Bootsy's bass

[iconic]

Anyone know what this bass is?....looks like something made from left over space shuttle bits .....but I like it maybe a little difficult to play seated though....

Edited March 9, 2010 by iconic

[matski]

Sounds like crap.

No wonder he bungs so much fuzz on...

[51m0n]

Errr its the Space Bass baby.

Almost all Bootsy's basses from PFunk on have been variations on this theme, custom built for him (originally) with various mental numbers of pups in them.

He said it sounded pretty pants, before now, until he fed it through the gazzillion fx pedals in three seperate chains into his three way 18 cab rig (I am not kidding, his rig was simply the biggest out there at the time). Then it sounded bootzilicious baby, yeah!

Who are we to argue with the master

[BigRedX]

Washburn and Traben among others have made versions of this bass at various times.

[robocorpse]

Ooh, that reminds me....
That clip is taken from the BBC classic "Rockschool" programme with Dierdre "Girlschool" Cartwright, Henry "King Thumb" Thomas and Geoff "Geoff" Nicholls.
Does ANYONE have a copy, no matter how ropey, of the first series? PM if you do...

[Rosh]

And he now plays a Warwick, or has a Warwick model out!

I tried to find the link but can't load it for some reason....

Here's the URL

[url="http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/produkt.php?submenuID=14667&katID=14416&linkID=44762&cl=EN"]http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/pro...44762&cl=EN[/url]

Bootsy rules, man! Although the opposite of what I actually play I think him and Hub from The Roots are near the top of my list bass-wise!

Edited March 9, 2010 by Rosh

[waynepunkdude]

Doesn't someone here have one?

[bubinga5]

Ask Molan he got one...hes got some seriously nice basses and i think he likes it

[Platypus]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='769817' date='Mar 9 2010, 10:01 PM']Doesn't someone here have one?[/quote]

Molan does, or at least used to

[Doddy]

I think that is Space Bass which was made by Larry Pless. I think Bootsy had
it modified at one point to have five pickups.

[Marvin]

[quote name='Doddy' post='769827' date='Mar 9 2010, 10:08 PM']I think that is Space Bass which was made by Larry Pless. I think Bootsy had
it modified at one point to have [b]five pickups[/b].[/quote]

The more the merrier I suppose

[cd_david]

[quote name='Doddy' post='769827' date='Mar 9 2010, 10:08 PM']I think that is Space Bass which was made by Larry Pless. I think Bootsy had
it modified at one point to have five pickups.[/quote]




that sounds terrible and i dont understand why there is a man in a nappy ??? Unless Bootsy rig extends down to the brown note

Edited March 9, 2010 by cd_david

[alanbass1]

Molan, account for yourself, do you really have one of these!!!!

[51m0n]

Nope the above vid is a different space bass, not the one in the OP:-

A couple of personal faves, funky as it gets!



and

[7string]

Man you gotta love Bootsy

I went to a TM Stevens clinic years ago and he was emphasizing the importance of the [b]ONE[/b]. As TM's a shy and retiring type, it was both fun and educational.

All this Bootsy stuff makes you wonder why some slap bassists go and ruin it all......

[Grand Wazoo]

[quote name='matski' post='769011' date='Mar 9 2010, 11:18 AM']Sounds like crap.

No wonder he bungs so much fuzz on...[/quote]

agreed on the sound, but could funk with a plank, and that is what matters!

[Raslee]

[quote name='7string' post='769930' date='Mar 9 2010, 11:39 PM']Man you gotta love Bootsy

I went to a TM Stevens clinic years ago and he was emphasizing the importance of the [b]ONE[/b]. As TM's a shy and retiring type, it was both fun and educational.

All this Bootsy stuff makes you wonder why some slap bassists go and ruin it all......[/quote]
+1. Bootsy is the funkiest man i've ever seen (not the most technical...but the funkiest)-listen to his tight looseness on the early JB's stuff-you could bottle that funk and sell it (on a Jazz too and not Casper!)! I went through 'playing on the one' university to the point i didn't want to play a note for ages (sometimes not for weeks ) and rather wait for another big one to come round, bit like waiitng for a big wave to surf....gotta surf the biggest groove baba...dig

Dennis Chambers did a good drum video too and talked about the one!

[bythesea]

[quote name='alanbass1' post='769851' date='Mar 9 2010, 10:23 PM']Molan, account for yourself, do you really have one of these!!!![/quote]
That will be [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=55018"]this[/url] one then... 5 pickups and three pre-amps!?

[alanbass1]

That will be this one then... 5 pickups and three pre-amps!?

Oh my word................

Edited March 10, 2010 by alanbass1

[thumperbob 2002]

Bootsy on Sex Machine is amazing- one of those songs that the more you listen to it- the more you realize is happening- incredible. He sounded better with a Fender though

Bob

[Fianso]

Thinks it's a Washburn

[url="http://www.elevation-music.com/wabospbawwah.html"]http://www.elevation-music.com/wabospbawwah.html[/url]

But it's not exactly the same model as your video

Edited March 10, 2010 by Fianso

[lojo]

[quote name='thumperbob 2002' post='770099' date='Mar 10 2010, 09:41 AM']He sounded better with a Fender though

Bob[/quote]


does'nt everyone

[BigRedX]

[quote name='lojo' post='771917' date='Mar 11 2010, 06:01 PM']does'nt everyone [/quote]

No.

And I don't get what the problem is with Bootsy's "tone" in the video posted. Like any good musician he has exactly the right sound for the music he's playing and the other musicians he's playing it with.

[Old Horse Murphy]

[quote name='bythesea' post='770069' date='Mar 10 2010, 08:57 AM']That will be [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=55018"]this[/url] one then... 5 pickups and three pre-amps!?[/quote]

I've been ummm, what's the word..... fortunate?? to play Barrie's Bootsy bass. It's as ugly as Hell and really uncomfortable but actually sounds amazing and really powerful. It certainly is a jaw-dropping design and the case is the size of a double bed