I like this bass

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:02 am

I just do....

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:49 am

Me too!

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:58 am

Whus not to like?

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:56 pm

Me three...a REAL Lemmy!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:57 pm

nah, not gaudy enough!

thinneckrick · Post by **thinneckrick** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:18 pm

F$%*ING LEMMY !!!!

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:21 am

"Whus not to like?"

The fat horns? the mods? maybe the Nazi eagle sticker? The Iron Cross?

I don't like it at all. If you gave me that bass, I'd burn it. Seriously.

And you know that if it wasn't Lemmy's bass, just a similarly modded Ric that some neo-Nazi/anarchist punk put on eBay, we'd all trash it.

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:44 am

Well put Ilan. I feel the same way.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:30 am

I'd take it....warts and all!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:17 am

"Nazi eagle sticker"???

Not really....

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:40 am

Not too far from it either. The guy collects Nazi memorabilia (Wikipedia), he keeps Hitlerjugend knives. You'd think the blitzkrieg would be a clear enough hint, but evidently not for Lemmy.

For me, Lemmy is not different than any other neo-Nazi punk. I'm sorry if I offend any Lemmy fans, but he offends me.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:52 am

Ilan..I see your point..

I didn't mean any offence...

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:44 am

It's an interesting notion, whether you can despise the Nazi's and what they stood for, but still collect their memorabillia with a clear conscience? (I for one could not).
I've often wondered whether the 4004LK's oak leaf and acorn carving was suggested by Lemmy since the Nazi's used the same motif. Not to say that RIC's intention was ever to use Nazi symbolism in one of their instruments, but it is an interesting connection.

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:24 am

I agree with Ilan. If this bass or McCartney's for that matter, were to show up on the 'bay with no star connection, this forum would arm themselves with pitch forks and torches.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue May 09, 2006 5:01 am

I'd say imagery like that is a big part of that genre of music. Here in the good old San Fernando Valley and Hollywood, we must have the world's biggest collection on metal bands. Their CD covers and magazine ads are full of quasi-horrifying images. Dripping blood, leather, chains, psuedo-near-nazi looking medallions. "Final Destruction" is the name of a CD by a popular local band. What's with that? Kinda silly for near-middle-aged men.

But shock value is what they're going for, even though all 147 bands in a single magazine have the same image. The nazi imagery is disturbing, but the rest is just goofy to me.