Which flats did Noel Redding use?

[Ric5]

Listen to Red House. Can a Gibson or a Dano sound like that? Those double stops Noel is playing sound like a jazz bass to me. I never played either the gibson or the dank so I don't know... Just saying.....

Bass VI

 

[Selim]

Bass VI makes sense

 

[Rocker949]

On the original recording, the one that was released on the British version of the AYE album, Noel played a hollow body electric guitar. But there were several versions of the song and we definitely know that Noel had a Fender VI. So I'm not aware that he ever played the song on a VI, but if he did, it wouldn't surprise me at all. On the live versions, Noel played his Fender bass. The one exception was a Paris show in which he played a Gibson guitar supposedly borrowed from Keith Richards. Hendrix introduces the song by saying Noel is going to play guitar on it. By the tone of his voice, he sounds amused by it all. But that was typical of the way he acted on stage with Noel--sometimes referring to him as Bob Dylan's grandmother, etc. This version of the song is found on the Dagger release of a 1968 concert.

 

[Quiggy]

You'd be much better served by spending your time seeking out an old Sunn 2000S with a matching 2x15 cabinet loaded w/JBL D140s (although rock lore has it that the Sunn 2x15 Noel Redding had was loaded w/Altec 421As). However, I would hope that nobody is going to hold you to that level of detail.

I had the amp and cab staring me in the face about 20 years ago when I was on a delivery. The old guy was filthy rich, didn't need or use it, and would not sell it to me!! I remember it being crammed with KT88s!! I think I cried on the trip back to the store.