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Old 02-21-2011, 09:51 PM
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Rick Danko's bass - Last Waltz

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Ever since I first saw this clip I have been wondering what kind of bass Mr. Danko is using.

Here's the clip:http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...&v=sjCw3-YTffo

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Old 02-21-2011, 10:21 PM
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I don't see anything involving Rick Danko in the link you provided. If it was a clip from The Last Waltz, he was using a Gibson Ripper. Was it the bass in this clip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knF5N...eature=related
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Old 02-21-2011, 11:25 PM
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No it wasn't It was The Weight and he was using some kind of fretless.
Sorry about the link not working I copied the link off the right page and everything
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Old 02-21-2011, 11:27 PM
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http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...&v=sjCw3-YTffo

Hopefully this one works
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Old 02-21-2011, 11:28 PM
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Old 02-21-2011, 11:30 PM
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Nope...that one doesn't work either. This one?

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Old 02-21-2011, 11:32 PM
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Nope...that one doesn't work either. This one?
Nope it's definitely not the ripper it's some kind of black fretless
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Old 02-21-2011, 11:34 PM
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It's this one
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Old 02-21-2011, 11:44 PM
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He plays it here at 1:00 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3gNkixsLaM
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Old 02-22-2011, 12:07 AM
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Ampeg Scroll bass, I think.
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Old 02-22-2011, 01:27 AM
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Ampeg AUB1 aka scroll bass for the distinctive scroll head stock.

http://www.xstrange.com/aeb1.html

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/11610
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Old 02-22-2011, 01:55 AM
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Rick's fretless was the Ampeg, modified with a Fender Precision pickup, which was certainly better that what it came with. I've played this bass (I knew Rick). It's nothing special, kind of a crappy bass really. Most of the earlier Band records were cut with his Jazz bass, not the Ampeg.
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Old 02-22-2011, 02:14 AM
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Here's another clip of Rick playing the Ampeg...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF32IZggmBg
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