Fireball - Deep Purple live in 1972

[bassduke49]

That story might make good fodder for my "project," but it would need attribution, source, and permission to do so. Any leads?

[glking14]

Did Roger play a '71,I dug out the 25th anniversary edition of machine head and one of the photos show the double jackplate and they recorded the album in '71-'72.Does anyone know for sure which year he played.

[FretlessOnly]

The basic tracks for Machine Head were finished up on December 21, 1971. Coupling that with the story Ilan posted, Glover likely bought the 4001 in October or November 1971. I assumed that it is therefore a '71, but it could be a '70, I suppose. Or are you thinking that the double jackplate/ROS only come along in '72?

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

my "crawlspace bass" '70 JA-013, 21 fretter has rickosound. glover's jetglo on machine head is a twenty fretter,i believe, and if the same rick in the vids previously, is also a twenty fretter.

[FretlessOnly]

The slipcase on the remastered Machine Head clearly shows a 20-fretter (not to mention Glover's favorite shirt of that era - the same one from the Copenhagen DVD). All of the 21-fretters were from '71, but there were also plenty of 20-fretters from '71.

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

any serial # documentation to show the approximate switch off point between 21 and 20 frets in '71 ? in my documentation of 1/2" to 1 " pickup spacing switchover to be april/may of '75,( with holdovers usually whiteglo basses in the 1/2" later in the same year.

[glking14]

I know, I have a 20 fretter,the ROS were by special order before 1971,1971 was the first year they were standard,that's why I beleive Roger's was a '71,he picked it up in the US probably not a special order,if you look closely at the jackplate from that CD booklet you see a double jack.

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

can anyone look at their album (lp) and see if you can make out the serial # ? my records are in my kids room and they're sleeping right now (11:25 pm)

[glking14]

I only have the CD

[glking14]

When does the member status change,ie:new member ect

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

I only have the CD

when's the last time you had a good spanking ??? get the record, man ! large pics, great sound (rice crispies,special K ,bacon and eggs,snap,crackle-pop ! ) don't forget the 5 nickels taped to the tone arm to keep tracking !

i'll look it up in the morning.

[glking14]

I used washers,we were poor

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

i stole mine !

[ilan]

Where did you find that, Ilan?

It was posted on Glover's website, an answer to a fan's question. It's not there anymore but when I first posted this story here, six years ago, it was still there, and I cut-and-pasted it as-is without changing anything except for omitting the first few words ("Thanks for the good words.") -


January 16 2003

Q: HI ROGER. IT WAS YOU ,PAUL McCARTNEY AND A FEW OTHERS THAT INFLUENCED ME TO BUYING A RICKENBACKER BASS. I LOVED YOUR SOUND ON MACHINE HEAD. DID YOU RECORD THE WHOLE ALBUM WITH THE RICK AND ALSO WHAT BASS STRINGS WERE YOU USING AT THE TIME? GOOD LUCK AND KEEP PURPLE GOING FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. ALL THE BEST, JOE

RG: Hi Joe,

Thanks for the good words. The Rickenbacker was the only bass I used on Machine Head, strung with Rotosound strings, ...

[heinpete]

Yes, I remember that post Peter. However, there isn't one picture I can remember seeing that showed Glover with a FG 4001 with or without the mod. The website I referred to, http://www.dawksound.com/bass.html depicts a FG bass with absolutely no mention of the bass everyone identifes with Glover from that period: a JG.

Doesn't it seem odd that a luthier would talk about and post pictures of a bass that practially no one had ever known belonged to Glover in light of an identical modification that was also done to the bass that practically everyone identified with Glover with no mention of the JG? Who modified the JG?

I understand you posted some information, but things are still not clear to me.

O.K. This is the Rick I was writing about: