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Title: What kind of bass is this?
Post by: PWV on July 13, 2008, 01:46:44 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? ??? )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGxRstWAZBc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGxRstWAZBc)

Title: Re: What kind of bass is this?
Post by: Blazer on July 13, 2008, 04:04:52 AM

It's a Burns bison bass.

(http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/931/686136.JPG)

Title: Re: What kind of bass is this?
Post by: Chris P. on July 13, 2008, 05:19:15 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.

Title: Re: What kind of bass is this?
Post by: PWV on July 13, 2008, 01:59:56 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.

Title: Re: What kind of bass is this?
Post by: pamlicojack on August 11, 2008, 07:27:02 PM

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

http://www.myspace.com/dragstripsyndicate (http://www.myspace.com/dragstripsyndicate)

Title: Re: What kind of bass is this?
Post by: lowend1 on August 11, 2008, 07:57:53 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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