White basses

[LeslieD]

I've seen at least two white basses in my life (really white, not just blond). What the heck are they finished with? Is it something like a pickle stain or some kind of enamel? Does anyone out there have one? Just wondering...

[Chasarms]

The only one I have ever seen was just painted.

[Paul Warburton]

You probably saw a Finch-Roth fiber glass bass. These were a white as could be.

[PoorPlayer]

There is a guy selling solid red, white, and blue basses (and varnished too) on Ebay daily. they appear to be CCBs that have been painted. There's one on there today (link will eventually expire; go to Ebay string instruments and search for 'white bass') Ebay dated link

Kingdoublebass also sells painted basses. These don't appear to be CCBs.

[emayric]

is it a bass like this one ?

[bassame]

Here is someone you may, if you are old like me, recognize playing one behind someone else you may recognize.

[LeslieD]

Is that Mick Jagger? I'm old enough to remember him...but I don't recognize the bass player.

It's been a long time since I've seen a white bass (at least 15 years or so), but the first one I saw was actually a chalky-white color and the second a bit more like white enamel paint (though it could have been some fiberglass thing). I vaguely recall that the first white bass I saw really looked like it was wood (though maybe ply-wood). It was at a workshop with Gary Karr in Greeley Colorado SO many years ago, and I was thinking "who would show up to a Gary Karr workshop with a white bass?" I was just a kid at the time so I was kind of impressed and thought it might be something special.

[Steve Boisen]

Originally Posted by bassame

Here is someone you may, if you are old like me, recognize playing one behind someone else you may recognize.

That's Jack Bruce, but I the the bass is blonde, not white.

- Steve

[Jake deVilliers]

I think the bass is white, it reads the same as Jagger's Perry Como sweater! I'm pretty sure the harmonica player is Cyril Davies.

The sax player looks really familiar but I'm not getting a name.

[PoorPlayer]

Originally Posted by Steve Boisen

That's Jack Bruce, but I the the bass is blonde, not white.

- Steve

I can't vouch for the color of the bass, but it is Jack Bruce. The group is Blues Incorporated, the bass player is Jack Bruce, and the singer is Alexis Korner Mick Jagger. I stand corrected.

[COUNT ZACULA]

Originally Posted by PoorPlayer

I can't vouch for the color of the bass, but it is Jack Bruce. The group is Blues Incorporated, the bass player is Jack Bruce, and the singer is Alexis Korner.

No, That's Mick Jagger, the guitar player is Alexis.

[Bob Branstetter]

Originally Posted by Paul Warburton

You probably saw a Finch-Roth fiber glass bass. These were as white as could be.

+1
Only I would call it a Roth-Finch fiberglass BSO

[Doug Ring]

...and trying to look cool and failing miserably - on saxophone, Dick Heckstall-Smith?

[bassame]

Originally Posted by Doug Ring

...and trying to look cool and failing miserably - on saxophone, Dick Heckstall-Smith?

Bingo!