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The "real" punk bass....
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Paul slack in The UK Subs used a cream or white jazz bass everytime I saw them live.
Steve Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees played a black and maple Stingray
He also has a one of a kind(as far as I know) Roscoe, but I believe he only used it for Superjoint Ritual.
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Even I'm surprised that the thread I started has lasted this long.
Oh well, got to see a few more pix, and talked to my bud Kenny Aaronson. If you couldn't affort the white with black Fender a lot of guys were getting those Ibanez Roadstar II white with black pickguard P-bass copies. I was looking at a magazine where a picture of Graham Maby from the good Joe Jackson days and yep, white Ibanez Roadstar II with p-pickup, black guard and white body. Kenny still has his, and there were a few more pictures he has from old gigs with Joan Jett that show other guys with the same.
So, when the Brubaker Brutes come in, mine will be white with black.
'nuff said.
Oh, and Punk was not a movement or a lifestyle. It was what all the artsy, fartsy, schooled and studied musicians into prog rock or the Allmans called us because we were getting gigs and they werent.
Oh well, got to see a few more pix, and talked to my bud Kenny Aaronson. If you couldn't affort the white with black Fender a lot of guys were getting those Ibanez Roadstar II white with black pickguard P-bass copies. I was looking at a magazine where a picture of Graham Maby from the good Joe Jackson days and yep, white Ibanez Roadstar II with p-pickup, black guard and white body. Kenny still has his, and there were a few more pictures he has from old gigs with Joan Jett that show other guys with the same.
So, when the Brubaker Brutes come in, mine will be white with black.
'nuff said.
Oh, and Punk was not a movement or a lifestyle. It was what all the artsy, fartsy, schooled and studied musicians into prog rock or the Allmans called us because we were getting gigs and they werent.
I wonder were white instruments popular with the punk movement because they showed their beatings/stains so well.... hmmm...
Didn't know that! I wasn't 100% sure on the jazz, but I KNOW he uses ampeg! Smart man.
Speaking of Roscoe, I played an LG that sounded my punk being played fingerstyle than the Pbass did with a pick. Sick basses.
He has a Stingray too, from looking at pics on his site.
I always use my Roscoe for rocking out Sex Pistols.
I'd believe you on the LG front, push the mids on the pre and you can get that bright punchy attack that can get near pickstyle.
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Most pics of Dee Dee I remember show him with White 70's Ps with black guards and black pups. before the P bass early on he used a Musicmaster
Paul Simonon (the Clash) had the white P-ups. Dee Dee usually had a tort pg, and most of the time, Sid, Paul and Dee Dee had rosewood fretboards, but occasionally, Paul had maple.
And speaking of using everything for punk, I actually started playing with a 10 watt Fender guitar amp, and took my Squier P-bass (Black, white pg, RW neck) and played through that cause my bass amp didn't carry. I've kept everything the same, strings, everything, except the knobs which I replaced with Gibson speed knobs, because..they're cool.
Paul Simonon of the Clash spray painted the letters on his fretboard when he started learning.
I was in a band that opened for JFA, Jodie Fosters Army. That dude had the Precision thing going. Our band 3D Jesus had right hand Flying V guitar and lefty Flying V bass, both black w/white pg's, It was a cool look.
Punk to me was/is about doing it your own way. The passion and emotion are way more important than the tools you use to get there. Fast, dirty, and cheap was a necessity because that's the only option available.
The music, the passion, the energy of punk is still out there being played every day...even in LA.
The Fest that i've been a part of the past few years begins today... expect another write-up/rant this weekend 
As for me... It'll be my Squire Bronco this year.
As for me... It'll be my Squire Bronco this year.
