Guys,
in fact the bass Jason Momoa is playing is owned by him and was
ordered by him with Gibson.
And yes, the chrome cover is definitely the later add to the original
bass owned by Ken Collins but that is how it had been pictured most
in the magazines and also at the time Robb Lawrence sold it.
But of course, the brown bakelite cover is the correct one as you
can see in the old Lonnie Mack photos.
And to be original, in that early phase it didn’t have the third knob
but had a baritone switch at that position.
And yes also the tuners changed from time to time
Going via three banjos and one conventional to metal knob
banjos. But the originals are of course the banjos with the classic
knobs.
Despite Uwes great bass Gibson also had at least one other replica
buildt some years ago and there was also a replica buildt
(don’t remember the builder) for Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick.
Greetz
Oliver (Spyderman)
