Bucket Head Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 alllllllllllllrite so i see primus are coming to england!!! thats pritty good anyone going? anyway i saw a new pic of a recent les claypool show and saw hes got a new custom bass and cant find much about it i know that its more of a fender shape. anyone know anything about it? cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Yeah baby, planning to go to Manchester. Roll on Friday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 [quote name='Les Claypool' date='Feb 7 2011']"Since the New Year's Shows there has been a lot of speculation about my new four string bass that I was sporting. What I played at those shows was a semi-finished prototype bass that I designed and had built by my old pal Dan Maloney. I've known Dan since high school and in fact it was he that drove all of us to my first concert: Rush, Hemispheres Tour, Cow Palace. I slammed three beers and threw up in the parking lot. Those were the days. Dan is also known in our camp as the guy that built my banjo bass or "The Banji". The design is something I've been working on for quite some time. Having had the opportunity to play many exceptional instruments over the years I've been able to incorporate elements of some of my favorites. Besides my own design fanciness, it is part Fender Jazz Bass, Precision, Rickenbacker 4001, Carl Thompson, Jaguar E-Type (yes, the car) and a bit of Dr. Suess. I've been playing it everyday in the studio and I must say it is the smoothest bass to play and it has a very punchy sound. I've never had such an easy time getting bass tones in the studio before. At this point I am refining the shape and, much to Dan's chagrin, I've been carving away at it with my fancy new Japanese files and rasps to get it to conform to the body in the most comfortable way. I am a picky bastard and for me to put my Carl Thompson aside, this has got to be an exceptional instrument. Some may wonder why I didn't have Carl make the instrument and the answer is that Carl is a unique artist and his designs stand on their own. Carl's instruments are beautiful because they are all unique unto themselves. He is the Picasso of bass design and in my opinion, the best bass luthier on the planet. Ideally some of these instruments I'm developing will be available at some point but I want to work with and refine the bass for a while before we start selling them. These will be quality instruments and quality takes time, care and fancy materials (mine has diamonds in the neck). If interested, keep your eyes peeled for further developments."[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket Head Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 [quote name='paul_5' post='1121362' date='Feb 9 2011, 01:46 PM']Yeah baby, planning to go to Manchester. Roll on Friday morning.[/quote] ye going to london show alredy got my tickits cos im with o2 thankfully its gonna be sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk, so that bass might be going on sale thats cool probly will be like 3 grand i guess. does anyone have any more pics at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=117983&hl=les+claypool"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...hl=les+claypool[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket Head Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 [quote name='Conan' post='1121412' date='Feb 9 2011, 02:38 PM'][url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=117983&hl=les+claypool"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...hl=les+claypool[/url][/quote] didnt realise, i dont stay up to date enuff obviosuly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 [quote name='Bucket Head' post='1121423' date='Feb 9 2011, 02:45 PM']didnt realise, i dont stay up to date enuff obviosuly[/quote] To be honest, there's a lot of stuff in that thread that is [i]worth[/i] ignoring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutpepper Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 [quote name='Conan' post='1121425' date='Feb 9 2011, 02:47 PM']To be honest, there's a lot of stuff in that thread that is [i]worth[/i] ignoring! [/quote] +1 Why oh why are Primus not doing a Glasgow/Scotland show! Grrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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