bass_in_ya_face Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 I was watching a TOTP2 special last night about the police and I noticed in several videos Sting had a red fretless bass that was shaped like a Gibson Thunderbird but it was really ugly. Anyone know what this was as i'm a bit of an anorak when it comes to bass spotting but I couldn't make out what it was look up "de doo doo doo, de daa daa daa" on youtube and it's on there. Quote
JimD Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 [quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='51692' date='Aug 28 2007, 12:24 PM']I was watching a TOTP2 special last night about the police and I noticed in several videos Sting had a red fretless bass that was shaped like a Gibson Thunderbird but it was really ugly. Anyone know what this was as i'm a bit of an anorak when it comes to bass spotting but I couldn't make out what it was look up "de doo doo doo, de daa daa daa" on youtube and it's on there.[/quote] It's a Hamer - he and Andy Summers played various Hamers throughout the 80s. Was it an 8-string? I've seen pics of Sting with a Hamer fretless 8 string Explorer. There are also photos of him with a red fretless maple fretboard (do fretlesses have fretboards?!) black scratchplace Precision which is pretty tasty too. Quote
Shaggy Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Don't remember the Hamer, and the fretless Precision I mainly remember seeing him with was a natural / black plate / maple board - very cool. Then he had a fretless Ibanez Artist Musician - I bought one at the same time and wish I still had it! Quote
SJA Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 yeah, Hamer fretless 8-string. I was watching how he had to hold the neck up- serious neck-dive with the 8 machineheads and the explorer body..... I also wondered why he was playing a strat in the walking on the moon vid- did he only have his guitar with him, not any bass? Quote
beerdragon Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Looks like Sting will be playing a replica of his 55 pbass on tour. [url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118798577900108191.html?mod=home_we_banner_left"]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1187985779..._we_banner_left[/url] Quote
Mickeyboro Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 We sure have well read members...the Wall Street Journal! Quote
bass_in_ya_face Posted August 28, 2007 Author Posted August 28, 2007 [quote name='SJA' post='51844' date='Aug 28 2007, 05:18 PM']yeah, Hamer fretless 8-string. I was watching how he had to hold the neck up- serious neck-dive with the 8 machineheads and the explorer body..... I also wondered why he was playing a strat in the walking on the moon vid- did he only have his guitar with him, not any bass?[/quote] Yeah I noticed the strat in that video also..I know he was originally a lead guitarist but i'm sure there is a story behind that video somewhere. Quote
MacDaddy Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 [quote name='Mickeyboro' post='52003' date='Aug 28 2007, 10:05 PM']We sure have well read members...the Wall Street Journal! [/quote] +1 or up 5 on the NASDAQ Quote
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