Hey lads, have you seen this Ricky?

[Grand Wazoo]

Looks nice! And with 3 pickups must be a first

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[Darkstrike]

Now look at this,

http://www.tcellisguitars.com/Lemmy_Bass_Repairs.html

[dwh87]

That is one of the only basses i would pay "silly money" for.

[stingrayPete1977]

Looks like it should have a moose head on it and a billiards table nearby, Horrid!

[stingrayPete1977]

Nice resto work though

[Darkstrike]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1316377576' post='1377280']
Looks like it should have a moose head on it and a billiards table nearby[/quote]
I think that's the idea, looks to me like it was carved straight out of a whiskey soaked bar counter, with a knife. Even got all the brass/gold for the handrail, hah!

[Clarky]

[quote name='Darkstrike' timestamp='1316375529' post='1377221']
Now look at this,

[url="http://www.tcellisguitars.com/Lemmy_Bass_Repairs.html"]http://www.tcellisgu...ss_Repairs.html[/url]
[/quote]
Good grief, Lemmy dishes some abuse out to his basses!

There was a time (about 4-5 years ago) when you could pick up a Lemmy Edition Rick for not quite the silly money they are changing hands for now - a few thousand rather than collector mega-bucks

[Grand Wazoo]

I might be showing my age here, but that bass reminds me a lot of John Mayall's carved guitar, late '70's era

For those of you who are young John Mayall used to play with Eric Clapton in a blues band called John Mayall and the Bluesbrakers, I think Clapton replaced Peter Green or the other way around, still... bloody good band.

Edited September 18, 2011 by Grand Wazoo

[ead]

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1316379672' post='1377364']
I might be showing my age here, but that bass reminds me a lot of John Mayall's carved guitar, late '70's era

For those of you who are young John Mayall used to play with Eric Clapton in a blues band called John Mayall and the Bluesbrakers, I think Clapton replaced Peter Green or the other way around, still... bloody good band.
[/quote]

I used to have one of their LPs it must have been around 1975 or 76 if my (unreliable) memory serves.

[Gust0o]

I could live without the carving, all told.

That restoration page was a very interesting read - the state of the strap button!

Good thread, lads

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1316432760' post='1377864']
I could live without the carving, all told.

That restoration page was a very interesting read - the state of the strap button!

Good thread, lads
[/quote]

+1 to all three points!
When I first saw it I wondered if the Oak Leaves were a vague German WW2 reference, given Lemmy's intense fascination/expertise on the subject. The oak leaves being some kind of enhanced military award, similar to our "and bar" IIRC, when a second medal of the same type was awarded.

Last time I saw the backup bass was in Glasgow a few years ago & he had a lot of trouble with it cutting out. You could see him giving the crew some serious abuse, as he played, to get the main bass fixed.

Edited September 19, 2011 by Big_Stu

[Low End Bee]

It looks like one of those old indian rosewood hippy coffee tables.

[TRBboy]

I can appreciate it for what it is but BLEURGH! not for me thanks!

[Delberthot]

I take it that Lemmy only has the neck pickup for show?

If you've ever heard them live, there's more bass comes out of Phil Campbell's guitar than Lemmy's bass

But seriously though, he must really abuse them for them to be looking as bad as that. I know he gigs a hell of a lot but that's a serious amount of abuse.

[Darkstrike]

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1316446495' post='1378092']
If you've ever heard them live, there's more bass comes out of Phil Campbell's guitar than Lemmy's bass
[/quote]
From what I've read, he uses all three pickups on, and sets his amps eq at bass 0, treble 0, mids 10.

[Gust0o]

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1316434839' post='1377919']

+1 to all three points!
When I first saw it I wondered if the Oak Leaves were a vague German WW2 reference, given Lemmy's intense fascination/expertise on the subject. The oak leaves being some kind of enhanced military award, similar to our "and bar" IIRC, when a second medal of the same type was awarded.

Last time I saw the backup bass was in Glasgow a few years ago & he had a lot of trouble with it cutting out. You could see him giving the crew some serious abuse, as he played, to get the main bass fixed.[/quote]

Good point, hadn't thought of that - you're right that's an additional merit to an award: e.g. Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

[spongebob]

Must admit, I'm not much into the carving either - but it is Lemmy's, which immediately makes it cool!

[Schnozzalee]

Seen him play it, it's BEASTLY!!