Have You Seen These 5 Weird Vintage Basses Before? | Reverb

[@matt.fromtheinternet]

I recently found out my dad used to play a 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong in a band back in the early 70's. He sold it in 1972, for $250. Darn.

[@F1emingo]

Id love to see a video like this but for weird Japanese basses. IE: Teisco, Univox, etc.

[@joshevans5127]

and the cool 70s-80s stuff from Matsumoku

[@stereoroid]

Some of the Tune Bass Maniac models would fit in there too.

[@geerhoar]

I love my 1976 Univox Eagle.

[@kjaze]

@@joshevans5127 Exactly! I love my 1984 Electra Futura.

[@danopticon]

Yes yes yes yes!!! I second, third, fourth, and fifth this! @Reverb, get on this!!

[@cxxf]

That rickenbacker is what mani of the stone roses played, though his had the custom Jackson pollock paint job.

[@JetPoweredCloud]

Really wish Rickenbacker would bring back the 4005. It's such a work of visual and audio art.

[@stephenclarke4675]

It is back :)

[@Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed]

I've always liked that Ric, far, far more than the 4001.

[@salmonline]

Awww man... don't tell everybody about the S.d. Curlees!

[@Mathcartney]

that rick just screams to be played with a pick and the amp cooking the valves, they need to be played filthy

[@gehrigcupo6783]

Mathcartney needs flats too

[@Snibborwocky]

Not really THAT weird, I could think of a few other that are much more weird but, I like that these vintage basses are being reviewed and explained.

[@obscurebandfan]

That gretsch had a really cool, naturally growling tone.

[@beanotraffini681]

My brother owns a LEFTY version of the Gretsch (special order...?)!

[@GildedEntries]

I’m pretty sure that at some point between 69-70 Keith Richards was using an Ampeg guitar onstage while Bill Wyman used the bass version. But nobody noticed Bill. 😏

[@JendaHrbac]

Kinda his life in a sentence.

[@Sadsoft]

Nice! For the Dan Armstrong Is there any basses you would say are similar in the feel of the neck?

[@sharonsees5035]

Thanks mate. That was very interesting 👍

[@Nickpaflas]

What happened to the jolly bassman who always started his videos with delightful salutations like "Hello, my little buttercups"? I loved that dude.

[@User-jk8wq]

Nick paflas I believe you’re thinking of Marc from Chicago Music Exchange

[@McDoinky]

Yeah, that was Marc from another channel. Now they have some guy with glasses who barely passes as a musician.

[@creepingjesus5106]

The whole oeuvre of British and European instruments in the early 60s is worth looking at, esp Burns and Vox. My personal weirdo was a Robin HSS 'superstrat' bass, reverse pointy headstock, in pearl white with an airbrushed chameleon on it! That was as built, I bought it on a whim and chopped it in for a Fender a couple of years later. I've never seen one like it, nor that one since. I still kinda miss it, so if anyone knows where it is...

[@hiccoughs849]

They are some nice basssssssss

[@mylesmullarney4365]

We need a guitar edition

[@brutalbasspro]

More weird bass gear videos please!

[@soundinthesky96]

Love the tone you guys got from these basses, would you mind letting my know how these were recorded? di through mic pre? miced bass amp?

[@liamtahaney713]

Would have loved to see a fender bass v...what a weird instrument.

[@roymuniz9346]

We need a Sal Cuevas bass video

[@widowspeak5973]

Dat Ric. It was good enough for Peter Case in the Nerves, it's good enough for me.

[@S2Sturges]

My old bass player bought the first and I think only Les Paul Recording bass ( in walnut) I have ever seen, dunno how he could stand there all night, damn thing weighed a tonne, I played it once for about 20 minutes than had to go have a lie down... lol

[@eclipsegts1]

Peavey T40?

[@gp85hkg]

eclipsegts1... I came to the comments to say the same thing. But the T40 fid take off, I suppose. Gotta love the T40 for being able to sound like any other bass out there.

[@eclipsegts1]

@@gp85hkg I still think it's underrated and not as well known. Heck I'm sure most people didn't even know Peavey made guitars at one point.

[@gp85hkg]

Mostly when I comment and mention the T-40 or T-60 (I have a 1979), no one comments...they're probably still scratching their heads (".)

[@andrewpappas9311]

Didn't the Monkees use that kind of Gretsch bass or at least something similar?

[@greglundberg9911]

Try a Goya Rangemaster bass....

[@daddywhatchucookin2924]

All these basses should have flatwounds brah

[@bobbythewedge5726]

gimme dat ricky!

[@theshyguy1580]

The rick is sexy

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

'Like other Rics, the frets are the height and width of a human hair's thickness, made of what could only be lead, impossible to change, and covered by an inch of lacquer. The electronics are also poorly engineered, with huge amounts of noise and near-constant loose connection/shorting problems and the cavities are ten thousandths of an inch larger than the components, making them as impossible to change or repair as the frets. Don't let any of that get you down, though, because before those problems ruin the bass, the neck (which has been twisted and warped by the insane dual truss arrangement and cannot be replaced due to through-body construction) will bow into a circle and collapse in on itself like a dying star'. There, I fixed it. I have go at least give them credit for looking and sounding really cool, though.

[@jake42ner]

The sinner Jim Whitney not true, the new basses are some of the finest in the world, bigger frets, improved bridge, 2 truss rods and the best looks of any bass. Only the early 60s basses were how you describe. My 77 4001 is the best bass I own and it holds a set up amazing. Frets are great shape and neck is straight. Better than both my vintage fender basses

[@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc]

I couldn't hear them. Average Joe kept muting the strings.

[@scottkeeler2306]

Thank you. You're very good at presenting these basses but why not go off with genuine bass playing. I'm sorry but you seem like a guitar player. No harm no foul. Thank you again.

[@crap641]

Yo, Reverb, how about hiring an actual bass player to produce videos about basses, instead of an obvious switch hitting guitar player??

[@ericward8010]

Dude, I am usually non-judgmental, but you should probably not play bass any more.

[@user-LewisB]

Cool review. Please do it again and don’t palm mute. It completely kills the attack.

[@zoogboog106]

Lewis Brandon shut up maniac