Thanks to Matic for these corrections :)
19xx? Sunburst Jazz Bass, rosewood fretboard with block inlays.
(First seen 1976)
1970's Fender Precision, maple body and fretboard, dot inlays (Main bass)
(White -> Matte Black -> Blue Sparkle -> West Ham)
1959 Fender Precision, maple body, rosewood...
Anything's possible. I will just say that I've never had the feeling he was a neck swapping kinda guy (like David Gilmour :D ). I know H did on his first Jackson, so you could be right of course :)
So a small update to the list :)
19xx? Sunburst Jazz Bass, rosewood fretboard with block inlays.
(First seen 1976)
1970's Fender Precision, maple body and fretboard, dot inlays (Main bass)
(White -> Matte Black -> Blue Sparkle -> West Ham)
1959 Fender Precision, maple body, rosewood...
Steve seems to have had the white one with rosewood fretboard since (at least) 1980.
This photo from Infinite Dreams states Reading 1980.
Also found these 2 from Google.
I always liked Dave's Jacksons
Weird lighting on Steve's bass. It almost looks black. I'm sure there are hints of blue in there, so it has to be the hero bass in lake placid blue sparkle. :D
So i n terms of a rough chronology....
19xx? Sunburst Jazz Bass, rosewood fretboard with block inlays.
(First seen 1976)
1970's Fender Precision, maple body and fretboard, dot inlays (Main bass)
(White -> Matte Black -> Blue Sparkle -> West Ham)
19xx's Fender Precision, maple fretboard...
Did we ever have a post listing Steve's main basses? I did try to read everything im this thread today but didn't see one (could be that I'm blind :D )
Obviously there's the West Ham bass (White then Black then Blue Sparkle then West Ham).
Then there's the Checquer Board and the blue...
It's almost a hundred quid more the a standard wah (which google is telling me is about £144 at the moment.
I hope there's something interesting about the electronics and not just some nice art on it.
I'm quite new to the world of delay (despite playing guitar for about 35 years) but I'm noticing that something in the ballpark of 380ms seems to be a very common setting (except for special circumstances/ unusual sounds).
David Gilmour, for example, has 2 main settings 370/ 380ms (though...
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