Flea's bass

He's had a number of basses. Which particular song are you thinking of?

 

Flea used to use MM Stingrays, and now he uses Modulus Flea Basses. He also uses Alembic basses in the studio, and also a Fender vintage Jazz Bass live and in the studio.

His amps are Gallien Krueger 2000RB heads, and he uses Mesa/Boogie cabs, I believe they are 2x15s. He also uses a variety of envelope filters and other effects.

 

actually, he has a 2x10 on top of each 2x15...six cabs in total...

 

Well, on all those songs except for Around the World, he used a Stingray. On around the world, he used either an Alembic or a Flea Bass. My guess would be the Flea bass.

I think he used a stingray on every album up until One Hot Minute.

 

Basically, if you want the "Flea sound," just get a Gallien-Krueger amp and a Musicman Stingray. Thats pretty much his sound right there.

 

Oh is that all you have to do? Well I guess I'm gonna go sell my car and rent half my house so I can go buy that stuff!

 

Yep.

 

You started this thread buddy. You asked what gear Flea used. And this is it. This is his tone, I said nothing about it giving you talent.

Why should I help you when you find it more important to say something clever and sarcastic to piss me off?

 

I should hope that your house and car are worth a little bit more than $2000!

 

Anything recorded before blood sugar sex magik, and after the self titled album, assume it was a stingray. On Blood sugar, he used an alembic epic 4 string for all the songs he played a 4 on. As far as i know this album is the only one yet where he has playea a musicman stingray 5, but only on a couple of songs. Under the bridge, and funky monks come to mind. You can definatly here the b string on funky monks. He used the alembic on every song on One hot minute, except aeroplane where he used a 4 string stingray. For recording californication, he used his flea basses exclusivly, as i don't think he aquired his vintage jazz until 2000.

Not guaranteed to be 100% acurate. As the only people who know for sure are him, his producers and probably the band.

Erin

 

I had a friend ask me what kind of bass Flea played, hence my quote.

 

almost...

he also played Wal Basses on OHM...and spectors in the beginning of his career...

 

what was the bass he used in the Higher Ground video? It has that elf shoe headstock and weird paint job and those danelectro-ish pickups. What was that thing??

 

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

-Wal 24 fret Mach II 4 String bass (Ebony fingerboard w/ Bird's Eye Maple facings)

-Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 5 (Rosewood fingerboard)

One Hot Minute

-Alembic Epic 4 String (Ebony fingerboard w/ Bird's Eye Maple facings)

-Wal 24 fret Mach II 4 String bass (Ebony fingerboard w/ Bird's Eye Maple facings)

-Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray (Rosewood fingerboard)

-Sigma Acoustic 4 String bass

Californication

-Modulus Flea Bass 4 (Lane Poor pickup w/ Aguilar preamp)

-Acoustic Bass (Sigma? Taylor AB3?)

 

I'm pretty sure that bass in the higher ground video was just for show and never actually made it to the recording sessions....
Estring has the most accurate list, but he also used an older Spector at one point (on Mothers Milk?). Not sure which tracks...

 

*high school teen princess voice*

Flea's bass is, like, soooooo last week

*chew chew chew*
*blows bubble*

 

You forgot

"rolls eyes"