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Futurama, Danelectro and Musicman Basses.

Following on from Chris Thomas’ previous “Guitars on a bed” photo, comes the latest in the series - “Basses on a bed”. From top to bottom, we have a Futurama short scale bass (previously owned by Gerry Taylor, Bassist for Stealers Wheel), a Danelectro Long Horn Bass and a Musicman Sterling.

Yes, the song is correct; some guys really do have all the luck.

De-fretted Dean Edge 5 and spray-painted Guild Pilot.

Many thanks to Jamie Amos for sending in this Tron-esque pair!

1998 Epiphone Rivoli.

Slight digression: I once had a jet black Epiphone Rivoli similar to this one, but I sold it to get a deposit for a computer.

I honestly regret that decision to this day.

Early 2000s Music Man Sterling in Blue Dawn finish.

Dan Amrich sent this beautiful bass in, saying; “This is actually my wife’s; we saw it in a store, didn’t grab it, and then spent years looking for its twin. What made it harder to track down was that the store shone a green light on it, so we were looking for a teal finish that never existed! Once we determined the truth, she received her dream bass for our 10th wedding anniversary. 

With her permission, I’ve used this on some recordings with my jokey videogame parody band, Palette-Swap Ninja. And the best part of marrying a bassist who is also a photographer? I have lots of guitar porn! :)”

Gibson Triumph Bass.

Open letter to Gibson:-

“Dear Gibson,

Please bring back the Triumph. It was kind of goofy looking but still awesome.

Yours Sincerely, Everyone.”

1967 Rickenbacker 4005.

It’s still a bit hard to believe that Mani (of Stone Roses and Primal Scream fame) actually gave one of these beauties a Jackson Pollock paint job; most of us would have a dizzy spell even  contemplating such an extreme makeover, never mind actually carrying through with it! It didn’t affect the sound at all though; that distinctive, ‘leathery’ solid-middle Bass sound shines through every track on the Stone Roses debut album. Mike Mills of REM and Colin Moulding of XTC were also fond of their 4005’s - but then who wouldn’t be?

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Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.

So sad to hear about the passing of MCA today, he was a brilliant musician and all-round top bloke.

1963 Harmony H-22 Bass Guitar.

It’s been a while since there’s been any low-end action on GP so this 60’s Harmony Bass should redress the balance slightly. It has been modified with Rickenbacker knobs instead of the original Harmony ones, but its still a 4-stringed piece of awesome.

Fender P-Bass, SWR Big Bertha and more.

Baronvonkeup originally sent this impressive set up in to fuckyeahguitargear but it is just too beautiful a photo not to reblog. This kind of room is a familiar sight to many of us;

“This is my set up for my band Hank

Head - Peavy 400 Series bass head

Top - Emperor 6x10

Bottom - SWR Big Bertha 2x15

Pedals - Ibanez tuner, EH Bass Big Muff, LovePedal Gen5 Echo

Bass - Fender P-Bass with 1/4lb Seymour Duncans and a Badass II bridge strung with flat wound strings. 

Theremin - Beep-It Deluxe optical theremin by Unatronics”