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Name This Bass

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japhy4529

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May 19, 2003
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Philadelphia Suburbs (Pennsylvania)
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My teenage daughter is a bassist and is a fan of Steve Lacy. She asked me to identify this bass he’s pictured with but I don’t know what it is. Kind of looked like an LTD but I don’t believe it is.

So, can anyone name this bass?

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I did a club gig years ago, and was playing a Hofner at the time. Something crapped out in the wires of the control plate and was dead in the water. I would usually bring a back up, but just didn't that night cause it was a "theme" night and never had any issues with the bass. The bass player for the opener had almost this exact same bass and let me use it for our set. I was actually surprised at how well it played/sounded! I could have sworn his was a medium scale though as it felt tiny, but I'm a big guy so that's not unusually. There might be other scales of this bass, but I'm to lazy to google it lol.
 
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I like dean basses. They are pretty good and not a lot of people really seek them out. The most famous player I can think of is the bass player with Wierd Al and I don't even know his name. I saw an interview when he said he loves how easy he gets a variety of tones and that they all sound convincing and not forced which in his case is a selling point when you look at the ground they covered rap to punk to everything in between.
 
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GTHintz said:
I like dean basses. They are pretty good and not a lot of people really seek them out. The most famous player I can think of is the bass player with Wierd Al and I don't even know his name. I saw an interview when he said he loves how easy he gets a variety of tones and that they all sound convincing and not forced which in his case is a selling point when you look at the ground they covered rap to punk to everything in between.
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Sorry for the derail but how cool would it be to be Weird Al’s bass player? It would be super fun and honestly I bet chicks would be all about it. Plus family reunions would be awesome when you get to rub in your family’s face that playing your 4 string guitar in your basement all through high school now is your well paying job.
 
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JohnnyChatter said:
Sorry for the derail but how cool would it be to be Weird Al’s bass player? It would be super fun and honestly I bet chicks would be all about it. Plus family reunions would be awesome when you get to rub in your family’s face that playing your 4 string guitar in your basement all through high school now is your well paying job.
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It's ok man I started it. Lol but I think wierd Al would be a lot of fun. I like the idea of all the musical ground being covered.
 
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JohnnyChatter said:
Sorry for the derail but how cool would it be to be Weird Al’s bass player? It would be super fun and honestly I bet chicks would be all about it. Plus family reunions would be awesome when you get to rub in your family’s face that playing your 4 string guitar in your basement all through high school now is your well paying job.
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