NBD: Poor Man's Klaus Flouride

[Panek]

I almost gave up on a jazz bass hunt. I never really got to experience one, so I pushed on. My last bass purchase went from p-bass to ray... then back to the same p (my local GC hates me lol). Then I remembered how many J bass copies there are, and I saw this listed locally on reverb:

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The front pick up alone almost blows my 40th anniversary squire p out the window. Came with a legit SKB hard case, and matching felt strap. Weight is balanced pretty well too. Pots are a little bit scratchy when adjusting them, whatever I'm a set it and forget it guy. Oiled the board and put some used strings on and it's got me loving jazz basses. Anyone know what the body is made out of?

Great! Now put a Badass Bass II on it and drop in some SD Quarter Pounds like Klaus! Then get a Traynor Mono Block B with a 2x15" cab loaded with JBLs and you're all set!!

His orignal iconic 64 Jazz bass that he bought new when he was 14 was lost in transit from Brazil. Apparently they keep all of this lost luggage stored in a huge warehouse. Hopefully it will surface one day. True, a fan made him a nice replica of that bass.

Nope, it was a '66 Jazz and he was 17 when it was made. He bought it used from some kid.

 

[Against Will]

Reptile House! That's an ancient Baltimore greatest punk rock hit. At least one of them went on to form my second favorite Dischord band, Lungfish.

What happens when 3 Reptile House fans are on the same forum? Do we unlock the 7th seal?

 

[burpgun]

What happens when 3 Reptile House fans are on the same forum? Do we unlock the 7th seal?

If someone says Grey March or Candy Machine three times, a portal opens to a new dimension.

 

[Williethump]

Nice. Looks a bit better than my Millennium II:

The International series.

 

[bolophonic]

The old WUST hall, spring '85 with the Butties and Reptile House. Transformative.

Man... Reptile House. Major cool points for that one.

 

[Killing Floor]

I bet it's made out of wood.

Nice bass!

Yes. Most likely bass wood.

 

[Killing Floor]

Got to open for them in Ohio in 1986. Show was in an old foundry building. During soundcheck Jello kept telling Klaus to cut the lows on his amp. He was right - the bass, and the band, ended up sounding excellent.

Played a bunch of gigs with them on the Franken tour. When they came to Atlanta (where I lived) I drove the Chili Peppers (all 4) from 688 to the Metroplex in my Bonneville after our set and hung out in the upstairs with them and the DKs. klaus was a genuinely good guy.

 

[pbass2]

Played a bunch of gigs with them on the Franken tour. When they came to Atlanta (where I lived) I drove the Chili Peppers (all 4) from 688 to the Metroplex in my Bonneville after our set and hung out in the upstairs with them and the DKs. klaus was a genuinely good guy.

Klaus is a true gentleman. I've known those guys for a while, have played with them in various configurations (RIP DH). I subbed for Klaus on a US DK tour about 12 years ago when he was taking a break. Was very challenging.

 

[burpgun]

Klaus is a true gentleman. I've known those guys for a while, have played with them in various configurations (RIP DH). I subbed for Klaus on a US DK tour about 12 years ago when he was taking a break. Was very challenging.

Curious, how did you get his tone? I've always been a P Bass guy so never sure how the Jazz worked with that drive without a ton of noise.

 

[pbass2]

Curious, how did you get his tone? I've always been a P Bass guy so never sure how the Jazz worked with that drive without a ton of noise.

On that tour I used my MIJ Geddy w Model J's and an Xotic BB for the grit. No point trying to replicate his sound exactly, just do the situation justice. Rigs were mostly random backline, usually SVTs, but we always tried to get something other than an SVT head--preferred something like a 400RB w fridge. The best rig was the east coast leg, which was this- 100w Bassman and fridge--sounded glorious:

 

[Larryfales]

Nice, love the necks on the Milestones. I have a purple p bass I picked up for $60 bucks a while back.

 

[dalkowski]

Man... Reptile House. Major cool points for that one.

Thanks, I'll take 'em!

 

[Spirit of Ox]

Great! Now put a Badass Bass II on it and drop in some SD Quarter Pounds like Klaus! Then get a Traynor Mono Block B with a 2x15" cab loaded with JBLs and you're all set!!



Nope, it was a '66 Jazz and he was 17 when it was made. He bought it used from some kid.

Righ it was a 66. I though he told me that he bought it new when he was 14. He said that the headstock cracked so bad from dropping it that he took it to a luthier and the guy cut it right off and grafted it back on.

 

[WG Plum]

The old WUST hall, spring '85 with the Butties and Reptile House. Transformative.

Butties? As in Surfers?

 

[Isaac_James]

Butties? As in Surfers?

Fun fact, that name (which I probably can't type in here without the auto-censor correcting it) wasn't the only name that band ever performed under. They toured under a bunch of other names before settling on that one, some even less printable to this site. You can read about them on their Wikipedia page if you're curious, but fair warning, they're very crass.

 

[P. Aaron]

Pointy.

Ladies lingerie's gotta land on something.

Cool bass. Congrats.

 

[WG Plum]

Fun fact, that name (which I probably can't type in here without the auto-censor correcting it) wasn't the only name that band ever performed under. They toured under a bunch of other names before settling on that one, some even less printable to this site. You can read about them on their Wikipedia page if you're curious, but fair warning, they're very crass.

Oh, I'm familiar!

 

[pbass2]

Fun fact, that name (which I probably can't type in here without the auto-censor correcting it) wasn't the only name that band ever performed under. They toured under a bunch of other names before settling on that one, some even less printable to this site. You can read about them on their Wikipedia page if you're curious, but fair warning, they're very crass.

Very cool and innovative band. After touring with the DKs I did an album with Ray with Paul Leary producing. Paul is hilarious and brilliant.

 

[burpgun]

Fun fact, that name (which I probably can't type in here without the auto-censor correcting it) wasn't the only name that band ever performed under. They toured under a bunch of other names before settling on that one, some even less printable to this site. You can read about them on their Wikipedia page if you're curious, but fair warning, they're very crass.

Thing about names like that is they make you chuckle when you're young and then bum you out when you're older and want to talk about the band but just find the name juvenile or worse. Getting old is fun!

 

[burpgun]

Very cool and innovative band. After touring with the DKs I did an album with Ray with Paul Leary producing. Paul is hilarious and brilliant.

I'm curious if you know what the various DK guys did in the years between the band's initial break up and then reformation. Jello was out there, but Klaus and East Bay Ray were pretty quiet.

One of my favorite DK memories was opening up that Frankenchrist poster in the car next to my dad with no idea what was in store and we were both like "uhhh." Fortunately my old man was pretty cool about it.