Which bass is being played here?

[Annoying Twit]

The triangular headstock inlay looks familiar, but I can't place it.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO0aURDiuPo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO0aURDiuPo[/url]

[hillbilly deluxe]

Looks like a vintage Kay bass to me.At about 2.37 you can clearly see the K logo,do'nt know which model though.

Edited March 24, 2010 by hillbilly deluxe

[Annoying Twit]

I [b]knew[/b] I'd seen that triangle before, but for the life of me couldn't remember where.

The Kay reissues (which in hindsight, I read about a year or so ago I think) have the triangle too.



But since the clip is from 1974, that's Paul McCartney playing an original Kay bass then. :-o

Many thanks.

[hillbilly deluxe]

Jazz Special Bass. The Jazz Special is sometimes called the Paul McCartney model because he was pictured playing one. It’s basically the 162 morphed into a double-cutaway with an abstractshaped pickguard. It has the same Thin Twin pickups.
It appears that they are to be re-issued,made both in the far east and USA.

[Annoying Twit]

With those extra search terms, I found this page: [url="http://www.beatlelinks.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1003527"]http://www.beatlelinks.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1003527[/url]

Here's Paul using the bass in the video for "Ebony and Ivory".



Edit: I thought I'd see if I could find a better picture. But, I just learnt not to put "ebony and ivory video" into google image search with safesearch turned off!

Edited March 24, 2010 by Annoying Twit