Lemmy's Basses in the Shop

[dwinn]

Someone on Talkbass posted this earlier today. I thought it was pretty cool and I'm sure you will too!

http://www.tcellisguitars.com/Lemmy_Bass_Repairs.html

[chrisdski]

Cool. Love how the bass was totally ground down thru gigging.

[badeggs]

Man that thing got filthy! Looked like he'd been gigging it for 20 years...

[johnallg]

Interesting solution....

"Lemmy had requested an extra fret (needs it for the song Metropolis) - this was achieved by removing the strip of neck binding and creating a brass raised binding piece on the edge of the fretboard."

[jps]

Interesting solution....

"Lemmy had requested an extra fret (needs it for the song Metropolis) - this was achieved by removing the strip of neck binding and creating a brass raised binding piece on the edge of the fretboard."

lemmy_frets_extra.JPG

Hmm.............

[Ivan3000]

Thats pretty nice!

[aceonbass]

Notice how the added pickup cover and surround on the 4004LK has now been gold plated to match the rest of the hardware.

[Ivan3000]

That fret idea is pretty clever!

Notice how the added pickup cover and surround on the 4004LK has now been gold plated to match the rest of the hardware.

I didn't even notice that

[colin]

Interesting solution....
"Lemmy had requested an extra fret (needs it for the song Metropolis)

Ack! Now I have that song stuck in my head!

[heinpete]

Interesting solution....

"Lemmy had requested an extra fret (needs it for the song Metropolis) - this was achieved by removing the strip of neck binding and creating a brass raised binding piece on the edge of the fretboard."

lemmy_frets_extra.JPG

...some year ago I did request the same to Paul W. when he refurbished my 4001. The binding was retained, as in this high fret a bit of bending already gets the correct tone!

[cheyenne]

I like the 13 strap button screws myself.....

[coolhandjjl]

I thought there was some info a while back where he had Ric do a re-fin on it long ago, I recall seeing a video of John Hall removing it from a case at Ric HQ, or maybe that was another one of his LK's.

Gotta be honest, this recent one seems like a less than ideal re-fin. I understand that working musicians can't afford the long queue to get to top guys like Paul W, but I just wasn't impressed by this fellows work. Maybe they were lousy pics, or not enough pics of the final job. I dunno. Or maybe Lemmy's axe was just sooooo beat to heck, that this fellow did all he could short of pronouncing the patient DOA.

What's the other model next to his 4004LK?

[aceonbass]

I thought there was some info a while back where he had Ric do a re-fin on it long ago, I recall seeing a video of John Hall removing it from a case at Ric HQ, or maybe that was another one of his LK's.

The bass of Lemmy's that RIC had was an unmodified 4001S or RM1999.

[Ivan3000]

Is this guy endorsed by stewmac or something?

[incubus2432]

I just noticed that the frets were removed/installed with the binding in place. Am I wrong or is that odd?