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I heard he needed a bass with a thumb rest.

Let's face it, it's all that low B is good for.

libratune wrote:

teeder wrote:Are these the only two Blackstar 5'ers we know of?

Here's a third one: http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... lebrity%3D

As seen in photos taken from a camera phone that was duct taped to a paint shaker!

wints wrote:I heard he needed a bass with a thumb rest.

Let's face it, it's all that low B is good for.

Neato!!!

sloop_john_b wrote:Very cool. He also has of the original Cheyennes. Maybe the first one?

He has the first model. john Hall made it as a gift for him. The first production model was a right handed model and I think it is still at Rickenbacker.

wints wrote:I heard he needed a bass with a thumb rest.

Let's face it, it's all that low B is good for.

I've grown to like the spacing on my 4003S/5 and I play it fingerstyle 99% of the time.

You learn to adjust how you pluck or you just don't play it well at all.

Tarrbot wrote:

wints wrote:I heard he needed a bass with a thumb rest.

Let's face it, it's all that low B is good for.

I've grown to like the spacing on my 4003S/5 and I play it fingerstyle 99% of the time.

You learn to adjust how you pluck or you just don't play it well at all.

If Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Lindsey Buckingham, just to name a few can play guitar as well as they do without a pick, a bassist can adapt to playing the S/5 fingerstyle if he/she tries.

teeder wrote:Are these the only two Blackstar 5'ers we know of?

There is one in Australia somewhere. And it has one of the horseshoe re-issue style bobbins (with 5 alnico slugs though)
Shoulda bought it.... Shoulda bought it.... Shoulda bought it.... Shoulda bought it.... Shoulda bought it.... Shoulda bought it....

eden.

Darren probably has it stashed away somewhere.