Elvis chillin with a bass

[hankazoid]

He's actually playing a Lakland. I know because I saw it on their website:

 

[Stick_Player]

He's actually playing a Lakland

Nah... looks like a "Rock Band" game-controller!

 

[edbass]

That pic has been posted here many times, but it never gets old.
That picture is actually the reason why I bought the one in the middle; Elvis looked so cool holding that white P that it pushed my G.A.S. so far over the top it became out of control and gave me no option, I had to get one.

 

[Stick_Player]

When you close the case (above pic), ALL those basses fit inside?

Amazing!

 

[edbass]

When you close the case (above pic), ALL those basses fit inside?

Amazing!

Not amazing really, they're cardboard. They fold in like those fancy birthday cards for kids.

I open it up next to my balsa wood and canvas faux rig at gigs, so people think I can actually play; you know, "wow, he's really good. Just look at all that high dollar gear"

 

[M0ses]

I am always tickled when people post a link to wikipedia like its the Gospel. Anyone can post or edit wiki, that's why it's a joke.

And I am always tickled when people blindly bash Wikipedia like it's 4chan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

 

[mikeswals]

Not only that, but Elvis was a big proponent in electric bass being used. There's several pics (and a movie) with him handling a Fender. He's the one that got the P for Bill Black.

 

[mikeswals]

Elvis didn't start Rock and Roll, but is largely responsible for Rock and Roll as we know it.

That's kinda like saying Leo didn't invent the electric bass, but invented the electric bass as we know it.

 

[NWB]

That's kinda like saying Leo didn't invent the electric bass, but invented the electric bass as we know it.

Elvis is largely responsible for popularizing rock and Leo is largely responsible for popularizing the electric bass.

If you go down (or up?) to the EMP, you can see a 30s vintage Tutmark which seems a whole lot like the electic bass as we know it. Cool the the electric bass was invented in Seattle!

 

[NWB]

Not only that, but Elvis was a big proponent in electric bass being used. There's several pics (and a movie) with him handling a Fender. He's the one that got the P for Bill Black.

True that. And a lot of his music, especially the later stuff with Jerry Scheff, is very bass-oriented.

 

[esa372]

Man! How cool do you have to be to rock lavender pants with a yellow waist-coat? (...and Beatle boots! )


~esa

 

[SMILEYSIXX]

Don't recall where I heard it but one of the urban legends about Elvis and bass was that while recording an album, during a break, he picked up his bassist's bass and started messing around and someone looked him dead in the eye and said "You can't play that thing. You ain't black enough."

Who knows if it's true or not, but I love that one.

 

[Steven1207]

And I am always tickled when people blindly bash Wikipedia like it's 4chan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

Couldn't agree more.

 

[NWB]

Don't recall where I heard it but one of the urban legends about Elvis and bass was that while recording an album, during a break, he picked up his bassist's bass and started messing around and someone looked him dead in the eye and said "You can't play that thing. You ain't black enough."

Who knows if it's true or not, but I love that one.

I wonder if they were referring to Bill Black?

 

[JimmyM]

Elvis didn't start Rock and Roll, but is largely responsible for Rock and Roll as we know it.

he's responsible for white people getting into it. he definitely is not responsible for rock and roll as we know it. great singer, but not exactly the guy who started it or defined it.

 

[mouthmw]

I just wanna add - the pic that the OP posted and the one hankazoid posted are not the same pic. It's as if they're only seconds apart

 

[FilterFunk]

he's responsible for white people getting into it. he definitely is not responsible for rock and roll as we know it. great singer, but not exactly the guy who started it or defined it.

Exactly. Elvis was an awesome performer, but he didn't start or invent any music.

 

[oswaldvon]

 

[bigtexashonk]

Most likely thumpin' to Mohair Sam.

 

[stratovani]

Man! How cool do you have to be to rock lavender pants with a yellow waist-coat? (...and Beatle boots! )


~esa

To me, the whole thing looks very sterile in a kitschy, 60s sort of way. Looks almost like a 60s version of a funeral home smoking room!