The guitars from "That Thing You Do", especially Wolfman's Fender '57 AVRI Precision Bass.
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DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
In Wayne's World, when Alice Coopers band is playing, the bassist has a white Kramer Forum I. I own a red one, and am trying to pick up a white one right now actually, just have scheduling conflicts with the seller.
Fun fact for the Dream Theater fans, that is Derek Sherinian on guitar in Alice Cooper's band during Wayne's World.
Well, you don't get too good a view... But I definitely spot a PJ of some kind!
"Unfinished" - How I Met Your Mother
"Unfinished" - How I Met Your Mother
I'm a big fan of this movie (see the Directors Cut if you can find it - it has some cool, deleted scenes.)
I was excited to see 2 of our regular customers in the movie. That's Larry Antonino as "Wolfman" Scott Pell who replaces T.B. Player when he leaves with the Marines, and Jennifer York is the upright bassist with the female folk group during the talent competition early in the film.
Note - the bass goes from a PJ to JJ back to PJ throughout the first bit.
I miss the Simpsons from 20 years ago.
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I was more interested in TBP's Dano Shorthorn bass and Lenny's Silvertone guitar...they're what a lot of us played in our own garage bands back in the '60s. In fact I grew up a few miles from the Dano factories.
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Did anyone see Marcus Miller playing on the ABC Jazz at the White House television special last Sat? ...never saw him playing that bass (a black Jazz) before? He wasn't playing his signature wood tone jazz. Anyone know what it was? (sorry no time to post a vid or pic).
I asked Larry Antonino if he actually played the bass solo in the movie and if so, whether or not he was given any direction. Here was his reply:
"I improvised that solo live. I had a couple of ideas of what I might play, I knew I wanted to end with the bass line of the title song. Interesting story, they thought I was going to record the audio in post. I told them to get a direct box and let's DO THIS! Luckily the bass I used had new strings."
He also talked about the bass he used in the movie:
"That was a re-issue '57 Fender Precision Bass. There was a Fender rep that supplied all the instruments. I asked him if I could have it after we were done shooting the scene, but he couldn't give it up. I think it is in a display case in a Planet Hollywood somewhere."
- Steve
On the Netflix show "Love", the main guy Gus plays a Sting signature bass. Funnily enough, in one episode he goes to a party at the home of someone he's never met, and lo and behold, THAT guy *also* has a Sting bass! I thought that was amusing. Way to go, prop house (or whomever owned it and no other basses).
Good catch, never spotted that before. Watching it now, I also notice that he is plucking the G string, but we are hearing E - so it must be strung for a lefty - LOL. The tuning pegs move around as well, from 2x2 to 3x1.
Nice add, Steve.
You can definitely tell the bass was strung with round wounds as well, which was probably done for dramatic effect (or because someone was too lazy to restring with flats, which would have been accurate for the period.)
HA!
In the first James Bond movie Dr. No (1962), there is a cantina scene where bassist is playing a sunburst Fender Jazz. I don't remember if it is a stacked knob model or not but it definitely is a cool bass.
Bones
Bones
I was curious as I am a Jazz bass junky, this is the only scene I found - turns out it's a burst P.
The bass I've always wanted...I remember seeing it as a kid watching the old live music TV shows with my aunts and uncles back in the day, Ben Orr's inca silver StingRay.
What I really hate is when they nhave people playing them... and you can tell by the way they are holding them that either they don't really play at all or they were not really playing or both.
