iconic Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matski Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Sounds like crap. No wonder he bungs so much fuzz on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Washburn and Traben among others have made versions of this bass at various times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosh Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Doesn't someone here have one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Ask Molan he got one...hes got some seriously nice basses and i think he likes it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platypus Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Molan, account for yourself, do you really have one of these!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 [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!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) That will be this one then... 5 pickups and three pre-amps!? Oh my word................ Edited March 10, 2010 by alanbass1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperbob 2002 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fianso Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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