bluesdogblues
11-13-2007, 03:36 PM
What's Fretless Bass Sting use in Soul Cages Concert Video?
The bass is black and small body.. in some forum i read it was a ibanes roadstar rb999 (?) but from looking the picture of that bass i'm sure it's not what it is..instead the bass Sting use in his early The Police days.
Can somebody tell me? I'm curious (and my videotape (Betamax) which i saw it back when i was still in high school is already damaged so i can't re-check it)
Thanks a lot
dannoman
11-13-2007, 03:49 PM
Is this the bass???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xelGJzDJJY
This bass is a Ibanez.
bluesdogblues
11-13-2007, 06:14 PM
Yes thanks for the reply..yes it's Ibanez...but can you (or anybody else) tell me what type is it?
m.oreilly
11-13-2007, 07:46 PM
...but can you (or anybody else) tell me what type is it?
me too, it looks cool :)
FeralSpankmonky
11-13-2007, 08:22 PM
What's Fretless Bass Sting use in Soul Cages Concert Video?
The bass is black and small body.. in some forum i read it was a ibanes roadstar rb999 (?) but from looking the picture of that bass i'm sure it's not what it is..instead the bass Sting use in his early The Police days.
Can somebody tell me? I'm curious (and my videotape (Betamax) which i saw it back when i was still in high school is already damaged so i can't re-check it)
Thanks a lot
Yea, some kind of Ibanez RB999:
http://www.ibanezregister.com/Gallery/basses/rb/gal-rb999.htm
http://maruta.be/user_image/joe_cool/q7olPuEL.jpeg
m.oreilly
11-13-2007, 08:29 PM
thanks, i'm not up on ibanez. i like the looks (love small bodies).
pfschim
11-13-2007, 10:41 PM
I'm pretty certain this is Stings fretless black Ibanez Musician series bass model number MC940.
Great basses. I had a pair .. a walnut MC924 and a walnut MC940. Sold the MC940 years ago, still have the 924.
enjoy!
FeralSpankmonky
11-13-2007, 11:24 PM
I'm pretty certain this is Stings fretless black Ibanez Musician series bass model number MC940.
The body of his MC940 is way larger than the RB999 in the youtube video, he's used both:
http://ibanez.bassfire.de/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/sting_musician.jpg
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bluesdogblues
11-18-2007, 07:28 AM
Umm.. I'm confused now.. So, is it MC940? or RB999? or ...?
evilgus
08-18-2008, 10:30 PM
The bigger one is definitely an MC940, I have one.
EG
hooky_marr
09-16-2008, 06:12 PM
This was a variant of the RB999, apparently only made for the European and Japanese markets. It has a single big humbucker (similar to other Roadstars) with 16 exposed polepieces, and simple passive electronics.
Compared to the RB999 or MC888, it does not have the same curved front, but has a flat front with a bevelled edge both front and back. I believe it came only in one finish, a metallic black/grey. The back of the neck is simple clearcoated maple, the front of the headstock matches the body.
I have not seen this in any Ibanez catalogs of the period, but it's popped up on some Japanese-language websites belonging to some collectors / vintage dealers. It's possible it was designed to fill in a lower price point in the 'bean bass' line, or was just an unlisted model created to use up remaining body blanks?
I know this cos I have one, which I got from a former American serviceman who had been stationed in Germany during the 1980s; it still has a sticker of the German music store where it came from on the back of the headstock. (Gotta love Craigslist!)
You can see that it's an RB666 from the Sting video: there's only one pickup on the bass and that the edges are bevelled (they catch the light), and when you see a reverse angle, the neck is unfinished.
Hey who knows, maybe I have Sting's old bass... :)