Music videos that feature EB0 to EB4 and SG variant basses...

[Dave W]

Is this new Mountain footage?



Guitar and bass as one amorphous wall of sludge. That RMI electric piano isn't doing much for me!

Just uploaded on Sept. 16. I hadn't seen it anywhere before.

[westen44]

Also not a video, but posted by Jackie on her FB page. I hadn't seen it before.

That's a really nice pic, though. 

[uwe]

Yup, cute. Joanie still had some baby fat.

And Kim Fowley obviously had doubts whether Jackie could already master a long scale instrument hence the slothead. Her hand/finger positioning looks a bit weird/disconcerting though, what has Jackie been hiding from us all thse years?

[Basvarken]

Jack Bruce with Robin Trower

[westen44]

Just uploaded on Sept. 16. I hadn't seen it anywhere before.

I just noticed that myself on YouTube.  I think it is recent.  It says in the title it's rare.  I was expecting Felix Pappalardi to be playing an EB-1, but got surprised. 

[Alanko]

The Jam playing 'Start' live. You can't fake that honk! It's a Rivoli.

This gig was rebroadcast a few months back on BBC4 (I think!). Bruce Foxton only used this bass for this one song.

[Ken]

Herr Osterberg's stage demeanor was always pleasantly on the hyperactive side. 

He calms down slightly if you give him a guitar.

[uwe]

Good thing he slings that guitar so low. Imagine Steve Howe doing that.

[Dave W]

[Basvarken]

SB-450 on the transcription of Dee Murray's bass part on Elton John song Amoreena

[uwe]

Maybe the strings are dead, but that SB-450 sounds so unremarkable it confirms even Dave's worst preconceptions.

[Basvarken]

He has a big chunk of foam under the strings at the bridge.

[ilan]

Maybe the strings are dead, but that SB-450 sounds so unremarkable it confirms even Dave's worst preconceptions.

And I was thinking, this bass sounds pretty good, like and old P bass. Maybe it's the bridge ;-)

[westen44]

The bassist for the Alabama Shakes plays a P bass with foam under the strings.  I don't know why.  Whatever his reason is for doing so, it's likely I would find it unconvincing.  I can't say I'm particularly interested in getting that kind of sound.

[ilan]

That's why I have multiple basses. My 1970 alder/rosewood P has the weather strip mute under the bridge cover, and my 1975 ash/maple P does not. Flats+pick+mute (especially over-string mute) equals instant 60s bass tone. It's nice to have one bass set up like this.

And even with flats and foam mute, it still sounds brighter than the distinguished forum's beloved mudbucker.