New Nikki 541 bass

[Pilgrim]

I just anchor my thumb on the side of the pickup.  This allows me to use both pickup and bridge covers.  I likes my chromy covers!

[66Atlas]

Apparently his technique involved the Pinkie-Anchor long before he had the opti-grab.  It always looked horribly uncomfortable to me.

[Dave W]

Whatever works. I can't imagine him using it if it were painful.

I never play that close to the bridge anyway.

[Highlander]

I can never understand playing that close to the bridge and wanting a BIG sound... the two are at odds with each other...

[drbassman]

I have to say I wouldn't mind owning one of those!  It's a beauty, in spite of the signature!   

[uwe]

Whatever works. I can't imagine him using it if it were painful.

I never play that close to the bridge anyway.

Me neither. I can understand why people might want to for the piano rrring of it - I wouldn't need it for the anchor effect, I never anchor my hand -, but I find the tautness/stiffness of the strings there weird playingwise. And on a TBird, and then slung as low as Nikki has it, that is a really uncomfortable position to me too. But maybe it's a habit he picked up early on and stuck with it. 

[daan]

Ah, a "pinkie rest". Would never have guessed that. THanks, guys!

[uwe]

Apparently his technique involved the Pinkie-Anchor long before he had the opti-grab.  It always looked horribly uncomfortable to me.

Is that the guy from Mott with him?

[uwe]

Ah, a "pinkie rest". Would never have guessed that. THanks, guys!

Yup, assorted pinkies put to rest.

[OldManC]

Is that the guy from Mott with him?

Yes. Nigel Benjamin was the singer in London when Nikki was in the band. Once Motley started their rise and were a big draw on the Strip, Lizzie (London's songwriter and guitarist) got a new bassist (pretty much a Nikki clone named Bobbie Blitz; even had a nice, white Thunderbird as well) and they tried one more time, but Nigel's style and personality clashed so much with the rest of the band that they never really went anywhere in that incarnation. Nigel thought his time in Mott made him a big cheese but nobody in Hollywood cared at that point (at least not we youngins).

[OldManC]

Here's the same band around the same time, but with a name change and a girl on vocals (who went on to front an all girl band called Precious Metal and other projects). I think this is after Motley started but before Lizzie tried again with Nigel, but I could have my timing wrong. It's only been 33 years. 

[66Atlas]

Just another one of the 1,431 musicians in LA that at one point were a member of London   

In other news the next round of Motley Crue's farewell tour has been announced and Nikki became my hero for this interview...

http://wgntv.com/2015/01/21/motley-crues-nikki-six-has-a-special-message-for-justin-bieber/

[Dave W]

...

In other news the next round of Motley Crue's farewell tour has been announced and Nikki became my hero for this interview...

http://wgntv.com/2015/01/21/motley-crues-nikki-six-has-a-special-message-for-justin-bieber/

That was good!    Even better would be to invite him on stage then whack him with the 'Bird.

[OldManC]

Just another one of the 1,431 musicians in LA that at one point were a member of London   

So true!

[uwe]

Come on guys, more of a cheap shot in my book. If Justin Bieber came to one of their concerts, liked it and asked to encore with them, I would hope for a grown up, collegial response. They are essentially in the same business. And they'd probably be flattered too.

I would have expected Nikki - whose music with Sixx AM sounds closer to Bieber's than to Mötley's in places btw - to have more style.





Flipping the bird at a teen idol who could be his son, wow, what a culture-defiant, fearless and risque act ...