from DAD should be good for an exotic (two string) bass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdrE4VtOLX8
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Can anyone tell me what this bass is (sorry if it's more common than I know) ... ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYHZVDUr9x4
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Found a "vid" for that D.A.D.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDrDa9PGJg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SMcs6eDE8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEyAjt-Cbh8
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLhoLkTyNkM ???
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnq3ZW6OyTI
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There isn't much of him, but after the 7:00 point, you'll find Squire and the three-neck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96O151SdeI
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One Ronnie deserves another ...R.I.P.
http://youtu.be/cpSlT2BVvGc
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9u0T8y-HDM
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Lots of still shots, but a few live clips of more than one Tractor. Looks like a Sunburst version in one clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOMOuTQlqQ4
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Can anyone tell me what this bass is (sorry if it's more common than I know) ... ?
Looks like a Vigier of some sort:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NjWN95ObjOE/T-kDJM7nNCI/AAAAAAAAAFA/GLFP02FnyRE/s568/IMG_0367.jpg)
Good ol' French bass.
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/FrenchTaunt.gif)
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Looks like a Vigier of some sort:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NjWN95ObjOE/T-kDJM7nNCI/AAAAAAAAAFA/GLFP02FnyRE/s568/IMG_0367.jpg)
Good ol' French bass.
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/FrenchTaunt.gif)
Geezer was using Vigier for a while. I do remember that.
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[Elderberry] Zat ees eet [/Elderberry]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYv2n-hRsa0
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Zemaitis...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-c8X52Qg4o
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Zemaitis...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-c8X52Qg4o
That makes 3! :thumbsup:
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Overend and his notorious swallow bass ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34WQuxBxFEw
Peter Knorn's carved and sculpted Explorer something (no Gibson content):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYHsGGYvzdk
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I've posted this somewhere before. Johnny Paycheck with his Teisco bass, about 50 years ago when he was still George Jones' bassist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nw7jIaRDgA
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That's mighty fine bass sound from that Teisco!
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Marshall Grant and the black Epiphone Newport.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG0fS4DoGUc
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Herr Lynott strumming an Ampeg see-thru.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwEQq8fEhLc
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A bit of Dan...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4S64NrV8x8
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The Entwistle bass from the Relay video is indeed a Peter Cook instrument:
http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass7174.html#theaxe
I couldn't find anything about the lightning bolt bass.
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Cheers... missed that particular one... the Lightning Bolt is a known one and presently lies in the vaults at Hard Rock... the TRC is an opposite of mine, being WBW whereas mine is BWB sandwich...
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Not what you know Way for...
www.youtwot.com/watch?v=EKF-lHIgJII
oops... see two down... ;D
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Not what you know Way for...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKF-lHIgJII
Still just a Thunderbird, right? I like the song, though. First time I've heard that.
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My bad, as you say... I was posting stuff in the T'Bird thread and failed to hit copy for this...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPhKXpOnWJc
Irritatingly, there is some great stuff with Schenker but he's (Way) using a P almost throughout that era... certainly was when I saw them...
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Howza bout this guy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWPHrRwQqVE
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Weird...
More lucite...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKTbm_LQbu8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Sx8KSmjF8
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... and a bit of the Shamrock...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7cfNEW3pCY
A much underrated band...
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Somebody posted this to my facebook wall - Golden Earring. Looks like a modded Dano double neck with a Fender neck up top.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk-8d22mI88&feature=youtu.be
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Rinus has had some very cool ideas for bass builds.
http://www.rinus.golden-earring.nl/gear-basses.htm
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Levin and Stick...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lhxencRCCU
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Nice. Manu Katche was a hell of a drummer too!
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Les Claypool's Carl Thompson 4-string has made an appearance in this thread but THIS is the six string model he made famous from when he was doing it. I'm a not a huge Primus fan by any stretch, but seeing them live in Asheville about ten years ago was one of the BEST sounding and most musically enjoyable concerts I've ever been to. The crowd of rich-kid hipster posers sucked but the band sounded BETTER live than on CD and I'm not talking about visceral rock and roll emotion. They are some SERIOUS musicians.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CG5XMuz_nY
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Certainly up there in the different stakes... ;)
Is this an Alembic...?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK92hdp6u18
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Looks like Gene is still using The Punisher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP7mG_c6YR8
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... and others...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfiNzwSBqHI
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Certainly up there in the different stakes... ;)
Is this an Alembic...?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK92hdp6u18
Yes, Alembic 8. From what I can tell, he had at least two of these, one with pirate-themed fingerboard inlays. That one eventually ended up in Entwistle's collection.
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Geezer was using Vigier for a while. I do remember that.
Vigier makes some great stuff. My guitar player was a Vigier endorser for 20+ years.
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Vigier makes some great stuff.
Patrick Dahlheimer of Live, arguably their biggest profile endorser at the time, dropped them after they got famous with 'Throwing Copper.' Vigier went from being the bass on every track of their previous albums to just a couple on 'Secret Samadhi' and his tone and playing suffered for it. Vigiers have a very distinct active sound, much too aggressive to be the French-made instruments they are. They DID sound good for Geezer and they're about as far from a vintage P-Bass sound as you can get.
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Gorgeous sound on that fretless...
Alembic... cheers Tom...
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Here are a few.....
Veillette-Cintron...plus some others
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads - YouTube
? 88:41? 88:41
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qx1XDATyBI
Feb 28, 2013 - Uploaded by evilcrusher
"Psycho? Killer" "Heaven" "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" "Found a Job" " Slippery People ...
Hamer Standard (Explorer)
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - SaturdayNight (live) - YouTube
? 3:36? 3:36
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwBLnnxCJBQ
Jan 19, 2008 - Uploaded by cobain94
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - SaturdayNight (live) .... Herman Brood Live in Germany ...
Hamer B12A....as an upright, no less!
Don't Be Cruel - Houston Astrodome 1989 - Cheap Trick - YouTube
? 4:00? 4:00
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HJrNiuow8Y
Jun 1, 2009 - Uploaded by cheaptrick
Don't Be Cruel - live Houston Astrodome 1989 - Cheap Trick - www.cheaptrick. com.
Hamer Quad 12
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1fxjr_cheap-trick-i-want-you-to-want-me_music
Wyman on upright?
THE ROLLING STONES - LIVE 1967 - _Ruby Tuesday_ - YouTube
? 3:22? 3:22
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOBgur5uVL4
Mar 6, 2013 - Uploaded by TartraTech
"There's No Time to Lose I heard her say, Catch your Dreams Before they Slip Away! Dying all ...
Wyman on Wyman Vox Teardrop
Rolling Stones Concerts of 1967-The Weird Moments - YouTube
? 7:08? 7:08
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f8PERTaAwk
Jul 4, 2009 - Uploaded by modifproductions
Some odd moments at Stones concerts! Dedicated to Brian Jones 1942-1969.
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Wow... some great stuff...
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Tina is my one of my favourite 80's players, nice to see..
Great rocking 'under my thumb' too!
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Tina Weymouth! Such cool basslines. I used to play along with "Stop Making Sense" when I was learning and had nobody to play with.
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There's something to be said for playing with yourself whilst studying girls...
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Tina Weymouth! Such cool basslines. I used to play along with "Stop Making Sense" when I was learning and had nobody to play with.
A previous band I was with used to cover Crosseyed and Painless. Always dug the heads.
This made me think of her Hofner club. Guess that's not a rare or exotic bass, but what the heck...
(I also like the Belew antics toward the end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNAzXlDaHQU
...and on the subject of Hofners, here some big and woolly 500/1 sound:
(bass comes in at 2:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoD0WVxrsfQ
...and tight and smooth sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgyHqJ4U1UE
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Spotted this oddity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rXhXLsNJL8
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^^^^ Burns Bison.
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They made the Shadows bass too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFi1K-93vR4
Guess they are still in production too.
http://www.burnsguitars.com/burnsshadowbass.php
http://www.burnsguitars.com/bisonbass.php
Anybody play these?
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The rarest Hamer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF_-_MVfFiw
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Joe... it doesn't have to be "rare" to be "rare", just instruments most of us have never seen or had the chance to own or play... ;)
Bruce Palmer, a true Gent, and a Kramer DMZ, I think... I have pics from the three nights at Wembley but none to hand...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqHcb7M5ZN8
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An EB2 ho but I suspect high-end...
Sound City Players (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/dave-grohls-sound-city-players-pound-out-mantra-in-the-studio-20130307#ooid=V2NGp4OTqBdOT41vZ70hKN5ZQwFtWq0i)
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Stumbled on this one much to my pleasure as I was at this one...
... but what is Mark Clarke playing...?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kQjrVVG2pc
Not sure who the bass player is or the bass...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMABHhSa9hk
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Could it be a Guild Pilot?
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Beat me to it Gweimer. I'll second that analysis. Re: the Mountain vid.
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Sure looks like it, Gents... ;)
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Not exactly rare, but it's nice to see a Dingwall with someone famous. BTW - the vocals here are truly awful, but Lee sounds good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTAlo885-0M
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Lee was one of Dingwall's first endorsers, way back before the factory burned down.
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Exotic, in more than one way...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKNSkprZVvo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0OO3oEPkE
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Never seen that Cobham/McLaughlin/Hellborg clip before. Maybe not their most innovative piece of work, nice posting anyway.
Not the best song to break a string in, though :)
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You know who else was a great drummer. Karen Carpenter! Doing it live while singing and being recorded for a BBC broadcast is no joke. The bloke playing the bass is using a Gretsch 6072 I believe. Don't see those too often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryHQx_kdOas
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Wyman on upright?
THE ROLLING STONES - LIVE 1967 - _Ruby Tuesday_ - YouTube
Like many TV appearances back in the day, the band is most likely miming. In the recently released Rolling Stones Gear book by Andy Babiuk, there is a great photo from the recording session for Ruby Tuesday where Wyman is fretting the notes on the upright, with Keef doing the bowing - there are chalk marks on the neck for reference. Wyman is quoted and confirms that's how the recording was done.
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Billy Bacon and his Porkestra. Dano content. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxUbXzMlw-k
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One of the best bands ever, Man…Or Astroman?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr55PrSgUAA
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Billy Bacon and his Porkestra. Dano content. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxUbXzMlw-k
Nice Dano, sounds great - and what the heck is that guitarist playing? It's a Gibson, but a really big hollowbody. Nice sound, but I don't recall having sen one before.
And Billy needs a new hat.
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Nice Dano, sounds great - and what the heck is that guitarist playing? It's a Gibson, but a really big hollowbody. Nice sound, but I don't recall having sen one before.
And Billy needs a new hat.
No, no, no. The hat is part of Billy's tribute to Freddy Fender (both originally from S. Texas). I've seen the Dano from a few feet away, it looks like a 90s reissue and definitely has flats. It really projects. Unfortunately he's had to slow down due to rheumatoid arthritis, he doesn't tour near as much as he used to.
FWIW, his group is the Forbidden Pigs (http://www.forbiddenpigs.com/home). The Porkestra is what he called it when he added a few extra members for a performance.
The guitar looks like one version of an ES-125, not sure exactly which one.
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Doesn't look much like Freddy... ;D
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Same gig, same sombrero, different bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KONwjEZz-XQ
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He seemed to start off with the Dano and switch to upright during the show. In a more recent video I saw of him he looked pretty frail and didn't even play the bass.
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He seemed to start off with the Dano and switch to upright during the show. In a more recent video I saw of him he looked pretty frail and didn't even play the bass.
The several times I've seen him, he did about half a dozen numbers on the upright and then switched to the Dano. But it's been about 5-6 years since I've seen him.
His site has pics of a 2012 gig at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels (same place I saw him last), he's thinner, all right, but playing both the upright and Dano.
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Kubicki in exotic surroundings... Detroit...?!?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEJp2BsaeiE
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There's an EB1 hanging out on stage too. Looks like it's been modified.
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Kubicki in exotic surroundings... Detroit...?!?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEJp2BsaeiE
Well that sucked pretty badly but the basses were nice
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Not all reunions work... ;)
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Tony Sales holdin it down with his bro on a Mockingbird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD5X5OGLySI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLM2unV0kwU
Here's what looks like a newer Zemaitis (or Greco Zemaitis). Nice video. I like this band! ;)
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One of the best bands ever, Man…Or Astroman?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr55PrSgUAA
WOW!! Captain Beefhart meets Devo....AND IT's on MTV???
Must be waaaay back from the days when MTV actually played music.
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Not all reunions work... ;)
Unfortunately, few bands are ever able to recapture their past glory. Of course, most don't screw up as bad as the Amboy Dukes did on that, though. I'm glad Cream had their reunion, but there were those very critical of that one, too, including a drummer friend who usually isn't so critical.
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Fender Starcaster bass - one of the 3 prototypes they made that never evolved to a production model, until the recent "reissues".
Keith Richards at Sevilla's Guitar Legends festival, 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9kx28K2_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLw77vU_N8
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Lemmy and a Hag-8-er...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAAI5Vonw7s
Don't think we've had this one...?
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Larry Junstrom sounds like he's playing God's bass. Turns out it's just a Kramer. I hope he's doing well. Read that he had to stop touring last year because of an operation on his hand. Think I might have to transcribe some of his work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCq4EkzLlQM
Looks like a Kramer 250B. Chrome covered humbucker goodness!
https://reverb.com/item/5528-kramer-250b-bass-1977-natural
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Maybe God DOES play a Kramer? Mine sounds like God's fretless bass. ;)
Also, looks like it's cold there at 0:53.
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Also, looks like it's cold there at 0:53.
God's thermometers. They bless us all.
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From St. Paul last Saturday night. Burns UK custom shop Bison. Keith Patterson on bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IODQ8KXhG3I
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Here's Shocking Blue and a Danelectro Longhorn. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvcOADJVdEA
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Not many V's in vids, are there...?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtypSRcwIhA
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nothing to get excited about here, please return to your homes.
however, the bass is nice.
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Brilliant...! :mrgreen:
(the bass was the only reason to post it)