I've seen at least two white basses in my life (really white, not just blond). What the heck are they finished with? Is it something like a pickle stain or some kind of enamel? Does anyone out there have one? Just wondering...
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Double Bass White basses
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There is a guy selling solid red, white, and blue basses (and varnished too) on Ebay daily. they appear to be CCBs that have been painted. There's one on there today (link will eventually expire; go to Ebay string instruments and search for 'white bass') Ebay dated link
Link Removed also sells painted basses. These don't appear to be CCBs.
Link Removed also sells painted basses. These don't appear to be CCBs.
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Is that Mick Jagger? I'm old enough to remember him...but I don't recognize the bass player.
It's been a long time since I've seen a white bass (at least 15 years or so), but the first one I saw was actually a chalky-white color and the second a bit more like white enamel paint (though it could have been some fiberglass thing). I vaguely recall that the first white bass I saw really looked like it was wood (though maybe ply-wood). It was at a workshop with Gary Karr in Greeley Colorado SO many years ago, and I was thinking "who would show up to a Gary Karr workshop with a white bass?" I was just a kid at the time so I was kind of impressed and thought it might be something special.
It's been a long time since I've seen a white bass (at least 15 years or so), but the first one I saw was actually a chalky-white color and the second a bit more like white enamel paint (though it could have been some fiberglass thing). I vaguely recall that the first white bass I saw really looked like it was wood (though maybe ply-wood). It was at a workshop with Gary Karr in Greeley Colorado SO many years ago, and I was thinking "who would show up to a Gary Karr workshop with a white bass?" I was just a kid at the time so I was kind of impressed and thought it might be something special.
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I think the bass is white, it reads the same as Jagger's Perry Como sweater! I'm pretty sure the harmonica player is Cyril Davies.
The sax player looks really familiar but I'm not getting a name.
The sax player looks really familiar but I'm not getting a name.
I can't vouch for the color of the bass, but it is Jack Bruce. The group is Blues Incorporated, the bass player is Jack Bruce, and the singer is Alexis Korner Mick Jagger. I stand corrected.
