I have no proof of this, but the person who sold me an Ibanez SR05 claimed that it once belonged to Larry Tagg, formerly of the 80s one-hit wonder band Bourgeois Tagg. The seller told me they had been friends for a long time.
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Does anyone own a famous Bass?
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My spector is signed by Stuart spector, and I took a picture with him and the bass. Does that count?
My first good bass was an early 80's Ibanez Musician owned by David Hungate of Toto. I was living in Nashville in '88 and found it for sale in the classifieds. Hungate had moved to Nashville for session work, and the player I bought it from had purchased it from him. I'm not positive but I believe it's the same bass you see in the video "Rosanna". I sold it to Japanese dealers at a show in Nashville 10 years later. It made a quite a trip before it went back to its birthplace! Of course I wish I had kept it since it was a great bass, but I had gotten the bug for high-end basses at the time.
I once owned a Lab III guitar amp that Eliot Eason of The Cars toured with. The 4x12 was heavy indeed!
Orphaned it in a trade deal several decades ago.
Orphaned it in a trade deal several decades ago.
I own a Modulus quantum 6 that was given to me by Oteil. Its the blonde one he plays in his instructional video.
I have an early 80's Fender Jazz that belonged to Jason Newsted of Metallica.
Also, I have a 1974 Fender P that was owned by the 80's band Martha and the Muffins. What's cool is that the bass is in every band pic as the bassist used it almost exclusively for ages.
Non bass related, I own a 1930's Gibson amp owned by Gordie Tapp of Hee Haw fame.
Man, I own some weird stuff!
Also, I have a 1974 Fender P that was owned by the 80's band Martha and the Muffins. What's cool is that the bass is in every band pic as the bassist used it almost exclusively for ages.
Non bass related, I own a 1930's Gibson amp owned by Gordie Tapp of Hee Haw fame.
Man, I own some weird stuff!
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This is my bass in Bass Player Magazine. I can't seem to be able to make it in but my bass did. it's not really famous but you can imagine how many eyes have seen my actual bass. I posted this in another thread so now I'm starting to feel a little self concious about posting this. I'm not bragging because I'm a humble guy and I've been around the block a few times. but it was nice to be able to print out the ad and keep the pic wih the bass.
http://www.bassplayer.com/article/brubaker-brute-series-mjcsc/150134
http://www.bassplayer.com/article/brubaker-brute-series-mjcsc/150134
I'm with this guy! I believe my Forte (#005) may have been the one that was at NAMM when the model was introduced. I also owned a Streamer Stage I that was built for T.M. Stevens. He never played it, but that was a cool bass. Wish I still had it...
I used to own the Yamaha BB1600 at 3.22 on this video
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I got it just after they finished a tour in '87 and Nick started using Spectors. It was very roadworn!
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I got it just after they finished a tour in '87 and Nick started using Spectors. It was very roadworn!
There are no famous basses. Only famous players, and basses that were/are owned by famous players.
Cheers,
Jim
Cheers,
Jim
So I just saw the thread of the Ibanez bass on Ebay with a price tag of $4.500 once owned by the Warrant guy Jerry Dixon and got me thinking, Does anybody own or know somebody who owns a famous bass guitar?
I don't, but Hutch Hutchinson played my Guild Starfire fretless when I was first buying it at Cambridge Music Center (RIP) in Porter Square.
I bought this Fender Jaguar from the guitarist from Limp Bizkit.
Not the reason why I bought it. Got it on evilbay.
He had the thickest strings I'd ever seen on a bass in my life and he had completely destroyed the straplock holes and replaced them with giant screws and washers.
Not the reason why I bought it. Got it on evilbay.
He had the thickest strings I'd ever seen on a bass in my life and he had completely destroyed the straplock holes and replaced them with giant screws and washers.
I just bought a used Zon Sonus 8 from the classifieds. Busted out a Bass Player magazine from '96 that had a review of the then-new model. I was quite surprised to find that my bass is actually the review bass - easily identifiable grain markings. Pretty cool, though admittedly in a who-cares way!
I have a Hofner Icon that's gussied up to look like Macca's Hofner.
Oh yeah, that's nothin'- I have McCartney's first Cavern bass...... Oops
Not a bass but a cool story:
15 years ago I was on the hunt for a cheap Telecaster. I went to a local shop and saw "Fender" with features that made no sense. A mix of vintage parts along with a neck that read "Fender Broadcaster".
I didn't jump on it intially but it haunted me over night so back to the shop I went. They had it tagged at $399.99
I asked a friend of mine at the shop what the story was. He said it was a "fake" and they had to get rid of it ASAP as they were Fender dealers and didn't want it in the shop for obvious reasons. He said it was a Japanese body with repro parts. Ok. I offered about $200 in gear for trade and it came home with me in a 1970's Fender case worth that.
I took it to another shop where I worked a little and we opened it up... 1960's Fender pots. Now its getting interesting.
I had my buddy at the shop take it to our Lutheir who lived about an hour away but the only guy I trust with my gear as he's a God. Amazing tech.
I get the guitat back a week later and my buddy says "We need to talk about your guitar." uh oh. In the past that sentence has never ended well.
It turns out my Luthier BUILT this guitar in 1976 for Bobby Caldwell while her was recording "What You Won't Do For Love" while he was living in Miami. It was used exclusively on that recording by Bobby and Alfonz Kettner. Its all vintage parts and pickups (1959 tele pickups). The body is flamed eucalyptus over alder built by the luthier. I have dubbed it the Kolacaster. He told me he put the Broadcaster decal on to throw people for a loop. He also told me the knobs were from a broken 1949 Fender lap steel.
No idea how the guitar ended up in a shop in Davie, FL. No idea how many people this guitar has been owned by. But amazing that it came full cirlce back to the guy who built it almost 30 years later. He showed me the original receipt.... he charged $1,700.00 in 1976. NOT BAD!
Its the one instrument that through horrible times in my life I still cannot ever sell. It found me and I will always treasure it.
15 years ago I was on the hunt for a cheap Telecaster. I went to a local shop and saw "Fender" with features that made no sense. A mix of vintage parts along with a neck that read "Fender Broadcaster".
I didn't jump on it intially but it haunted me over night so back to the shop I went. They had it tagged at $399.99
I asked a friend of mine at the shop what the story was. He said it was a "fake" and they had to get rid of it ASAP as they were Fender dealers and didn't want it in the shop for obvious reasons. He said it was a Japanese body with repro parts. Ok. I offered about $200 in gear for trade and it came home with me in a 1970's Fender case worth that.
I took it to another shop where I worked a little and we opened it up... 1960's Fender pots. Now its getting interesting.
I had my buddy at the shop take it to our Lutheir who lived about an hour away but the only guy I trust with my gear as he's a God. Amazing tech.
I get the guitat back a week later and my buddy says "We need to talk about your guitar." uh oh. In the past that sentence has never ended well.
It turns out my Luthier BUILT this guitar in 1976 for Bobby Caldwell while her was recording "What You Won't Do For Love" while he was living in Miami. It was used exclusively on that recording by Bobby and Alfonz Kettner. Its all vintage parts and pickups (1959 tele pickups). The body is flamed eucalyptus over alder built by the luthier. I have dubbed it the Kolacaster. He told me he put the Broadcaster decal on to throw people for a loop. He also told me the knobs were from a broken 1949 Fender lap steel.
No idea how the guitar ended up in a shop in Davie, FL. No idea how many people this guitar has been owned by. But amazing that it came full cirlce back to the guy who built it almost 30 years later. He showed me the original receipt.... he charged $1,700.00 in 1976. NOT BAD!
Its the one instrument that through horrible times in my life I still cannot ever sell. It found me and I will always treasure it.
I don't know how famous this band was, but I own the 59 P bass played by this guy:
Are you sure he played it? It looka brand new! Stunning!
No, but my dad has Johnny thunders pink guitar, they traded at an after hours jam with Duff from GnR. Pretty cool story. My dad had breakfast with him in germany on tour in 1989-1990 I believe, then Johnny died mysteriously. My dad was still in germany with napalm beach at the time. Sad story.
