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Title: Holy Moly
Post by: Dave W on October 02, 2016, 08:04:22 PM
I like the song and the bass tone.

The bassist is none other than our old friend Jules of Fly Guitars (EvilLordJuju here). No idea what he's playing in the video but in their live videos he's usually playing a Hobbit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LawsQ3SBzHM
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: 66Atlas on October 03, 2016, 06:29:35 AM
Cool video, and not just because of the girls  :mrgreen:

Looks kind of like a Hofner President bass but never seen F holes like that?

Ok, on a second viewing the F holes look like Hofners.  I had paused the video on a frame with a shadow that cut off the tops of them.   So President or Senator maybe?
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: godofthunder on October 04, 2016, 11:32:36 AM
     I'll give this a veiw when I get home!
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: ilan on October 04, 2016, 12:02:54 PM
Höfner President.

Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Dave W on October 04, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
I think you're right.

Incidentally, he was tagged in a FB photo today with what looks like a Gretsch 6071 (https://www.facebook.com/pipmailingdrums/photos/a.517085068484485.1073741836.168439896682339/517084621817863/?type=3&theater). Ilan?
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: amptech on October 04, 2016, 10:51:29 PM
That is probably correct; the 6071, made from '68 to '72 with on pickup and mahogany red finish (gruhn). Not a lot of vintage Gretsch basses to confuse them with, but then again it might be a reissue of some kind - and them I have not the brains to keep track of!
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Highlander on October 04, 2016, 11:21:23 PM
Classy vid... 8)
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: ilan on October 05, 2016, 12:31:54 AM
6071 it is.

(http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/graphics/Gretsch68p8.jpg)

Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Basvarken on October 05, 2016, 06:51:16 AM
I don't think so. The headstock is completely different.

Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Pilgrim on October 05, 2016, 07:37:56 AM
That could be an Electromatic series headstock, I think. But it has the white-keyed banjo style tuners, which are not typical of Gretsch.
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Basvarken on October 05, 2016, 09:49:43 AM
Oh, I think I misunderstood. You were no longer discussing the bass in the video.

Sorry. I'll shut up now  :-X ;)
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Dave W on October 05, 2016, 10:17:23 PM
Sorry for the confusion!  :-[
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Rob on October 06, 2016, 04:39:37 PM
Nice sounding clip!
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Dave W on October 21, 2016, 06:23:26 PM
Forgot to mention, I messaged Jules, he confirmed it was a President in the video, but he recorded it with his RD Artist.
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: uwe on October 25, 2016, 09:39:08 AM
Duh, the magic of a 9 volt battery!  8)
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Dave W on October 25, 2016, 09:36:58 PM
Takes more than a battery to get good tone.  :P
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: uwe on October 26, 2016, 09:15:26 AM
That wasn't my point, I just thought that no one of us probably had an RD Artist - of all basses - in mind when we heard the track first. But I do remember how Jules once mentioned that he could get an excellent vintage sound out of his (then relatively newly acquired) RD of almost mudbuckish quality by rolling off the highs.
Title: Re: Holy Moly
Post by: Dave W on October 26, 2016, 02:45:27 PM
That's true, I would never have guessed it was an RD Artist.