Music videos that feature "exotic" or rare bass brands and customs...

4stringer77 · February 07, 2014, 11:27:49 AM

Howza bout this guy...

Highlander · February 07, 2014, 03:27:30 PM

Weird...

More lucite...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKTbm_LQbu8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Sx8KSmjF8

Highlander · February 07, 2014, 03:31:37 PM

... and a bit of the Shamrock...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7cfNEW3pCY

A much underrated band...

gearHed289 · February 07, 2014, 03:45:37 PM

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

Basvarken · February 07, 2014, 03:55:04 PM

Rinus has had some very cool ideas for bass builds.

http://www.rinus.golden-earring.nl/gear-basses.htm

Highlander · February 07, 2014, 04:03:14 PM

Levin and Stick...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lhxencRCCU

slinkp · February 07, 2014, 10:06:08 PM

Nice. Manu Katche was a hell of a drummer too!

Psycho Bass Guy · February 08, 2014, 05:41:58 AM

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.

Highlander · February 08, 2014, 07:56:42 AM

Certainly up there in the different stakes...

Is this an Alembic...?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK92hdp6u18

gweimer · February 08, 2014, 08:11:21 AM

Looks like Gene is still using The Punisher.

Highlander · February 08, 2014, 08:19:25 AM

... and others...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfiNzwSBqHI

gearHed289 · February 10, 2014, 08:38:11 AM

Quote from: CAR-54 on February 08, 2014, 07:56:42 AM
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.

mc2NY · February 10, 2014, 10:15:47 AM

Quote from: gweimer on February 03, 2014, 09:54:52 AM
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.

Psycho Bass Guy · February 10, 2014, 02:18:39 PM

Quote from: mc2NY on February 10, 2014, 10:15:47 AMVigier 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.

Highlander · February 10, 2014, 04:22:31 PM

Gorgeous sound on that fretless...

Alembic... cheers Tom...