Spinal Tap Big Bottom Doubleneck

[48thStreetCustom]

I hope one of you Talkbass guys buys this

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[hdracer]

Here is a demo of the bass

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[GKon]

I find it very funny that you just posted this as I watched "Spinal Tap" last night for the first time in roughly 25 years. I had forgotten all about the "Big Bottom" song and that they all play basses on the song and that the bass player played this double necked bass.

I was going to post about it earlier today but didn't.

Fate??? Hmmmmmm

 

[48thStreetCustom]

I find it very funny that you just posted this as I watched "Spinal Tap" last night for the first time in roughly 25 years. I had forgotten all about the "Big Bottom" song and that they all play basses on the song and that the bass player played this double necked bass.

I was going to post about it earlier today but didn't.

Fate??? Hmmmmmm

 

[GKon]

^^^^

 

[atticpenny]

That Bich belongs in a museum. I suggest the Smithsonian. Maybe we should start a petition. Or a fundraiser. lol.

 

[Chef]

with that bass, you could play bass lines on one neck;
and then play bass lines on the other neck.

So. Cool.

 

[JACink]

LOL

(or some of us could play the wrong notes on two necks!)

 

[BurningSkies]

I love that the bass was not made as a gag for the film, but in all seriousness.

 

[atticpenny]

with that bass, you could play bass lines on one neck;
and then play bass lines on the other neck.

So. Cool.

It's like, how much more cool could this be? And the answer is none. None more cool.

 

[moonshinegtrs]

It's like, how much more cool could this be? And the answer is none. None more cool.

There should be a rule that to be allowed own this, you must have mutton chops and a cucumber wrapped in foil in your pants.

At one time or another, I have had both.

Moonshine

 

[atticpenny]

There should be a rule that to be allowed own this, you must have mutton chops and a cucumber wrapped in foil in your pants.

At one time or another, I have had both.

Moonshine

Well, I suppose it is akin to what the inimitable Derek Smalls once said about the diminutive Stonehenge prop, "making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea."

 

[jrush]

Saw them in Nashville (in what? '92?) on the "Break Like The Wind" tour. "Big Bottom" was the final encore, with of course everyone on bass. Being in Nashville there were some odd special guests who showed up on stage, the only one I remember by name was Bela Fleck.

After the "Big Bottom" finale, Shearer (as Smalls) reached into the front of his spandex and pulled out a zucchini that'd been there the whole time. He proudly raised it above his head and then tossed it into the audience (like someone would want the prosthetic as a souvenir). It was like the parting of the Red Sea as everyone fled from it in opposite directions through the rows!

 

[Fuzzbass]

The zucchini keeps the funk.

Heh, this thread rules.

 

[ggvicviper]

I love that the bass was not made as a gag for the film, but in all seriousness.

I forget, but B.C. Rich was either a special thanks in the credits or a sponsor of the film.

The demo sounded terrible, by the way. It sounds like the dude didn't even tune the E string on the 4-string neck. Still an awesome bass though.

 

[Daveypoo]

Ok, hold on - let me get this straight:

1) Double neck 8-string and 4-string bass

2) Actually used in the movie

3) ON-BOARD FUZZ?!?!?!?!?


I can't stand BC Rich, but honey - I'm home. Now, where's the checkbook......

 

[REV]

I once read that Yes did a song where both Squire and Howe played bass. I always wondered if Big Bottom was a parody of that.

 

[G-MonRV5]

I once read that Yes did a song where both Squire and Howe played bass. I always wondered if Big Bottom was a parody of that.

I don't know if there were any intentional Yes references in the movie but, my goodness, it's hard not to think of that band when watching it. (I say that as a Yes fan for over 30 years now.)

 

[MrDOS]

I saw in an interview with Rick Wakeman who indicated that some of that stuff actually happened to Yes.