Bassees of the Eightees

[rodacademy]

What do you think is the most iconic Bass of the eighties?
aria SB? Status? kubicki?
You decide!!

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Steinberger ?

[BassTractor]

That's not even a question! Steinberger of course. No peers, no competition, no nothing.

[Hobbayne]

And I actually wanted one!

[gary mac]

Got to be Wal for me

[stingrayPete1977]

P basses but in garish colours with covered pole piece pickups. Bright Blue with white pickguard and pickups/knobs spring to mind.

[rodacademy]

Thate loooovvvveeeellllyyyy!!

[Lozz196]

Soundwise Wal probably, but lookswise Steinberger all the way. Nothing says 80s as much as one of those.

[RhysP]

Steinberger - no contest.

[TheGreek]

just about anything headless??? or some of those pointy headed ones???

Too hard to choose..

[Muzz]

In narrower circles, any of the Charvel/Jackson pointy-headed types are hugely 80s, as are Explorers, preferably in a glittery or stripy finish

But yeah, overall I'd say Steinbergers and to a lesser extent Statii.

[BetaFunk]

Steinberger - Original L Bass.


P.S. I'm really waiting for someone to the say 'The 1994 xxxxx Bass'. You just know it's going to happen don't you.

Edited August 28, 2013 by BetaFunk

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

That's the thing. Back in the eighties, I saw so many pointy bright basses when I went to metal gigs.
On TV tho' it as all steineyes . (And the odd tabletop )

[Grassie]

Nope, it has to be an Aria SB - strapped up right under the armpit, wrist at a painful angle, just ask Guy Pratt, John Taylor, the bloke from Haircut 100....

[Merton]

Hamer Scarab

[Green Alsatian]

You're all wrong! It'll be something with Moog, Roland, Oberheim, Sequential Circuits or similar across the front it. Or if we're talking after 1983, a Yamaha DX7!

[witterth]

everyone wanted a Status in the 80's I don't care what you say its just the way it was.

[Donnyboy]

Whatever it was it'd be headless for the '80's for mainstream stuff.

[iconic]

anything headless....or "the broken head off on it...bass" as my 2 year refers to my Hohner

[iconic]

....weren't Steinburgers a 70's design?

[Donnyboy]

Probably, but took a while to catch on!!

[TimR]

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1377721969' post='2190984']
In narrower circles, any of the Charvel/Jackson pointy-headed types are hugely 80s, as are Explorers, preferably in a glittery or stripy finish

But yeah, overall I'd say Steinbergers and to a lesser extent Statii.
[/quote]

Oh yes. I still have my Jackson/Charvel.

I picked up a second had Aria a few years back for £90. It was a monster, completly unplayable. Cleaned the gunk off the frets, adjusted the truss rod, fixed the intonation, adjusted the pickup heights, polished the body. It was a beauty, sounded and played beautifully. Bargains are out there.

[cloudburst]

CB

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1377725650' post='2191116']
....weren't Steinburgers a 70's design?
[/quote]
You won't see many 1970s ones. The 80s was most definitely the decade of the Steinberger.

[Gust0o]

BC Rich?
Charvel?
Jackson?
Kramer?

Might be showing my metal roots!