The Dark Lord Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 One for the Stranglers legions on here...... Just had a look at some video footage of the Dunfermline gig on the 2012 Stranglers tour. JJ is playing one of his Shukers [b][size=6]which has a rosewood neck![/size][/b] I saw on the Shuker site that rosewood is an option on that model - but not a very authentic one I thought, since JJ is a black and maple man. That is ..... until I saw that footage last night. I went to see the band on the Portsmouth and Brighton legs of the tour this year. JJ did have a roadie swap his bass a couple of times, but each time he took receipt of a archetypal black and maple device. Has anyone else seen that? Quote
The Dark Lord Posted July 18, 2012 Author Posted July 18, 2012 [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1342606400' post='1737632'] Rosewood neck or rosewood fingerboard? [/quote] Fingerboard I mean. Quote
pst62 Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 It's nowt new! [attachment=113452:stranglers3.jpg] Quote
The Dark Lord Posted July 18, 2012 Author Posted July 18, 2012 [quote name='pst62' timestamp='1342608863' post='1737718'] It's nowt new! [attachment=113452:stranglers3.jpg] [/quote] We know that! He moved to black and maple when he broke that one - and I haven't seen his regular on stage bass change from that until now. Quote
pst62 Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 ooh pardon me! He was using something black with a rosewood neck back in '82 (could've been a Yamaha). Sure he was using it at Reading in '83 too, minds a blur TBH. Quote
bartelby Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) [quote name='pst62' timestamp='1342619236' post='1737984'] ooh pardon me! He was using something black with a rosewood neck back in '82 (could've been a Yamaha). Sure he was using it at Reading in '83 too, minds a blur TBH. [/quote] [quote name='merello' timestamp='1342625265' post='1738131'] Defo used a Yam for a while. [/quote] I was just about to post this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfAUHA4hH8[/media] I think this is a Yamaha... Edited July 18, 2012 by bartelby Quote
Deep Thought Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 Yeah he's had the rosewood Shuker for quite a while-I noticed it in the rack at the side of the stage back in 2008. That's the one Baz was using when they did 'Dead Loss Angeles' last year on the tour. I believe JJ had nos. 1, 2 and 3 that Jon made-mine is no.6! The Yamaha apparently broke when he thumped it as he tends to do, after which he went back to the Precision. He used a Steinberger for a while, and has even been seen, briefly, with a WAL. Quote
BB2000 Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 Blimey, nearly thirty years since the Feline tour - where does it go? He used flats on that BB2000. Quote
chrismuzz Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1342627569' post='1738221'] I was just about to post this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfAUHA4hH8[/media] I think this is a Yamaha... [/quote] It looks like a Yamaha BB to me! I love how he's not even trying to make it look like he's actually playing the song Quote
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