Rick Danko's bass of choice

[3toes]

What kind of bass did Rick play on most occassions?

[Mastema]

Not sure about most occasions, but on The Last Waltz he's playing some sort of Gibson... a Ripper, I think.

[GrooveBass]

I just finished the Last Waltz, and it surely is a Ripper. I could swear that was his main bass during the last period of The Band, but don't quote me on that one.

[jerry]

I've seen him with a P-bass and a Ampeg Baby bass in the early 70's.

[3toes]

I thought I saw someone mention he played a fretless P-bass at some point...

[iamthebassman]

During his Band days Rick played:

Fender Bass VI
Fender Jazz
Fender fretless P
Ampeg fretless
Ampeg Baby bass
Gibson Ripper

[markjazzbassist]

Originally Posted by GrooveBass

I just finished the Last Waltz, and it surely is a Ripper.

+1

[Mojo-Man]

Originally Posted by iamthebassman

During his Band days Rick played:

Fender Bass VI
Fender Jazz
Fender fretless P
Ampeg fretless
Ampeg Baby bass
Gibson Ripper

Good work.
Rick also played a Lakland later in his last few years.

[GM60466]

Rick was Lakland's first poster child back in 1995. He was also playing a Gibson Les Paul signature bass a.k.a Jack Casady, and a custom made hollow body bass which he used on Letterman's show, just weekes before he passed away.

GM

[The Lurker]

That's an AUB-1, which he'd installed Jazz pickups in. The Baby Bass looks like an upright that shrunk in the wash, the AUB is a bass guitar.

http://theband.hiof.no/articles/musi..._dec_1993.html